Mini Minors Holiday Group

Inspection of Mini Minors Holiday Group Brookland Infant Primary School, Hill Top, LONDON NW11 6EJ

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This provision meets requirements

Children settle quickly on arrival to the club. Staff are attentive as they get to know each child's individual needs and interests. Children and parents are warmly greeted each day, which helps children to feel secure and comfortable in the environment. Children quickly engage in activities that are set up to help them settle. Once all children arrive, staff sit with the children and sing the welcome song to introduce each child by name to the group. This helps children build new friendships. The younger children are introduced to a timetable of activities that are offered for the day to help prepare them for the day. Older children are provided with choices to include arts and crafts, challenge, performance and sport to name but a few. Staff remind children of the rules and to encourage kindness and respectfulness. Children respond positively to this.

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This provision meets requirements

Children behave very well and build good relationships with their friends and staff. Any minor disagreements are swiftly managed by skilful staff to help children focus on the positive expectations. Children enjoy a good range of physical activities throughout the day. For example, children learn yoga. They stretch their bodies with movement and balance, which helps to build children's coordination. Children learn how to focus and relax, which supports them in regulating their emotions and managing their day.

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n Leaders ensure that the club is child centred. Children are offered a wide range of choices in play throughout the day. This caters to a wide range of interests to engage and delight children. Leaders ensure staff are trained so there is a consistent approach in supporting children which supports a positive attitude to learning and play during the day. n Staff are excellent role models. They build strong and trusting relationships with the children. Staff listen and respond to children, which helps children to build their confidence and have a voice. Leaders and staff create exciting activities, which help children build their team-building skills. For example, older children are tasked to create menus based on 'the world around them'. They work in small groups to share experiences and later present their work on stage. This helps children to learn to work together, share ideas and increase their confidence.

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n Hygiene routines are quickly established in the club. Children wash their hands independently before meal and snack times. After eating, children are encouraged to dispose of their waste in bins and put their bags back on the peg. Children can independently access drinking water throughout the day. This helps children to understand the importance of hydrating their bodies and building

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31 July 2025 their independence. n Parents speak highly of the holiday club with many returning each year. Parents appreciate the excellent communication and the highly qualified staff who are present. Leaders and staff get to know each child and family quickly. This helps them to respond to children's individual needs. n All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are supported extremely well. For example, some children who need some quiet time during the day are supported with activities that individually interest them. This helps to support children's self-regulation and helps to make them feel safe and secure. Leaders ensure that every child enjoys their time at the club and has access to activities that may be unfamiliar to them. This helps children to build new play skills. n Staff ensure that children learn to keep their bodies healthy. During snack time, young children are encouraged by staff to talk about what food is healthy for

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their bodies. Staff ensure that children access physical activities during the day. For example, children enjoy playing with their friends on the obstacle course, where they can run, jump, balance and hop to reach the finish line. n Leaders ensure that all staff receive safeguarding training prior to the start of camp. This helps to support both existing and new staff in receiving information about the referral processes, if they are concerned about a child. Staff recognise the signs and symptoms of harm and abuse, which helps to keep children safe.

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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 147586 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10392208 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 270 Number of children on roll 130 Name of registered person X Keys Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 020 8922 9739 Date of previous inspection 9 August 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Mini Minors Holiday Group registered in 2005 and operates from the classrooms and communal areas of Brookland Infant and Junior Schools in Hampstead Garden Suburb, in the London Borough of Barnet. The camp is open each weekday from 9am to 3pm, during school holidays. The provider employs 29 staff, 9 of whom hold a qualified teacher status early years qualification.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision with the manager and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The inspector spoke to a number of parents and took their views into account. n The inspector observed interactions between staff and children. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the club.

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31 July 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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