Testlands Holiday Club - Hamble Sports Complex

Inspection of Testlands Holiday Club - Hamble Sports Complex Satchell Lane, Hamble, SOUTHAMPTON SO31 4NE

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This provision does not meet requirements

There are significant weaknesses in the organisation of the holiday club. Leaders do not have sufficient knowledge of the early years foundation stage (EYFS). They do not ensure children's safety. Staff suitability is not confirmed effectively and there are no suitably qualified staff to care for children. This puts children at risk. Additionally, there is no key-person system in place to meet children's individual needs.

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This provision does not meet requirements

Despite these weaknesses, children are content to enter the club. They follow instructions about where to store their belongings. Children look around with interest to see what staff have set out for them to do at the start of the day. Staff provide children with a variety of activities to take part in across the day. For instance, they plan team games and offer swimming sessions for children. Staff have high expectations for children's positive behaviour, and children show they respect this. For example, staff wait until children are quiet to talk to them about the activities on offer. Children follow requests and instructions promptly.

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need to do better?

n Leaders are unaware of their responsibility to meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage at all times. They have not considered how to ensure children's safety and welfare when they attend the club. This puts children at risk of significant harm. n Staff suitability is not ensured. Leaders do not have robust systems in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children. They do not have procedures in place to check that staff continue to be suitable to work with children from one holiday club to the next. At times, staff work alone with children and their suitability is not confirmed. n Leaders do not have arrangements in place to offer staff the support they need to carry out their role. There are no effective systems for supervision and development of staff skills and knowledge. The impact of this is that staff do not understand how to keep children safe at the club. n Leaders do not ensure that safeguarding policies and procedures in place are

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need to do better?

effective. Staff do not have the correct information to assist them in escalating any concerns they may have about children's welfare, or about their colleagues. n Leaders do not have effective systems in place around monitoring the use of mobile phones. Staff use their personal phones when children are present. Leaders do not ensure policies and procedures are followed correctly to keep children safe. n Leaders do not ensure there are suitably qualified staff to work at the club. Young children do not have the help they need as staff do not have the

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need to do better?

30 May 2025 knowledge about how to support children in their early years. Children's needs are not met. n Leaders do not ensure there are staff present who can respond to any accidents and incidents at the club. There are no staff who are qualified to administer first aid, if necessary. This puts children at significant risk when they attend the club. n Leaders do not ensure there is a key-person system in place. No staff take responsibility for meeting children's individual needs or supporting their emotional well-being. Children do not benefit from having a named key person to support them at the club. n Staff do not have the support they need to plan and carry out effective risk assessments on activities. For instance, older children play boisterously and younger children are vulnerable as they sit and watch. Staff do not use risk assessments effectively to keep children safe. n Leaders have clear aims for the club and what they want to provide for children.

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need to do better?

They want children to have fun and to have experiences they may not have elsewhere. Most children benefit from taking part in a variety of sports-based activities at the club. However, staff do not consistently promote children's good health. For example, they do not ask children to wash their hands before eating. They do not fully support children to develop healthy and active lifestyles.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

ensure leaders have sufficient knowledge and understanding of how to meet the requirements of the EYFS and keep children safe 14/06/2025

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ensure there are robust procedures in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children 14/06/2025

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ensure that all managers and staff receive the supervision and support they need to fully understand all aspects of their roles and responsibilities 14/06/2025

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30 May 2025 ensure there are effective safeguarding policies and procedures in place to support staff to escalate any concerns they may have about children's welfare or about their colleagues 14/06/2025

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monitor more effectively to ensure that all staff understand and comply with the policy related to the safe use of mobiles phones 14/06/2025

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ensure that the manager of the club holds a suitable level 3 qualification in early years 14/06/2025

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ensure there is at least one person with a current paediatric first-aid qualification on site who can respond quickly to any accidents or emergencies regarding children 14/06/2025

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implement an effective key-person system to ensure that the individual needs of all children are understood and met 14/06/2025

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ensure there are suitable arrangements in place to identify and minimise risks to children. 14/06/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2778381 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10405193 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 50 Number of children on roll 140 Name of registered person Testlands

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reference number

Telephone number 02382026700 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Testlands Holiday Club - Hamble Sports Complex registered in 2024. The club operates Monday to Friday, during school holidays, from 8.30am to 4.30pm. Three staff work directly with the children.

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Inspection activities

n The provider talked to the inspector about the holiday club and what they intend for the children who attend. n The inspector talked to the staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider. n A meeting was held between the inspector and provider. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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Inspection activities

30 May 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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