The Great Escape Kids Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are happy and are eager to come into the club. They quickly engage themselves in a wide range of activities and demonstrate good levels of interest in their play.

• Staff support children's communication skills effectively. They hold meaningful discussions with children and listen to their views. Children talk confidently and are keen to share their thoughts and ideas.

• Staff ensure that parents are consistently updated with news and events. Parents speak highly of the staff who care for their children. They say staff are friendly and keep them updated with regard to the activities children take part in.

• The manager and staff... work closely with teachers at the host school. Staff find out what children have been learning. They use this information to help children build on skills.

For example, when children learn about 'Pancake Day' at school, staff encourage children to make pancakes using play dough. Children cut out circle shapes and flip them in the air. This helps them develop their imagination based on their own firsthand experiences.

• The manager carries out regular supervision sessions and team meetings with staff that enable them to identify their own strengths and areas for improvement. Staff are supported to develop professionally. For example, they attend training to develop their understanding of how to support children's interests through play.

• Children demonstrate that they are emotionally secure. For example, they show close attachments with staff and seek them out to share their views and interests. • Occasionally, staff miss opportunities that arise to develop children's understanding of healthy eating and the effect it has on their bodies.

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