Crazy Crackers Ltd @ St. Bartholomew's

Inspection of Crazy Crackers Ltd @ St. Bartholomew's St. Bartholomews C of E Primary School, Ash Street, Great Harwood, BLACKBURN BB6 7QA

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This provision meets requirements

Children form strong attachments with staff and make close friendships with their peers. Children's behaviour is good because staff embed the rules of the setting from an early age. Children play well together, taking turns and sharing equipment. They have good listening and attention skills. Children follow instructions well while they make Valentine's day biscuits for family. Staff have established positive relationships with children. Children respond well to their directions, encouragement and praise.

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This provision meets requirements

Children are happy and relaxed and they feel safe here. They enjoy coming to this nurturing and welcoming setting. Children take part in a wide range of activities in the spacious indoor and outdoor environment and show good levels of confidence and self-esteem. They enjoy singing with each other as they write cards. They then tell each other what they like best about each other's writing. Children enjoy having conversations with their friends at the setting and they respect and celebrate everyone's similarities and differences. Children are provided with healthy food. Staff provide food to cater for dietary requirements and help to educate children on healthy choices.

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This provision meets requirements

The manager and staff support children to keep themselves safe. For example, children are taught to make judgements about their safety and are set strict and clear boundaries. During conversations about gaming at home and in the setting, children talk about the dangers of giving personal information to people they do not know and limiting the time they spend on the games console.

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n Leaders have forged strong partnerships with a range of professionals, ensuring children receive the specialist support they need. This helps to improve staff's knowledge of how to support all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Good partnership working with the local school enables staff to have a better understanding of the needs of the children who attend. n Parents are pleased with the service that the club provides. They comment on how inclusive the club is and praise staff for being friendly and welcoming. n Children are confident to express their own ideas. They make choices about what they want to play with to lead their own learning. Younger children enjoy making new friendships. They work together to build a tower with straws and take turns to see which tower will stay up the longest. n Staff plan fun, hands-on activities using children's interests. For example, staff

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need to do better?

have set up a hospital role play area. Children enjoy wrapping bandages around

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10 February 2020 each others knees and introduce new words to the younger children as they play. They explain what the medical tools are called and what they are used for. n Staff know when the children are tired, hungry or unwell. They respond appropriately to ensure their individual needs are met. Clear routines provide children with good structure to their time spent here. This keeps them well occupied and ensures their needs for rest and refreshment are addressed. n Children have opportunities to develop their growing independence. For example, they meet their own care needs as they wash their hands before eating. Children relish opportunities to help staff prepare for a snack. They enjoy setting the table, pouring their own drinks and cleaning the table. Staff consistently praise their efforts. This helps to support children's self-esteem and gives them confidence in their own abilities. n Self-evaluation is thorough and includes the views of staff, children and parents.

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need to do better?

They send out regular parent questionnaires to gain their voice. This provides them with ideas about how they can improve their service. Staff continuously listen to and act upon children's views. They have recently bought a games console as requested by the older children. The children express their excitement about the new resource and enjoy challenging their peers to competitions.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a good understanding of what constitutes a safeguarding concern. They understand the procedures to follow to protect children from harm. Staff access training to keep their knowledge up to date. Good recruitment procedures and rigorous background checks ensure that children are always cared for by suitable adults. Staff assess risks effectively and prepare activities which are suitable and safe for children. They are deployed effectively and children are supervised well. Children's safety is paramount to the staff. They have appropriate fire procedures in place. The buzzer entry system enables staff to check a person's identity before letting them in.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY366713 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 10129189 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 3 to 11 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Crazy Crackers Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07894 568064 Date of previous inspection 25 January 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Crazy Crackers Ltd @ St Bartholomew's registered in 2007. It operates from 7.30am to 9am and 3.15pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday, term time only. It offers a holiday club from 7.30am to 6pm most school holidays. There are 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds early years professional status, seven hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and one at level 2.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk of the areas used by the setting to find out how they are organised, and the range of activities provided both indoors and outdoors. n Children, staff and parents had discussions with the inspector, who sought their views on the setting. n A sample of documentation was checked, including evidence of staff suitability and training. n The inspector held regular meetings throughout the inspection, to keep the provider and the manager updated.

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10 February 2020 We carried out this inspection 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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