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Telford Ofsted Report
Extracts from the full Ofsted report, the full report is available at the club.
THE QUALITY AND STANDARDS OF THE CARE
The quality and standards of the care are good. The registered person meets the National Standards for under 8's care and childminding.
What sort of setting is it?
There are 5 full-time staff and 2 part-time staff who work with the children. All have a recognised early years qualification and 4 staff have play-work qualifications. The setting receives support from the local authority.
Helping children to be healthy.
Children's health within the setting is supported appropriately by staff who have a good understanding of health and hygiene procedures. Children enjoy activities and discussions about healthy eating and life style, for example during the summer holidays children diligently apply sun-screen before going outside. They enjoy having fresh fruit everyday and join in projects to look at the benefit of eating healthy foods. Meals and snacks are social occasions when friends chat about their day. Children join the club for breakfast and after school there is always a snack waiting for them. During the holidays they bring in their own packed lunches and eagerly eat them in a shady garden in the school grounds when the weather is fine.
Protecting children from harm or neglect and helping them to stay safe.
Children enjoy a bright, friendly child-centred environment where staff have a good understanding of safety and maintain appropriate procedures and documentation to minimise the risks to children. This would be further enhanced if the risk assessments of the environment were continued to be developed.
Helping children achieve well and enjoy what they do.
All children have a sense of belonging and they confidently involve themselves in the activities in their 'club'. They talk to the staff about what they want to do and make decisions about the activities they want to take part in. Friendships are forming and younger children extend their imaginary play and include their friends, such as when they make up dance routines or play in the home corner with the dolls, the doctor comes to visit to make the dolls better.
Helping children make a positive contribution.
Children behave well, they play harmoniously together and share their games whilst showing care for those younger than themselves, for example when participating in activities siblings help each other at the craft table.
Organisation.
Children's care is enhanced by the experienced staff and well organised management of the day to day provision in the out of school club. Staffing procedures are effective and policies and procedures meet the requirements of the National Standards; however the daily record of attendance does not include details of the staff who are working with the children.
Improvements since the last inspection.
The previous care inspection recommended the following: develop opportunities for children to explore other cultures and social situations. These have been addressed throughout the setting, resources provide a wide variety which reflect positive images of other cultures and the world around us. Younger children dress-up in role play costumes reflecting other cultures and people who help us, such as doctors and nurses. They explore the wider world through projects and themes, for example as how people live in India. The range of books provide stories and information about the wider world and posters and photographs depict positive images of other children and families in the world.
Outstanding: this aspect of this provision is of exceptionally high quality
Good: this aspect of this provision is strong
Satisfactory: this aspect of this provision is sound
Inadequate: this aspect of this provision is not good enough