Clowning Around Ltd

Activities: Staff plan a good range of activities around a variety of topics, such as the King's coronation and other events that captures children's interests.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children use their good mathematical skills as they play hide and seek, counting to 20 before running off to find their friends.

Communication: Staff routinely inform parents about their children's achievements. They talk to parents about things that happen during the school day as well as at the club.

Staff Training: Staff have received support and training to enable them to understand and fulfil their role and responsibilities effectively.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are deployed effectively to ensure that they can support the children and meet their individual needs. This makes children feel safe and secure.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders follow robust recruitment procedures to ensure staff suitability. They keep up to date with their knowledge of local safeguarding concerns and train their staff on a regular basis.

Play and Learning Integration: Children look forward to outdoor play, where they have many opportunities to be physically active and burn off their energy.

Transition to Primary School: Staff forge good working relationships with the school. They take time to speak to teachers about the children and relay feedback and messages to the parents from the school.

Child Safety Management: They are vigilant about children's safety and supervise them well as they play.

Children's Safety and Security: Staff provide activities to support children to take turns and work together, so that they form friendships and develop their social skills.

Happiness and Settling: Children have good relationships with each other and play together, both in a team and in pairs. When children are collected at the end of the session, they proudly show their parents their art creations.

Nutritional Menu: They encourage children to drink water regularly and provide them with a varied range of snacks during their time at the club. However, staff do not always make the most of opportunities to extend children's skills further.