St Anne's Care Club

St Anne's Care Club C/O St Anne's Care Club, Omerod Avenue, Royton, OLDHAM OL2 5DH

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Inspection date 23 August 2018 Previous inspection date 26 June 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Not Applicable

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The provision is outstanding

n The highly experienced manager leads her well-qualified staff team with inspiring practice and admirable enthusiasm. Staff have worked extremely hard to improve the quality of the club since the last inspection. They have addressed the recommendations raised and, in addition, enhanced many other aspects of their practice. n The extensive, well-planned range of extremely enjoyable activities and experiences sustains children's interests and keep them engaged. This helps children acquire the skills, abilities and attitudes that prepare them well for future learning. n Children thrive and thoroughly enjoy their time at this outstanding out-of-school provision. The rich, stimulating and imaginative environment, combined with an excellent range of high-quality resources, provides a wealth of opportunities for children to explore and investigate. Children are extremely confident and independent. n The key-person system is extremely effective and well established. Children make

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The provision is outstanding

exceptionally close relationships with staff and develop very strong friendships with children of all ages. They develop high levels of emotional security within the nurturing, homely environment. n Partnerships with parents and the host school, which all children attend, are outstanding. Parents are provided with a wealth of information about what children have been doing at the club. They comment that children are safe, happy and feel secure in the welcoming environment. Excellent arrangements for sharing information help to promote extremely good consistency and continuity of care and learning, and ensure that children's individual care and learning needs are consistently met.

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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

n continue to implement the highly effective arrangements for self-evaluation, to help to drive and sustain the outstanding quality of the club.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed children engaged in activities in the indoor and outdoor environment. n The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as safeguarding policies and procedures, children's records, and evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working in the club. n The inspector took account of the views of a parent spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. Children's safety is central to all that staff do and is given the highest priority. Staff have an excellent understanding of the referral procedures to follow should they have concerns about the health or welfare of a child. Robust security systems, excellent staff deployment and rigorous risk assessments help to ensure children are kept safe from harm. All staff are totally committed and passionate about their roles. They consistently seek out new information and training to update their knowledge and skills continually. The manager observes staff practice and carries out regular supervisory meetings to manage their performance. Self-evaluation systems are thorough and take into account the views of staff, children and parents. Strengths and weaknesses are accurately identified and addressed, and plans for improvement are well targeted and achievable. The manager recognises the importance of building on

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

continuous self-reflection to drive and sustain the outstanding quality of the club.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The knowledge staff have of each child in their care is superb. Staff are highly skilled in knowing when to intervene and extend children's play and learning, and when to stand back and observe. Planning is meticulous and based on children's interests and information from teachers about what children are learning in school. Each child has an achievement book which contains their work, observations made by staff, and photographs of activities in which the child has participated. Children often look at these and remark at how small their handprints were when they first started, compared with how big they are now. Staff intuitively adapt activities, the level of support they offer and the language they use to meet children's individual age and stage of development. Children are encouraged to problem solve and communicate their own thoughts and ideas. Staff use highly effective questioning to help to extend children's knowledge and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

skills. During a cooking activity, staff ask children, 'How do you know the jelly is hot?' Children respond, 'Because it has steam coming off it'. Staff read out instructions about how to make custard, and children measure how much water is needed to add to the powder. This builds on children's excellent literacy skills and understanding of mathematical concepts that they learn at school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children thrive and are extremely happy in this outstanding out-of-school provision. Kindness and a positive attitude form the very essence of staff practice and feature strongly in all they do. Children play cooperatively, share and take turns. They are extremely sensitive to the needs of others. Children are extremely polite and well- mannered, and demonstrate an exceptionally caring and helpful attitude towards staff and each other. Older children are superb role models for younger children. They hold hands with younger children when walking down the stairs to play outside. When children choose players for the football team, they balance the numbers of younger and older children to ensure that the game is fair. Children praise each other for their achievements. They seek out staff to show them a complex model children have made with construction materials. Children use words such as 'That's fantastic', 'awesome' and

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

'wow'. This contributes to children's high levels of self-esteem.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY353907 Local authority Oldham Inspection number 10059607 Type of provision Out-of-school day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 3 - 11 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 80 Name of registered person St Anne's Care Club Partnership

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Date of previous inspection 26 June 2015 Telephone number 07921 283 041

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St Anne's Care Club registered in 2007. The club operates from 7.30am to 9am and from 3.15pm until 5.45pm during term times. The holiday club is open each weekday from 7.30am to 5.45pm in the school holidays, except for bank holidays. The club employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold relevant qualifications at level 5 and five hold qualifications at level 3.

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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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