Wild Explorers

Inspection of Wild Explorers Broughton Hall Estate, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

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This provision meets requirements

Children are happy in this holiday club. They thrive within their natural environment. Staff support children to navigate their play freely while at the club. Children show that they feel safe as they engage with friends within secure woodlands. Children welcome each other warmly and show an interest in seeking their friends out to build dens. They express their excitement in their creations and state they love being at the club. Staff encourage children to choose their play independently. Children enjoy playing on rope swings and moving freely among the grass and trees. Staff support children to navigate space well and practise advanced physicals skills, such as running, jumping and climbing within nature. Children are curious towards new play opportunities. They show resilience as they take appropriate risks in their play.

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This provision meets requirements

Children flourish as their imaginations come to life. They balance on logs and jump over small mud verges with passion and bravery during their self-initiated missions. This is supported effectively by staff as they prompt children to make their own decisions, to achieve desired outcomes. Children manage risks well. Children are caring. Those children who regularly attend the club support those children that are newer to the club. This reassures children and helps them to feel secure. Staff role model the expectations for children's behaviour well during care and play interactions. This influences a culture of kindness. Children settle in with ease and are emotionally secure.

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need to do better?

n Children choose from a range of outdoor play opportunities. They naturally form small pockets of friendship groups with similar interests. For example, children enjoy Nordic plaiting in pairs, displaying advanced cooperation skills. They demonstrate plaiting methods to one another, helping to create colourful friendship bracelets. Children work together well and support others to learn new skills. n Interactions between staff and children are strong. Staff support children with passion. They show a genuine interest as children share their thoughts and ideas, such as when building bridges with planks and logs. Children critically think of ways to best achieve goals. Staff build on this through carefully questioning and skilfully promoting children to problem solve. Children respond well and display trust and respect towards staff and their peers. They build positive relationships. n Children are creative. Within the craft corner, they make choices on how they

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need to do better?

use wool, sticks and natural resources. Children use their creative skills to make dreamcatchers, decorated sticks and pom-poms. Staff follow children's lead and

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need to do better?

28 July 2025 offer support, where needed, for children's ideas to develop. Children focus on tasks for long periods of time. They are determined and concentrate well. n Children have a strong sense of self. They learn how to respond to their own needs. Staff nurture children to learn how to meet their own needs. They support children to begin to regulate their emotions themselves. For example, staff encourage children to relax in the hammock village, take shade under the tepee or lay under trees when needing to rest. Children sit calmly while chatting about topics of interest. They learn how to be self-aware. n Staff encourage children to be independent. They wash their hands in outdoor water units before meals, use the toilet and dress themselves into waterproofs to enjoy 'mudslide' sessions. Children indulge in becoming muddy as they slide down mud banks, giggling and landing in muddy puddles. They beam with joy

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as they smile through mud-covered faces. Children seek support from staff, where needed, to become clean, undress and change back into clean clothes. Children are self-sufficient in the club. n Staff communicate their expectations for children's behaviour. Children all participate in a welcome meeting before the start of each session. Staff remind them of the rules, such as accessible areas, cut resistant gloves and using the 'invisible gate' to access the campfire. This helps children to understand clear boundaries and behave well. n Staff manage risks well. For example, they implement safety procedures when cooking garlic flatbread on the campfire. Staff clearly engage with skilled questioning to test children's listening and attention skills. This ensures that children understand important information to promote their safety. Staff work cohesively and always promote children's well-being. n Parents and carers are happy with what the club offers. They say their children

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settle instantly and love the club. Communication is effective and parents praise all staff for their care and support. Parents know their children are well cared for and safe in the club.

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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 2758923 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 10405898 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 40 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Wild Explorers Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07746705405 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Wild Explorers registered in 2023. It operates from a designated area of woodland within the Broughton Hall estate, on the outskirts of Skipton, North Yorkshire. The owner, who is also the manager of the holiday club, has a pool of 26 staff. Of these, 12 staff hold qualifications at level 4 or above. This includes staff who hold qualified teacher status. The holiday club operates Monday to Friday, from 9.30am to 3.30pm, during all school holidays.

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Inspection activities

n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the club with the inspector. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed activities and children's play during the inspection.

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Inspection activities

28 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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