Energy Kidz Out Of School Club - Hemdean RG4

Energy Kidz Out Of School Club - Hemdean RG4 Hemdean House School, Hemdean Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 7SD

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Inspection date 12 April 2019 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

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

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This provision is good

n The managers check that all staff know how to access and update information about the children on their secure online system. For instance, all staff know precisely which children are expected, when they are on site and who is eligible to collect them. n Self-evaluation is effective and leads to improvements. For example, managers have recently extended staff training opportunities beyond areas of safeguarding and welfare. Staff are becoming better prepared to challenge children's thinking and to work with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n Staff recognise and respect each child's unique personality and how this affects the way that they engage in activities and challenges. However, on occasions, staff do not settle some of the youngest children, and others who are new to the club, as quickly as possible. n Staff liaise closely with parents, especially when children arrive at the club with other

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This provision is good

carers who do not speak English well. Staff respond promptly to messages from parents and provide good levels of continuity in care. n Parents report that they are very pleased with the security and management of the club. They say that when children are familiar with the club, they rush in and are excited to discover new challenges. n Children enjoy making new friends and mixing with different age groups. They develop more self-confidence and willingness to try new activities.

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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 improve the settling-in process for the youngest children and for those who are new to the club, to help them gain confidence more quickly.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector talked to parents and carers at the beginning of the session to gather their views on the club and their children's welfare. n The inspector observed the quality of staff practice and the impact this has on children's development and well-being, both inside and outside. n The inspector listened to and talked with children as they played and reviewed how well staff celebrate and extend children's achievements. n The inspector sampled policies and spoke to staff to gauge their understanding of safeguarding arrangements and how they promote children's welfare. n The inspector undertook a joint observation with the area managers and asked how staff training improved children's experiences. n The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including information on staff recruitment, suitability checks and training, and discussed plans for further improvement with the leadership team.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Leaders are creative and ambitious in the way that they continue to raise the quality of the club at a significant pace. This is evident in the speed and efficiency of the company quality assurance check, which took place on the first day of the holiday club. By the end of the second day, support staff working with the club manager had put in place improvements and any fine tuning needed. Standards of children's welfare, safety and security are high. Children enjoy a good range of activities in safe environments and have an enormous amount of fun. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders follow thorough staff recruitment and induction procedures. They ensure that staff understand safeguarding and child protection training before they begin working with children. Leaders monitor the provision well to ensure staff provide consistently good practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff carefully prepare the indoor and outdoor play areas to meet the changing interests and needs of children across the day. Children who have just arrived choose between easily accessible activities, such as colouring, jigsaws and board games. They chat to staff, begin to make new friends and prepare to discover further activities, such as construction zones, role-play areas or outdoor sports. The manager skilfully balances giving children time to develop their own play with group or adult-led activities. Children enjoy coming together to learn new team games and creative ideas. For instance, staff show children how to use potatoes to print out colour coded 'musical notes'. Children change from being shy and reserved to proudly expressing their musical sequences. They clap, click, stamp or make some other noise linked to their coloured notes as they follow their potato print musical notes. Children show each other respect and share a

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

great deal of laughter as they improve and rehearse new sequences of sounds.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The manager provides some additional support for the youngest children to help welcome them into the club. Children eagerly show their parents their special scrap books and photographs of people at the club as they arrive in the morning. Staff check the clear information they have on children's individual needs, such as diet, allergies or medication. They diligently follow these through to keep children healthy and parents well informed. Staff encourage children to make choices, follow their own preferences and agree the club rules. Staff ask children to think positively about their rules. Children take responsibility for thinking about the needs of others and identify how to behave positively. They enjoy playing outdoors. For example, they make good use of the fixed climbing apparatus and get plenty of exercise playing games on the large field. Staff provide continual access to fresh water and a cosy area where children often choose to

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

calm down with a good book. There is a very happy atmosphere at the club.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY548354 Local authority Reading Inspection number 10102231 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Out-of-school day care Age range of children 4 - 12 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 120 Name of registered person Energy Kidz Ltd

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07824157220

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Energy Kidz Out Of School Club – Hemdean RG4 registered in 2017. It is situated in the grounds of Hemdean House School in Caversham, near Reading. The club operates from 8am to 6pm each weekday during the school holidays. There are six staff working directly with the children. Of these, one holds a relevant qualification at level 3 and one is qualified at level 2.

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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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