Great Kids Club

Inspection of Great Kids Club Great Steeping Cp School, Great Steeping, Spilsby PE23 5PT

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This provision meets requirements

Children say that the club feels like a family to them. They show positive relationships with staff, such as holding conversations with them about football teams they support. Children show good teamwork when they ball games with staff and their peers. Staff remind children to include all of their peers, who want to join the game, to ensure that they are included. Children are supervised well by staff, promoting their safety when they play indoors and outdoors. They say that one way in which staff keep them safe is to ensure that the gates are locked before they can play on the host school playground.

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This provision meets requirements

Children concentrate when they are engaged in activities that interest them. For example, when children use resources to build and construct, when asked, they tell staff that they have made a robot with eyes. This shows children's imagination and encourages them to share their views. Children happily show pride in their achievements. For instance, they read their own poems to staff and receive praise for their efforts, helping to raise their self-esteem. Children play board games with staff, who help them to develop their knowledge of how to follow the rules in the game and to take turns.

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n The manager and staff also work at the host school. Therefore, when children first start attending, they are familiar with staff who already know them well. This contributes to children settling well and feeling emotionally secure in staff's care. n Staff support children to build on the learning they receive at school during the day. For example, they help children to complete homework and to develop their knowledge of sounds that represent letters of the alphabet, when children show an interest to share their knowledge. n Children understand staff's expectations of the routine when they arrive at the club. For example, they place their belongings in the allocated space and listen well when staff ask them to wash their hands, prior to eating. This contributes to promoting hand-hygiene routines. n Staff encourage children to have a sense of responsibility, such as during snack times. For example, they ask children to help hand out toast to their peers.

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need to do better?

Mealtimes are a sociable occasions, when all children sit together and talk about their home life and interests. n The manager and staff offer children nutritious snacks, such as toast and fruit. They talk to children about what contributes to a healthy breakfast. However, the manager and staff do not support children to understand the importance of oral health. This will contribute to their knowledge of how to keep their bodies

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3 May 2024 healthy. n Staff encourage children to complete tasks on their own. For example, they make independent choices about what toys and games they would like to play with. Children say that they are able to get their own paper if they want to draw. n Children learn how they can keep themselves safe. For example, they practise fire drills with staff to help them understand the procedure of evacuating the building in the event of a fire. Staff talk to children about the importance of wearing appropriate footwear when they use climbing equipment. n The manager and staff reflect on the experiences they offer children in the club. Recent improvements include purchasing a bouncy castle to enable children to follow their interests to be physically active during the summer holidays. n Parents say that their children love to attend the club and like how children know the staff team who also work in the host school. They say that the staff team

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know the children well and are accommodating to their individual needs. n The manager and staff have rules and boundaries in place to help children to understand what is expected of them. Children understand these and explain to visitors that to be helpful, they put the equipment away and bring footballs in from outdoors. Children say that to be kind, they can help others.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY499581 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10335688 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

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inspection

Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 60 Name of registered person Butterfly Childcare Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01754830251 Date of previous inspection 25 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Great Kids Club registered in 2016. It is situated in the grounds of Great Steeping Cp School, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire and is independently run from the school. The club employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, four with level 3 and one with qualified teacher status. The club opens Monday to Friday, during term time, from 7.45am until 8.45am and from 3.15pm until 5.45pm. It operates during the school holidays from Monday to Friday, from 7.45am until 5.45pm.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider has received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a tour of all areas of the club. n The inspector observed activities, indoors and outdoors, and the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector spoke with staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector carried out an observation of an activity with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club. n The inspector spoke to the host school headteacher and several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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