Bishop Road Afterschool Club (brac)

Inspection of Bishop Road Afterschool Club (brac) The Paul Dirac Centre, 46 Beauchamp Road, Bristol, BS7 8LQ, BRISTOL BS7 8LX

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This provision meets requirements

Children arrive happy and eager to play with their friends. Staff are friendly and welcoming, and children form good, secure relationships with staff and their peers. Staff provide children with a relaxed environment and a good range of interesting activities to spark their interests and imaginations. Children can choose what they would like to do, and they decide if they wish to take part in the activities provided. Some children prefer to look at books and they can do their homework if they wish to. Other children enjoy engaging in the activities on offer with the support of staff. For instance, children work with their friends, using boxes and other recyclable materials to create their own models. Some children enjoy making monsters from the materials, playing imaginatively as they pretend to feed their monster. Children take pride in their achievements and like to show staff and parents their creations.

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This provision meets requirements

Staff set clear and consistent routines and expectations with children that are embedded well. As a result, children are confident, secure and behave well. They are kind and respectful of the staff and of their peers. Children enjoy their time at club, they say that the staff are nice, and they enjoy the different activities that staff plan for them.

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n Leaders and staff work well together to ensure that children are safe and have a good range of activities to engage in. Leaders follow robust recruitment procedures, and they support staff incredibly well. They ensure that staff have appropriate training and coaching to build on their professional development. Staff say that they feel valued and appreciated by leaders. n Staff help children to learn how to keep themselves safe and they implement procedures and routines so that children know what is expected of them. For instance, children happily wear high-visibility jackets, line up to be counted and follow the instructions of staff when they are collected from school. They help staff to write the rules, so that they understand why they must listen and follow staff requests. n Staff help to promote children having healthy lifestyles. Staff frequently remind children to wash their hands, especially before eating. Children have a healthy

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snack and enjoy helping themselves to fruit. Children have lots of opportunities to have fresh air and exercise and they thoroughly enjoy playing outside. Staff provide children with resources to enable them to be physical. Children enjoy playing games of football with their friends and others giggle as they chase each other. n Leaders and staff have strong partnerships with the school that the children attend. They recognise the importance of sharing information and working in

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12 February 2025 partnership to keep children safe and to provide appropriate support. These partnerships are particularly strong with supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Leaders ensure that they use information that they receive to provide an inclusive environment to meet children's individual needs. n Parents say that they are extremely happy with the care that their children receive. They speak of the staff and leaders going above and beyond to support their families. Parents comment that their children are always happy to attend, and the only problem they have is getting their children to leave to go home. n Staff know the children well. They use their knowledge of the children and their interests to engage with them and build on their experiences. Children sit and talk among themselves and with staff as they do craft, talking through their ideas as they decide what to make next. Staff are skilled at using children's

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interests to support their play further. For example, children make tortoise shells out of paper and staff help them to make the tortoise head and arms. Children make homes for their tortoises and give them names.

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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 EY481131 Local authority Bristol City of Inspection number 10389347 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 80 Number of children on roll 381 Name of registered person Bishop Road Afterschool Club

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reference number

Telephone number 01179030575 Date of previous inspection 15 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Bishop Road Afterschool Club (brac) registered in 2014. The club is open each weekday from 7.30am to 9am and from 3.30pm to 6pm, during term time only. It also runs a playscheme during school holidays from 8am until 6pm and covers school in-service training days. The club employs 21 members of staff. This includes a qualified early years teacher, and two members of staff who hold early years qualifications at level 2 or 3.

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n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The inspector talked to parents, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual and the manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and the children. 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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