All Stars Breakfast & After School Club Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children of all ages thoroughly enjoy their time at this club.

Staff are very warm and welcoming. As each child arrives, staff greet them with smiles and hugs and engage them in discussion about their day. Children are excited to attend and are interested in finding out the activities they can access and which of their friends will be attending.

Children state that they love coming to the club as they say it is 'more fun than school'. They particularly enjoy doing creative activities and playing team games such as football. Staff spend time getting to know the children well.

They value children's choices and opini...ons and plan a wide range of enjoyable activities that follow their interests. Children of different age groups interact well together. For example, they make slime bubbles together and take turns to pop them.

Children behave extremely well. They are happy to share, take turns and help others when needed. For instance, without prompting, the older children support the younger children when playing a game.

Staff support the children to understand the club's rules and boundaries, and children listen, respond and follow these well.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Staff have strong relationships with teachers at the on-site school. They use very good two-way communication to safeguard children's welfare and meet their individual needs.

When staff collect children from the infant school, they routinely chat with teachers to find out about the children's day and how they have been. They also gather relevant information from parents prior to their children starting at the club. This ensures continuity in children's care and well-being.

Staff guide children's behaviour with careful consideration. They speak to children calmly and at their level to explore why behaviours are not appropriate. Staff also identify children's positive behaviours, which they praise and encourage.

Children develop good friendships with each other and build trusting relationships with staff. Mealtimes are relaxed and sociable. Children chat and giggle along with staff as they compare the size of their 'giant' chips.

Children have positive attitudes and show high levels of curiosity, concentration and enjoyment. They thoroughly enjoy the experiences on offer at the club. Staff develop a range of engaging experiences for children.

For example, staff have made the role-play area into a medical centre, where children pretend to be medical staff, giving the dolls medicine and putting plasters on them.Staff are very attentive to the needs of every individual child. They offer very good levels of support to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Staff are vigilant in their supervision of the children. They help children to understand safety risks without inhibiting their play and exploration. Children have plenty of opportunities to be physically active in the extensive secure play areas.

They enjoy various sports such as skipping, football and basketball.The staff establish excellent partnerships with parents. Staff make focused use of handover times to exchange information with parents about their children's day.

They recognise the importance of a good two-way exchange of information. Parents speak highly about the nurturing staff and state that the staff team go the 'extra mile' to support their children as individuals.Management ensure that staff receive a diverse range of training opportunities.

They carry out regular supervision meetings to support staff in their roles and monitor their well-being. Staff work well as a team and have a clear understanding of each child's interests. Staff comment that they are happy working at the club and feel well supported and valued.

The management team has effective risk assessments in place to ensure that all activities are as safe as possible and that all areas used are suitable for children. Robust procedures are in place for adults collecting children from the school. This helps to ensure children's safety.

Good recruitment procedures are in place to ensure that all staff working with children are suitable to do so.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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