Gerrards Cross After School Club

Gerrards Cross After School Club Gerrards Cross Youth Centre, East Common, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7AD

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Inspection date 27 November 2018 Previous inspection date 11 September 2014

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Not Applicable

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This is a provision that requires improvement

n The provider did not have all required documents available for the inspection, particularly evidence of the paediatric first-aid training that staff have attended. n The key-person system is not effective. Leaders do not ensure that all children are assigned a key person who is able to meet their individual care needs. n The provider does not manage the performance of her staff effectively. She does not offer them targeted support to improve their practice and monitor their personal effectiveness. n Leaders do not always use evaluation effectively enough to identify weaknesses in staff's understanding of their roles and responsibilities. They do not identify gaps where the setting is not meeting statutory requirements. n Staff do not consistently help young children to fully understand how to manage their own risks and keep themselves safe.

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It has the following strengths

n Staff have positive relationships with parents. They communicate effectively with parents about what their children enjoy doing during their time at the club. n Children show good skills in speaking and listening. For instance, they have discussions with each other about their own experiences and family lives. Children listen with interest as others talk about their own experiences.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date ensure that all the necessary documents are easily accessible and available for inspection, with specific regard to the evidence of staff's paediatric first-aid training 07/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

assign each child a key person who is able to meet their individual needs. 07/12/2018

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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 provide more opportunities to monitor and supervise the practice of staff to improve their personal effectiveness further n develop self-evaluation of the setting, to identify areas for improvement and to ensure no breaches of statutory requirements occur n support young children to gain a better understanding of how to keep themselves safe.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector viewed the areas of the club used by children. n The inspector observed the interactions between the staff and children, and considered the impact on children. n The inspector asked the staff questions throughout the inspection to establish their understanding of safeguarding children. n The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the provider. n The inspector viewed records and documents provided by the provider, including staff suitability checks and qualifications.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a good knowledge of the signs that indicate a child might be at risk. They have completed child protection training, and understand their role in relation to keeping children safe and protecting them from harm. Robust recruitment procedures ensure that staff working with children are suitable. However, on the day of the inspection, documents relating to staff's paediatric first-aid training were not available. Therefore, the inspector was unable to check if staff had completed the required training to meet the statutory requirements in relation to ensuring that a member of staff with relevant training is always on site. Following self-evaluation, leaders have recently introduced systems to help develop staff's knowledge and skills. However, these are not yet robust enough to identify inconsistencies in staff's interactions with children to maintain good quality across the setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children enjoy their time at the club and most children become engrossed in activities with their friends. For example, they colour pictures and make decorations to hang on a tree. Young children practise their writing skills, such as when they write Christmas cards to their parents. Other children use paper and fold it in different ways to make aeroplanes and boats. However, on occasions, staff do not interact with children to provide them with quality experiences. They are busy carrying out routine tasks and do not fully sustain the children's interest, to keep them purposefully occupied and extend their play.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The provider does not ensure that children have an allocated key person to ensure that their care needs are fully met. Nevertheless, staff provide a welcoming environment. Children are generally happy, and most children quickly become involved in activities with their peers. Overall, they behave well and understand the need to be kind and caring towards others. However, staff do not consistently help children to understand how to manage their own risks and keep themselves safe. For example, children frequently run around furniture while indoors, and staff do not regularly remind them why this is not safe. Children have good opportunities to develop an awareness of leading a healthy lifestyle, such as washing their hands and making healthy food choices.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY254436 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10083379 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 4 - 8 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 56 Name of registered person Gerrards Cross After School Club Committee

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Date of previous inspection 11 September 2014 Telephone number 01753 887624

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Gerrards Cross After School Club started in 1997 and registered with Ofsted in 2001. It operates from a large main room and a smaller room in the Youth Centre, in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The breakfast club opens each weekday from 7.40am until 9am, and the after-school club is open each weekday from 3.30pm until 6pm, during term time. The club employs six members of staff, of whom three hold appropriate early years 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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