Happy Days Club

Inspection of Happy Days Club St. Mary Magdalens Rc Junior School, Linacre Road, London NW2 5BB

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This provision meets requirements

Children and staff have friendly relationships. As they arrive at the club, they chat away. The children appear confident and comfortable with the staff, who they know well. Even new children settle in well and very quickly pick up the routine. On arrival, they put away their belongings and go to wash their hands. Staff maintain the established daily routine, which helps children to keep track of their belongings and use appropriate hygiene practices to help maintain good health.

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Children are settled and secure. They have plenty of activities that they enjoy and rapidly settle into their chosen play. The older and youngest children play together, enjoying moulding figures and playing with kinetic sand. They explain that their 'kingdom is on an island' and that the 'fortress is protected by piranhas and sharks'. The children are imaginative and communicate their ideas to one another. They make friends at the club and gain pleasure in playing together. They are clearly comfortable and at home in the club. Children's behaviour is very good. Staff make a significant contribution to this aspect of children's care. They calmly communicate the high expectations that they have for children's behaviour, and children live up to these expectations.

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n Staff successfully help children to lead a healthy lifestyle. Children choose from a range of a healthy options, shared during a sociable snack time. Staff talk to children about the nutritional benefits of eating fruit and not having too much butter on crackers. Children help themselves to their preferred snack and show friends what they have chosen, comparing choices. n Children's physical development is promoted well. Children have copious opportunities to run, jump, skip and hop as they complete obstacle courses outside. Staff play games such as hide and seek with children. This helps to develop children's large-muscle movements. Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the club. n Leaders support staff to extend their professional development. Staff complete mandatory training, such as safeguarding and first aid, to help them to update their knowledge about how to keep children safe. n Children who speak English as an additional language are supported well. Books

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in their home languages are shared, and staff and children learn how to say hello and goodbye in these languages. This helps children to feel accepted and included. n Parent partnerships are strong. Parents comment on how much children enjoy coming to the club. They praise the club for the home-from-home environment that they create. Staff discuss what children have eaten for snack during

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5 February 2025 handover times. They also ensure pertinent messages from school are passed on to parents. This helps to provide continuity in children's care. n Children benefit from a well-planned club. They are encouraged to make choices about what they want to do. Staff respond positively to children, encouraging them to get out toys and resources independently. This supports their independence well. n Staff support children's speaking skills well. Children share their ideas and thoughts with confidence and happily talk about what they have done at school with their friends. They listen to each other with interest. Staff engage in deep conversations with the children. They use these conversations to get to know about children's experiences and their home lives. This is evident as they talk about their experiences of places they have visited and what they did over the weekend. n Children benefit from the staff knowing them well. Staff provide opportunities for

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the children linked to their interests. They recognise when some children have been at school and then at the club and need to relax, so they provide a cosy area where children can sit and watch a film. n Staff are positive role models. They encourage children to use good manners and praise them. This helps to build children's self-esteem. Staff encourage children to think about others and their community. For instance, they discuss the uniqueness of each child's family. Staff promote fundamental British values as they help children to share, take turns and wait patiently. This helps children to develop respect for 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 2707026 Local authority Brent Inspection number 10372168 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 40 Number of children on roll 45 Name of registered person Flannery, Maria Sarah

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reference number

Telephone number 07816877177 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Happy Days Breakfast and After School Club registered in 2022. It operates from St. Mary Magdalens Rc Junior School in London. The setting employs six members of staff. Of these, three hold qualifications at level 2 and above. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 7.30am to 8.30am and 3.10pm to 6pm.

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n The manager and the inspector discussed how they organise the club, including the aims and rationale for the early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing while at the club. 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 inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club.

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5 February 2025 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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5 February 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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