Woodley After School Provision (WASP)

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The well-qualified and experienced manager, together with excellent support from the highly skilled staff team, has worked extremely hard to improve the quality of the setting since the last inspection. He has addressed the recommendation raised and enhanced many other aspects of practice.

• Staff complete observations of children's play to find out what they know and can do. The information is used highly effectively to accurately assess children's progress and identify any gaps in their learning. In addition, staff share their findings with nursery and Reception-class teachers in school.

This shared approach to children's care and learni...ng helps to promote high levels of consistency and continuity for all children. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are extremely well supported and make rapid progress in all areas of development. • The key-person system is exceptionally effective and well established.

Children make superb relationships with staff and strong friendships with each other. Staff have a remarkable knowledge of the children in their care and demonstrate a genuine affection for them. They are extremely caring and sensitive, which helps to promote children's emotional security to an optimum level.

• Staff work extremely closely with the host school. Excellent arrangements for sharing information helps children to experience a seamless transition as they transfer from school to the setting. This has an extremely positive impact on the settling-in process.

• Partnerships with parents are highly successful and enable staff to meet children's needs very effectively. The staff team actively listens to children and parents; they value their views and act on what they say. They provide home-school link activities to help parents to support children's learning at home.

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