First Friends After School Club

First Friends After School Club Chaddesden Park Infant School, Tennessee Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6LF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 September 2017 11 July 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The manager and her deputy provide caring and purposeful leadership. They set a clear direction for future development, overall, and are supported well by the thoughtful and well-qualified staff team.  Staff provide a range of imaginative activities. Resources are bright and colourful. Children are proud of the tasks they complete at the club.  Children are well behaved. Staff are positive role models and know children and their families well. Staff have a good understanding of how to keep children safe and protected. Children develop strong bonds with staff and form good friendships with other children.  Parents appreciate the care that staff provide. They know their children's key person well. They receive useful information and guidance about their children's experiences during their time in the club.  The club builds good relationships with other settings that children attend. Staff share information about children's interests and experiences to support continuity in their

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always adapt activities swiftly to help children maintain engagement as well as possible.  The management does not fully gather the views of children to contribute to the continuous development of provision.

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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

 build on the strategies that staff use, to help children maintain their focus and be highly engaged in activities  extend procedures for including the views of children in planning for the continuous improvement of provision.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children.  The inspector completed joint observations with the manager.  The inspector spoke to children and staff.  The inspector held meetings with the manager. He looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff.  The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. All staff have received child protection training and the management ensures their knowledge and understanding is up to date. They are well deployed to supervise and care for children. All staff have first-aid training and know how to respond to an incident. The manager and deputy provide a positive role model for staff, through their leadership. Priorities for future development reflect the views of parents and staff and self-evaluation is accurate, overall. There are good procedures to support the staff's professional development and help them improve the quality of their teaching and interactions with children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff gather useful information from parents about children's interests and personal development when they first join the club. They use this knowledge well to help children settle in quickly and develop their confidence. Staff help children to solve problems and meet challenges in their games and activities. For example, they work with children on solving interesting computer based games or finding solutions, to building castles in their sand play. Children enjoy using their creative imagination to mix colours and learn to use stencils when they decorate large pebbles. Staff provide good opportunities for children to listen to stories, read books or dress up and create their own adventures. They ask well- considered questions to help children deepen their understanding.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff quickly establish good relationships with children. They are skilled at helping children who lack confidence in their social skills to settle in well and grow in self-assurance. Parents typically comment that their children really enjoy being at the club and do not want to return home. Children learn to be safe and they work with staff to develop the rules for the club. Staff promote children's knowledge and understanding of hygiene and healthy lifestyles well. They help children to make healthy choices. Children regularly prepare their own meals under the staff's guidance. They tidy up together well when they complete an activity or prepare for their meals. They have many opportunities for challenging physical activities. Staff encourage children to be independent and confident in their own ability. They help children to be tolerant towards those who hold different ideas and beliefs to their own. The club makes a good contribution to regular charitable

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

fundraising events through their own fundraising activities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY267132 Local authority Derby, City of Inspection number 1104112 Type of provision Out of school provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 5 - 8 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 11 Name of registered person First Friends P.D.N. Limited

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Date of previous inspection 11 July 2014 Telephone number 01332 673533

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First Friends After School Club registered in 2004. The club is based in Chaddesden Park Primary School. They employ five members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 4. The club opens from Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 9am and 3pm until 6pm, in term time only.

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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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