Scallywags Activity Club Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager understands her key roles and she is well organised.

Staff effectively implement a range of records, documents and policies. This helps to promote children's safety and welfare at a good level. • Staff are friendly and approachable.

They implement a settling-in process and spend time getting to know children well. They sensitively help children become familiar with the environment. Children are content, comfortable and relaxed attending.

• Staff fully encourage and promote children's independence. Children confidently take responsibility for their own belongings, make choices about what they want to do or play with and manage ...their own self-care needs. • The environment is welcoming, bright and stimulating.

Children have plenty of fun and really delight in attending. They comment that they like coming to the club, the staff are nice and they enjoy the activities provided. • Partnerships with the local schools children attend are strong.

Staff liaise with children's class teachers daily to share messages about their care. The manager also meets with them termly to discuss children's development, their next steps in learning and what they can do to offer support. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently engage parents in detailed two-way discussions about the education their children benefit from elsewhere between school, home and the club.

Children do not benefit from excellent continuity between all those involved in their development. • The manager does not make the best use of self-evaluation. She does not fully involve staff in setting clear and highly ambitious targets for future development aimed at raising the standard to the highest level.