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Communication: Staff work well with parents to find out about their child's needs and interests. They exchange information about children's activities and time spent at the club.

Community Building: Partnerships with parents are highly effective and parents say they are kept well informed about their child's experiences. Parents comment that staff offer an excellent service and really care about the children, who look forward to their time at the club.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff create a welcoming, relaxed and friendly environment, which helps children settle quickly on arrival.

Safeguarding Training: Staff have a good knowledge of safeguarding and understand their responsibility to protect children from risk of harm. They attend training and the provider shares regular updates with the staff team. This helps to ensure they know how to follow up concerns about a child's welfare.

Play and Learning Integration: Children enjoy the good range of activities on offer and they eagerly delve into activities that capture their interest.

Transition to Primary School: Staff have established a very good working relationship with the host school. They talk to teachers regularly to exchange key information and they find out about children's time at school. This helps them to plan activities that complement children's learning.

Child Safety Management: Staff know how to manage and minimise potential risks to children. They are vigilant in their supervision of the children and remind them how to keep themselves safe as they play.

Happiness and Settling: Children respond to the caring, nurturing approach of all staff. They are happy and say that they feel safe attending the club.