Cottam Before and After School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Children form good relationships with staff. This helps to support children's emotional well-being effectively. Children benefit from a well-balanced educational programme of fun and interactive activities.

Teaching is good and this helps to secure good outcomes for children. Overall, partnerships with parents are good. They appreciate the welcoming atmosphere staff create, the small size of the group and the links within the community.

Parents feel informed about their child's progress and comment that they would recommend the provision to others. Leaders have been successful in driving improvement. For example, they have strengthened the process ...for helping children and their families settle well into the pre-school life and formed a well-qualified staff team.

It is not yet outstanding because: On occasions, staff do not offer enough challenge to help all children reach their full potential. Staff do not consistently support parents to share what they know their child can already do when they first start. The monitoring of staff practice is not specifically targeted to help raise the overall quality to an outstanding level.

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