Ymca Thames Gateway Mawney After School Club

Inspection of Ymca Thames Gateway Mawney After School Club The Mawney School, Mawney Road, Romford, Essex RM7 7HR

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This provision meets requirements

Children arrive happily and quickly settle and play with their friends. Children demonstrate that they enjoy their time in this after-school club. They enjoy being with their friends and are able to choose what they would like to do. Children participate in turn-taking games and play together in a harmonious way. Staff build good relationships with children. They get to know them well. This helps children confidently approach staff to communicate their wishes and needs. Staff communicate their expectations for children's behaviour and conduct effectively. Children know and follow the club rules. They remain seated at snack time, treat the resources with care and listen to the adults.

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This provision meets requirements

Leaders ensure the club is a safe and familiar place for children. Staff are deployed well and routinely communicate their movements via radio devices with each other. This ensures children remain supervised at all times. Leaders ensure staff provide a good range of interesting activities for children. For example, children remain engrossed in junk modelling, vehicle floor play and board games.

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need to do better?

n Leaders ensure children's arrival and collection arrangements are managed appropriately. Staff regularly perform headcounts and check numbers of children attending against the register records. They ensure children are only collected by known and authorised adults. n Staff are approachable and model respectful interactions and provide explanations to children for why some behaviour is undesirable. Children's behaviour is good. They respond positively and follow the adults' instructions. Children play cooperatively with their friends. They enjoy each other's company and amuse one another with stories and conversation. n Staff embed clear routines and children show they are familiar with these. Children organise their belongings when they arrive. They wash their hands before snack times and remain seated while eating. n Staff support children to become responsible. They appoint children as special helpers, such as snack monitor. Children eagerly volunteer to help staff with

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need to do better?

small tasks. n Outdoors, children enjoy plenty of energetic play. They ride bikes and scooters around the large playground. Younger children enjoy participating in team games, such as basketball. Staff supervise children well and remain vigilant as they play. They remind children to remain within the designated areas and respond quickly to minor incidents. n Parents feel the club is a good, safe and enjoyable place for their children. They feel their children form good friendships at the club. Parents report staff

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24 April 2025 routinely share essential information with them. n Staff have opportunities to gain further relevant qualifications. Leaders provide professional development training to help staff understand how to effectively support all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n Staff conduct ongoing risk assessments of hazards in the play environment. This contributes to children's safe play. Staff remain vigilant and respond quickly to any minor incidents. However, leaders organisation and oversight of resources used to treat minor injuries needs to be strengthened, so children consistently receive the highest standards of care. n Leaders hold regular supervision meetings with staff during which they identify areas for development and training. They conduct effective risk assessments of children's activities. Children are encouraged to understand the importance of

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helping to keep the environment free from hazards. Children help clear resources away and line up before transitioning from the indoor to outdoor areas. This contributes to keeping children safe as they move around the premises.

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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 EY555266 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10401928 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 24 Number of children on roll 23 Name of registered person YMCA Thames Gateway

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reference number

Telephone number 01708 766211 Date of previous inspection 30 June 2021

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Information about this early years setting

YMCA Thames Gateway Mawney After School Club operates from Mawney Primary school in the London Borough of Havering. The club employs three members of childcare staff. Staff hold qualifications at level 2 and 3. The club opens Monday to Friday, from 3pm to 6pm and provides after-school care for children attending the school.

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Inspection activities

n Leaders and the inspector carried out a tour of the club premises to view all areas of the setting. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documents, including paediatric first-aid certificates, staff qualifications and suitability checks. n The inspector spoke with leaders about the management of the setting. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection.

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24 April 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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