Red Banana Club

Communication: Staff form excellent partnerships with parents and teachers within the host school.

Community Building: The school headship and parents hold the staff in high regard.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are exceptionally well supported.

Staff Training: Staff are well supported to implement new skills, such as for supporting children with SEND, learned from training.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children form immensely strong bonds with staff and each other.

Safeguarding Training: Procedures for recruiting, vetting, inducting and managing staff performance and supporting professional development are robust and effective.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff create opportunities for children who have a preference for being physically active to engage in safe indoor activities.

Transition to Primary School: Children benefit greatly from the buddy system provided by older children who help the four-year-olds settle into the club.

Diversity Management: Staff plan exciting activities to mark diverse traditions, such as Diwali, Guy Fawkes Night and Chinese New Year.

Child Safety Management: Staff pay great attention to ensuring children with high-priority medical needs are protected from potential risks, such as contact with foods that prompt dangerous allergy symptoms.

Children's Safety and Security: Children trust the staff completely and this is well demonstrated as they share their thoughts and feelings with them.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children are immensely sensible and consistently follow the club safety rules.

Happiness and Settling: Children are inspiringly committed to welcoming and helping younger children to settle in and engaging them in their play ideas.