Footscray OSC

Inspection of Footscray OSC Royal Park Primary School, Riverside Road, Sidcup DA14 4PX

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This provision meets requirements

All children feel relaxed and happy at the after-school club. Staff get to know new children well and plan activities that interest them. The youngest children enjoy making choices between the wide range of play opportunities on offer. All children have opportunities to try new skills and experience challenges. Staff give all children praise and encouragement, which helps children to feel successful.

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This provision meets requirements

Staff provide an inclusive service. They support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to feel happy and successful. Staff adapt their language to meet children's individual needs to help all children to understand. Staff help all children to express their needs. They teach all children to celebrate each other's differences. Children are sensitive and caring. When their friends need support, they are warm and encouraging and help them to join in. Children's personal well-being is well supported. All children feel happy and safe. They behave well.

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This provision meets requirements

Staff teach children sports. They encourage children to spend time outside in the fresh air and use a range of equipment. Staff teach children about taking appropriate risks in their play. Children learn to play team games. They learn to keep trying even when they experience setbacks.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children to lead healthy lifestyles. They provide children with a choice of healthy foods to choose from. Staff teach children about what foods are good for them. They provide children with a buffet-style breakfast and dinner. All children are interested to select from fruits and vegetables they have not tried before. n Staff support children to behave well. They have a shared understanding of the rules at the after-school club. All children listen and respond to staff. Staff provide children with calm spaces, as well as opportunities for them to exert their energy. This promotes children's physical and mental well-being. n Leaders and staff ensure that they gain vital information about individual children that keeps them safe and happy. For example, they make sure that any children who have allergies and intolerances are identified. Staff have an effective procedure for sharing this information. They have effective procedures

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need to do better?

in place for administering medication, where required. n Staff plan ambitious opportunities for children to learn new skills. They listen to the children and provide them with activities that consider the interests of all age groups. For example, the younger children play with a wide range of age- appropriate toys, including small-world models and dressing-up clothes. All

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need to do better?

25 September 2024 children feel motivated to explore the after-school club. Children enjoy learning and playing with their friends. n Leaders are reflective of their practice. They regularly evaluate their service and ask parents and children for feedback. Leaders carry out supervisions with all staff regularly. They work together to identify training that enhances the practice of all staff. Staff feel confident in their role to meet children's care and learning needs. n Staff have effective relationships with parents. Parents report that children settle quickly. They say that they feel reassured by the routines and procedures of the after-school club. Parents say they receive information about the activities children enjoy. n The premises are safe and secure for children. Risk assessments are completed routinely. Staff work hard to ensure sports, such as football, are conducted safely and that the rules are understood by all.

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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 EY500218 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 10355435 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 60 Number of children on roll 114 Name of registered person Johnson, Vivien Mary

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reference number

Telephone number 02083007646 Date of previous inspection 29 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Footscray OSC registered in 2016. The club is located within the Royal Park Primary School in Sidcup, in the London Borough of Bexley. The club operates during term time from 7.45am until 9am and from 3.15pm until 6.15pm. There are 14 staff employed at the setting. The provider holds a level 5 qualification in leadership and management and three of the other staff members hold a recognised childcare qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. 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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