Bellevue After School Club

Inspection of Bellevue After School Club Holly Park School, Bellevue Road, LONDON N11 3HG

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This provision meets requirements

n The manager understands how to create a strong collaborative team that works well together to deliver a seamless routine. She explains the benefits of assessing the practice daily with staff. The manager understands how this allows the team to introduce new ideas and make minor adjustments, where necessary, to provide the best care to children and their families. n The manager understands her responsibilities in safeguarding children. She describes the procedures she needs to follow to protect children from harm. The manager demonstrates a strong understanding of how, through training, she will ensure that staff also understand how to respond to concerns to keep children safe. n The manager explains how children build strong friendships with one another. She fully understands the benefits of using positive strategies to praise and reward children's achievements. The manager explains how staff select children

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to help to organise snacks, such as pouring drinks at snack time. She describes how staff encourage children to be polite and respond well to the clear boundaries for their behaviour. The manager explains how children delight in collecting stickers for their positive behaviour. n The manager describes how she develops strong relationships with parents to provide continuity of care. Parents receive regular information about the club's procedures to understand what is expected from them. The manager is aware of how appreciative parents are about the strong service provided and how they highly regard the staff for meeting their children's specific and individual needs. n The manager explains how staff plan and provide children with a wide range of stimulating activities, which they happily engage in. She describes in detail the value of including children's views and ideas about activities and resources to

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ensure their full engagement. The manager explains how children expend their energy in the outdoor area and use their imaginations and, for example, create models indoors. n The manager is aware of the importance of providing nutritious snacks and meals, which children relish. She describes how children grow their own fruit and vegetables and use them to make meals, such as soup and wraps.

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This provision meets requirements

There were no children in the early years age range present when this inspection took place. The findings in this report are based on evidence gathered from discussions with those who care for the children and an inspection of the premises, equipment and relevant documentation. Where there are no early years children present, no judgement is made on the quality of the early years provision as there is no reliable evidence on which to assess its impact on children. The report states whether the provider continues to meet the requirements of registration.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY355166 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10355227 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 75 Name of registered person Bellevue After School Club Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 079604478375 Date of previous inspection 22 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Bellevue After School Club registered in 1989. The after-school club is independently run and is located within Holly Park Primary School in the London Borough of Barnet. It is open Monday to Friday, from 3.30pm to 6pm, during term time. There are six members of staff, three of whom hold relevant qualifications at level 2 and level 3.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider 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 Although there were no children in the early age range present at the time of this inspection, there were children present who were over the age of five years. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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