Em3 Kids Club

Inspection of Em3 Kids Club St Peters Presbytery, Goresbrook Road, Dagenham RM9 6UR

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This provision meets requirements

All children arrive to the setting visibly happy. Staff have good bonds with children and support their emotional well-being well. They welcome them and create a calm, safe, secure and relaxed atmosphere for children to play in. Children enjoy interacting with each other and staff. They confidently express what they like to play with and staff are responsive to children, following their interests to help keep them engaged. For instance, children are eager to join in with outdoor play and participate in team games with their friends, such as football. Children develop good friendships and social skills. Children also enjoy engaging in role-play activities, such as with baby dolls. They spend time using their imagination with their friends and confidently express their own ideas during their play. Early years children confidently play with children of different age groups. They make good friendships with others and settle well into the club.

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This provision meets requirements

All children behave well. Staff remind children of the behavioural expectations to help them know what appropriate and inappropriate behaviour is and why. They establish and embed a clear routine that children follow without reminders. Children know how to behave and the impact their behaviour has on themselves and others.

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need to do better?

n Staff successfully plan activities that help to support the ongoing development children make at school. For instance, children enjoy arts and craft activities and use their imagination to create things. They also have opportunities to practise their writing skills as they draw and colour, helping to support the development of their hand muscles. n Staff support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles well. They offer children balanced and nutritious food, including fruits during mealtimes. Children enjoy playing outdoors. They run, play games and use bats and balls, helping them to be physically active to help support their good health. n Children are independent and act responsibly. They do things for themselves, such as put away their belongings on arrival, and help to tidy-up toys. Staff support children to join in with good hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before they eat, to help prevent the spread of germs.

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need to do better?

n Staff know children who attend the club well, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They gather relevant information from parents when children start to help meet all children's individual care needs. For example, they find out about children's specific dietary requirements so they are able to provide food that children like and enjoy, that also does not include allergens.

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need to do better?

5 March 2025 n Staff form effective partnerships with other settings children attend, such as their school. They successfully establish a two-way flow of information to help provide consistency in how they support children's ongoing development. n Leaders are reflective of the setting. They monitor staff's practice in the club well and keenly gather the views of others, such as parents and children, to help recognise any areas that may need improvement. n Leaders provide staff with relevant professional development opportunities to make sure they understand their duties. For instance, staff attend mandatory training such as for first aid and safeguarding, to ensure they know how to keep children safe and support their well-being.

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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 EY500340 Local authority Barking and Dagenham Inspection number 10368633 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Out-of-school day care

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Total number of places 33 Number of children on roll 34 Name of registered person EM3 Kids Club Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07804543273 Date of previous inspection 28 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Em3 Kids Club registered in 2016 and is located in Dagenham. The setting operates Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6.30pm, during term time. The setting also operates a holiday club during the Easter and summer holiday periods. The setting employs five staff members, four of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and 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 and parents spoke with the inspector during the inspection and shared their views of the setting. n The inspector observed the activities provided and the interactions between staff and the children. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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5 March 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 March 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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