Topmark Holiday Activity Club

Topmark Holiday Activity Club Valley Primary School, Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 August 2017 Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff are highly skilled in adapting activities. They think quickly when having to make changes due to inclement weather. This enables all children to still participate in extremely high-quality activities.  Leaders and staff work in excellent partnership with the parents to meet children's needs. They take on board and action suggestions from parents. For example, recent changes have been how staff split the children according to their ages for sports activities. This has had a highly positive impact on the younger children's self-esteem and confidence.  Children have exceptional bonds with the staff. Children regularly stay longer at sessions than their booked times. They settle exceptionally quickly and have a highly enjoyable time during the camp.  Staff nurture children's natural talents extraordinarily well. Children participate in daily showcase events and show tremendous talent. For example, children stand up in front

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This provision is outstanding

of the camp singing, dancing and playing the piano. All children and staff join in whooping and cheering on the performers.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 extend the already excellent provision to build on children's interests more during their everyday activities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children in the main halls and outside areas.  The inspector spoke with the provider, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took into account the views of the children and parents.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff have an excellent understanding of the procedures to follow if they have any concerns with children's welfare. They work exceptional well with other professionals caring for children. For example, they liaise with outside agencies to offer places to vulnerable children during school holidays. The provider is highly skilled in reviewing staff practice and identifying staff training needs through highly effective self-evaluation and improvement. Recent training has been for all staff on how to support children in the early years age range. This has helped them to plan exceptionally good activities to support younger children's time at the club.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff plan high-quality activities. They are highly skilled in adapting and extending sports activities in order to meet all the children's needs and interests, to support their excellent physical development. However, at times, staff do not always fully take on board the interests of the children during other activities. Children thoroughly enjoy learning new skills. For example, they learn how to sew and thread needles. Children quickly adapt to this new skill and show how they have mastered the coordination of sewing. Children learn about the impact of exercise on their bodies extraordinarily well. For example, staff explain so all ages can understand why their muscles need to warm up. They describe how the warm-up exercises help to pump the blood around the body, which then warms up the muscles, to help prevent muscle damage and injuries. This excellent input helps to give children an amazing understanding of how their bodies work.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff are highly consistent in their approach to behaviour management. They teach the children the importance of teamwork with immense success. Older children are incredibly kind towards the younger children. For example, they run over to them and say, 'I can help you, this is called teamwork'. Children behave exceptionally well. Children are highly active in sharing their views on activities and the menus in the club. Staff have recently adapted the food on the menus after discussions with the children. This kind of input helps to provide excellent partnership working and bonds between staff and children. At the start of each camp, children sit down with the staff to write the camp rules. They all work exceptionally well together to put them together and to help each other to stick to them. This greatly helps to support children's confidence in talking in front of others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488656 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1013809 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 8 Total number of places 60 Number of children on roll 60 Name of registered person Topmark Sports Coaching Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07748 696099

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Topmark Holiday Activity Club registered 2015 operates from the premise of Valley Primary School in Bromley. The club provides care from 8am to 6pm during school holidays, with the exception of Christmas. There are eight staff working with the children, three of whom have childcare qualifications at level 3. All other staff have relevant sports qualifications.

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This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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