Junior Adventures Group @ Bedford Road

Bedford Road Dawn Until Dusk Ltd Bedford Road Lower School, Hillgrounds Road, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QH

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Inspection date 6 December 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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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This provision is outstanding

n The friendly staff know the children very well. They quickly respond to slight changes in children's needs, such as when the youngest children are feeling tired after a particularly busy day at school. n Children concentrate for long periods of time and rapidly become immersed in interesting activities. Staff talk to them about the changes they see and feel while they enthusiastically add ingredients to make fake snow. n Children sit together while they eat carefully planned nutritious snacks and meals. Older children enjoy taking responsibility to ensure their younger buddies have sufficient amounts of food to eat. n Children behave extremely well. They enjoy scoring goals on a football-based reward chart. This contributes to their motivation to be polite, kind, considerate and helpful. n Leadership is exceptionally strong. The owners and senior leadership team ensure staff have the knowledge, skills and resources to assist them to carry out their roles. This

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This provision is outstanding

helps to maintain the highest-quality provision. n Staff create a warm, welcoming and carefully arranged environment for children to play, explore and relax in. Dedicated quieter areas give children spaces to rest or share books and stories.

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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 provide exciting and engaging activities for all children, taking into consideration the extended age range of children attending the club.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed activities inside and outside. She spoke to the owners, senior managers, staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector discussed children's involvement in a planned activity with the manager. n The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of staff. She looked at a range of documents, including children's records, planning sheets and records of staff supervision. n The inspector spoke with a small number of parents during the inspection. She took their views, and those recorded in feedback questionnaires, into consideration.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are familiar with the robust procedures they follow and know how to report any concerns they have about children's welfare. They carry cards containing essential contact details to assist swift communication with leaders and when necessary, outside agencies involved in child protection. The owners ensure staff are suitable to work with children and continue to review this through the duration of staff's employment. The highly committed managers use a comprehensive induction and supervision process to help monitor staff's professional development and excellent performance. A combination of in-house and external training opportunities help staff refresh and enhance their already strong knowledge and practice. Children, parents and other professionals contribute their valued feedback to help the owners and managers evaluate all aspects of the provision.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

This helps them continually improve and the already exceptionally high standards across the Dawn Until Dusk settings.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff gather accurate information from parents to help assess children's starting points and interests when they first start attending the club. When staff go to collect children from their classes, they also find out what children have been learning about at school. Staff continue themes and ideas that have stemmed from children's formal learning to skilfully follow through in adult-planned and children's self-chosen activities. Children enthusiastically extend their play and explorations. They find small penguins and a model of ice blocks to add to the snow scene they have made. They play together, taking turns to hide the penguins. They discuss where penguins live and what they might eat. This helps to support children's understanding of the world around them. Along with area managers, staff consider the dynamics of the differing ages and stages of development of the club members. They plan to incorporate activities and resources

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

that trigger all children's drive to explore in a positive and harmonious way.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The exceptionally strong key-person system helps to ensure children are extremely happy, settled and valued in the club. Excellent communication with parents is maintained through a variety of ways, such as regular newsletters, daily conversations and learning journals. Children gather together to help set ground rules that they should all follow. They have opportunities to select theme boxes to help trigger different ways to play and explore. This helps children begin to understand rules of democracy and to feel valued members of the group. Highly experienced staff create opportunities for children to manage risks for themselves. Children enthusiastically tell visitors about their forest school sessions and recall how they used different tools and equipment.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY542350 Local authority Bedford Inspection number 10080237 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 - 11 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 72 Name of registered person Dawn Until Dusk Ltd

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01234930505

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Bedford Road Dawn Until Dusk Ltd registered in 2016. It operates each weekday during term time. Sessions are from 7.30am until 8.45am and from 3.15pm until 6pm. There are two members of staff with additional bank staff support, when necessary. The manager holds an appropriate qualification at level 6 .

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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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