Ultimate Activity Camps at Beachborough School

Inspection of Ultimate Activity Camps at Beachborough School Beachborough School, Westbury Manor, Westbury, BRACKLEY, Northamptonshire NN13 5LB

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This provision meets requirements

Children receive a warm and friendly welcome from managers and staff. Daily welcome meetings ensure all children understand the expectations and rules. Children who have attended camp before are able to guide newer friends through the camp rules. Staff help children to gain a good awareness of the behaviour expectations and how to stay safe. They provide regular reminders to children and encourage them to recall the rules, boundaries, and expectations.

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Children are encouraged to collaborate during team games. For example, during an Olympic themed hoop and bean bag relay race. Children wait patiently for their friends to take their turns and cheer them on as, 'team dragon', compete against, 'team lightening'. This nurtures their positive behaviour and social skills. Children are highly expressive and talk with confidence about their ideas. They are proud of their achievements and staff encourage children to persevere to complete more tricky tasks. For instance, staff support young children who express they cannot do something. They offer children guidance, such as how to turn the paper when cutting around a challenging shape. Children persevere and are delighted when they achieve the task. This supports them to grow in confidence. Children make choices about what they play with. There is a good balance between activities that adults lead and support, and free play, where children can use their own ideas,

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especially in the smaller 'base rooms.' In these rooms, children also enjoy the quiet areas where they can read, play games, build with construction toys or socialise in small groups.

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n Leaders offer staff support before and during the camp. They provide training for staff, including in specific activities that require specialist training. All staff complete induction training, which includes health and safety and safeguarding training. Staff speak of a robust induction process ahead of camp starting and say that they feel well supported while working at the camp. n Parents and children are warmly welcomed on arrival by staff. They receive information about the camp, ahead of attending through the camp's website. Additionally, parents are advised of the daily activities on arrival into camp and daily interactions with the managers at the entrance. Parents feedback about the camp is positive. They say there are a good range of activities and that their children enjoy attending, with many children returning each summer. n Overall, staff organise resources and activities securely to help children engage

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need to do better?

in their play. Occasionally, they do not fully consider ways to organise the activities, such as to reduce younger children sitting and waiting, which can result in children becoming restless and starting to leave the planned activity.

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5 August 2025 Nevertheless, children are motivated to behave well and express enjoyment of their time at the camp. n Staff offer sensitive encouragement to those that are a little reluctant or for whom it might be their first day. They encourage a 'high five' and welcome children by name. Staff support children to make friends and enjoy being part of the group. There is a happy and calm atmosphere at the camp. n Leaders have effective arrangements in place to maintain oversight of the camp. This ensures they meet requirements and maintain high standards. Leaders and managers are always looking to improve. They seek feedback from staff, children and parents on things they could do better. This enables them to make improvements and deliver a camp, which meets children's needs and takes account of their wishes. n Children's safety is very well considered. Staff supervise children well throughout the day. They deploy themselves effectively to ensure children are always within

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sight using portable radios. This helps to ensure everyone is aware of the movements of children throughout the busy camp day. Staff fully risk assess activities, including outdoor play to ensure they are safe for all ages of children. n Staff promote children's healthy lifestyles well. They talk about healthy eating with children, reminding them to eat fruit at snack and sandwiches first, at lunch time. Children are reminded to have regular drinks. Staff ask children to take their water bottles to the different activities. This ensures children always have access to water, particularly after being physically active.

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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 EY460220 Local authority Buckingham Inspection number 10364731 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 64 Number of children on roll 226 Name of registered person The Ultimate Activity Company Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0330 1117077 Date of previous inspection 16 August 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Ultimate Activity Camps at Beachborough School registered in 2013 and is situated in Westbury, on the outskirts of Brackley, Northamptonshire. The camp operates from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, during school holidays only. It currently employs seven staff who work with the children. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status and one holds a relevant qualification at level 5.

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n The operations manager discussed how the camp is organised and what is considered when planning and providing activities to children. n Children talked to the inspector about the activities they enjoyed at the camp. The inspector observed children's daily routines, play and activities during the inspection. n The inspector and operations manager completed a joint observation of an activity and evaluated the effectiveness of this together. n The inspector gained some feedback from a number of parents available on the day of the inspection. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection.

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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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