Childville After School Club @ Furze

Inspection of Childville After School Club @ Furze Furze Infant School, Romford RM6 6ES

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This provision meets requirements

Children at Childville are happy, confident and fully engaged in the club. They greet staff with excitement when they are collected from their classrooms. Children are eager to share stories about their day, holidays or school experiences. Staff take time to listen, celebrate their achievements and ensure each child feels valued and included.

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This provision meets requirements

At the start of each session, staff reinforce the rules, with children given responsibilities of being 'stars of the week' to help their peers understand expectations. Children respond positively to these, showing a clear understanding of routines and respect for one another. Children demonstrate exceptional behaviour and manners.

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This provision meets requirements

Activities are planned around children's interests, promoting independence and social skills. For example, during snack time, children choose from a nutritious selection and make their own wraps. Staff encourage children to help tidy-up afterwards, developing their responsibility and promoting healthy habits. Staff plan a range of stimulating and engaging activities. Indoors, children enjoy role play, construction, board games and sensory play. Outdoors, activities include football, climbing and water play. Staff actively participate, sit alongside children and build on their ideas, helping to make their experiences and play meaningful. Leaders and staff at Childville provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment, where children thrive socially, emotionally and physically.

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n Leaders ensure that younger children are assigned a key person, who understands them well. At Childville, staff know children's individual preferences and routines, helping new children settle quickly. For example, key persons liaise closely with parents and the school to provide a smooth transition and consistent support. n Staff plan experiences around current themes, events, and cultural festivals, such as autumn and Diwali. This enables children to explore their own culture and learn about others. This leads to broadening children's understanding of diverse traditions through crafts, music and role-play activities. n Parents and carers speak positively about the club. They feel reassured knowing their children are happy and well cared for. Staff provide detailed updates to parents at collection times and relay key messages from school, ensuring continuity between school and the club. n Staff receive strong support from leaders through supervisions, appraisals and

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tailored training. Training includes keeping up to date with how to promote

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11 September 2025 children's safety, food hygiene and specific courses to help develop their knowledge of how to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This support ensures staff feel confident, skilled and capable in their roles. Staff provide high-quality care that meets each child's individual needs. As a result, children experience personalised, safe and engaging care that promotes their well-being, independence and social development effectively. n Children enjoy creative opportunities, such as using sand and dough to make models that are inspired by their holidays. Staff encourage their imagination and celebrate individual efforts, helping to boost their confidence, pride and engagement in creative play. n Children benefit from structured physical activities. This helps them to develop coordination, teamwork and contributes to supporting a healthy lifestyle. n Staff support children's language and communication through rich conversations,

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thoughtful questions and introducing new vocabulary. For example, during role play in a pretend hairdresser shop and café area, children learn terms for tools, food and professions. These experiences help children to be creative. n Staff actively engage children in discussions about healthy eating. They explain the benefits of fruits, cheese and water while encouraging reflection on nutrition. This empowers children to make informed choices and fosters lifelong healthy habits. n Leaders are committed to continuous improvement. They gather feedback from parents, staff and children to adapt the provision. This ensures activities and routines meet every child's needs and improves children's engagement, well- being and their overall experiences. n Outdoors, children participate in team games, such as hide and seek and relay races. These activities develop cooperation, problem-solving and social skills. Children learn to take turns, how to support each other and to work together as

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a team. Playing outdoors also helps to promote children's confidence, physical fitness and an enjoyment of active learning.

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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 EY546705 Local authority Barking and Dagenham Inspection number 10399590 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 48 Name of registered person Childville After School Services Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07951 414426 Date of previous inspection 6 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Childville After School Club @ Furze registered in 2017. The club is located in Romford in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The club employs five members of staff. Of these, four staff members hold qualifications at level 3 and one at level 6. The club operates Monday to Friday from 3pm until 6pm, term time only.

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n Leaders showed the inspector around the club. They discussed how they keep children safe and plan activities for children. n Parents, staff and children shared their views with the inspector. n Leaders showed the inspector relevant documentation. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children during the inspection. n Leaders engaged in a meeting with the inspector to discuss the leadership and management of the club.

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11 September 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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11 September 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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