Thrumpton Kids Clubs

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The management team has made several positive changes since the last inspection. Staff observe and monitor children's learning effectively.

Children reach typical levels of development for their age. • The manager supports staff well. Staff attend meetings with the manager and they reflect on their practice.

Staff attend training that helps them to improve their teaching skills. For example, they have attended training to deepen their understanding of how to support children's communication skills. This has a positive impact on the progress children make in this aspect of their learning.

• Parents comment positively about the setting. Th...ey say that staff are welcoming and approachable and that they enjoy looking at photographs of their children playing in the setting. • Children demonstrate a good relationship with staff and seek them out for comfort.

Staff are warm, caring and support children's emotional well-being effectively. • Children demonstrate good mathematical skills and use numbers in their play. For example, staff count out loud the number of footsteps children need to take when they play a game.

Older children confidently count to 14. Younger children say numbers when they sing nursery rhymes. • Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities well.

They put targeted plans in place and work with other professionals to support children's individual needs. • Occasionally, staff do not always support children to extend their learning so they can achieve the best possible outcomes. • Staff do not always consider how to plan activities to ensure that all children remain focused and engaged.