St Andrews Kids Club

St Andrews Kids Club

Unique reference number (URN): EY270764 Address: St. Andrews Primary School, Pentland Road, Dronfield Woodhouse, DRONFIELD, Derbyshire, S18 8ZQ Type: Childcare on non-domestic premises Registered with Ofsted: 03/10/2003 Registers: EYR, CCR, VCR Registered person: St Andrews Kids Club Committee

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Safeguarding standards met

The safeguarding standards are met. This means that leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfil their specific responsibilities and have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed. As a result, children are made safer and feel safe.

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How we evaluate safeguarding

When we inspect settings for safeguarding, they can have the following outcomes:

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How we evaluate safeguarding

Met: The setting has an open and positive culture of safeguarding. Not met: The setting has not created an open and positive culture of safeguarding. Not all legal requirements are met.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Strong standard

Leaders and staff know children and their families well. Staff understand that each child is unique and they skilfully adapt activities and the environment to be inclusive and to meet individual needs. Children express their pleasure when taking an active role in the setting. For example, they thoroughly enjoy helping staff to set up the club's activities and being drink monitors during snack time. All children are confident to explore their environment and approach staff should they need help or assistance.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Strong standard

Children receive support to keep themselves healthy, happy and safe. They consistently make their own healthy choices and decisions. Children have multiple opportunities to develop their muscle strength and coordination skills. Indoors, children develop their balancing skills as they carefully stand on balance boards, while others skilfully manoeuvre themselves across the floor on body boards. Outdoors, staff safely supervise children as they use their muscles to climb across rope bridges. Other children work collaboratively with their friends and staff to build a den.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Strong standard

Children have an abundance of healthy snack options to choose from. They know to sit while eating. Staff provide helpful reminders when younger children momentarily forget. They fully embed hygiene practices, such as handwashing. Children demonstrate independence as they manage these routines competently.

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Inclusion Strong standard

Leaders have robust procedures in place that enable them to work closely with school to recognise children's individual needs promptly. This includes those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, disadvantaged children or those with other barriers that may affect children's engagement. Leaders use this knowledge to put individual plans in

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Expected standard

place when necessary. This helps children to settle and get the most from their time at the club.

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Expected standard

Leaders and staff provide an inclusive setting to enable all children to access, take part and focus on activities, such as crafts, group games and physical activities. They make sure that the range of activities suits all children, such as those who thrive on joining in larger group activities and those who enjoy quieter activities, such as colouring. This helps all children to feel well settled and safe at the club.

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Expected standard

Children are encouraged to work at their own pace and are skilfully supported by staff when necessary. For example, staff promptly recognise that some children struggle to regulate their emotions and get overly excited during transition times. Staff provide one-to-one help, gently supporting children to understand and follow the expected routines. This motivates children to contribute towards group expectations and follow the club's rules.

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

Leaders have taken a positive approach to the action raised during the last inspection. They fully understand their role and responsibility to ensure changes regarding committee members are fully communicated to Ofsted. This means all necessary checks have been completed to assure children's safety while at the club.

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

Leaders work to ensure the club provides high-quality care for children. They work closely with staff to provide carefully tailored care and planned learning opportunities for all children. Leaders work closely with the host school to ensure expectations are aligned. This supports continuity for children across the school day and the club provision, helping children to manage transitions confidently. Leaders and staff are well qualified. Staff retention is high. This ensures children receive quality support from the consistently familiar staff team, enabling them to develop positive relationships. Leaders fully consider staff's wellbeing and workload. They ensure that support, professional learning and mentoring is of high quality and available when needed. In addition, work expectations are realistic. This helps to maintain a safe and positive environment for everyone. Leaders are reflective. While not yet

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

embedded, leaders are working with staff to implement consistent strategies, helping children understand behavioural expectations.

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Leadership and governance Strong standard

Parents and carers are positive about the care their children receive at the club. They feel their children benefit socially and their children's individual needs are respected. Parents state that communication is effective and their children are safe when at the club. Children are overwhelmingly positive about the setting. They enjoy being with their friends and taking part in the fun activities.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard

Leaders and staff provide multiple opportunities for children to do things for themselves. Children know the routine when entering the club. For example, they readily place their coats and bags in the designated spaces provided. Staff encourage children to serve themselves at snack time and place their used plates and cups in the sink. They provide reminders, helping children to recognise when the routine is about to change. Children eagerly tidy away resources, with staff helping younger children when necessary. This helps to develop children's growing independence skills.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard

The inclusive environment is full of laughter as all children take part in group games and activities. Children work together, creating a water run from tubes and pipes. They notice water is not travelling along the pipes and experiment by adjusting the height of the pipes and tubes. This resolves the problem and staff praise children for their perseverance. On occasion, some staff do not help children to understand what they expect of them. For example, children express being upset when their friends have taken a toy from them. Staff ask them to share but then walk away from children to support other tasks. Children appear confused about what they are expected to do. This does not help children to learn the impact of their actions on others.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard

Leaders monitor attendance to ensure children's safety. They communicate with school staff and parents and carers if children have not arrived for their session.

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Compulsory Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Compulsory Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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Voluntary Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the voluntary part of Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Voluntary Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Children are extremely happy and well settled at this welcoming before- and after-school and school holiday club. They arrive from school eager to share information about their day with the staff and their friends. Children listen during registration as staff explain what activities are available. This helps children to decide what they want to engage with. Children thoroughly enjoy working with staff on their chosen activities. For example, children draw different colourful hairstyles on their figures. Staff demonstrate by drawing different patterns and children copy by drawing zig zags, swirls and curls. This helps children to further develop their pen control. Children are proud of their artwork and put it safely in their bag to take home.

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Leaders and staff consistently promote an inclusive environment for children in their care. They ensure all activities and routines are carefully differentiated to enable children to take part. Children thrive when playing an active role in the club. They helpfully put out chairs at snack time, support younger children with handwashing and set up safety markers to determine where indoor physical activities will take place. Children remain deeply engaged in their chosen activity. They focus as they enjoy playing board games with their friends and staff, while others are engrossed in building with small construction bricks. When children express minor frustrations at others accidently using their bricks, staff respond positively. Staff support children to access resources without invading other children's space. This helps children to learn to show consideration for others.

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Next steps

Leaders should continue to support staff to develop and implement consistent behaviour management strategies that build on children's understanding of the expectations for their

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Address:

St. Andrews Primary School, Pentland Road Dronfield Woodhouse DRONFIELD Derbyshire S18 8ZQ

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Address:

Type: Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Address:

Registered person: St Andrews Kids Club Committee

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Address:

Operating hours: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 07:30 - 09:00,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 15:00 - 18:00,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 08:00 - 18:00

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About this inspection

The inspector spoke with leaders, staff, parents and carers and children during the inspection.

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About this inspection

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 This data was available to the inspector at the time of the inspection.

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Exceptional

Practice is exceptional: of the highest standard nationally. Other settings can learn from it.

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Strong standard

The setting reaches a strong standard. Leaders are working above the standard expected of them.

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Expected standard

The setting is fulfilling the expected standard of education and/or care. This means they are following the standard set out in statutory and non ‑ statutory legislation and the professional standards expected of them.

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Needs attention

The expected standards are not met but leaders are likely able to make the necessary improvements.

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Urgent improvement

The setting needs to make urgent improvements to provide the expected standard of education and/or care.

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Urgent improvement

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Urgent improvement

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Urgent improvement

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