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19.05.2023 - 17:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A chaotic and ‘unsafe’ after-school club put children at unnecessary risk, according to a watchdog report. Ofsted inspectors found More Play More Often - based at Edgeley Children’s Centre, in Stockport - was failing to provide primary school-aged children with a ‘safe and nurturing’ environment.
The centre was issued with a welfare requirements notice, setting out nine areas for urgent improvement - including ensuring that all areas of the premises were suitable for childcare. Leaders at the Cheadle Old Road centre - which also offers a school holiday club outside of term time - say these have all been met, and Ofsted is now ‘very happy’ with how things are being run.
The watchdog says the next report will confirm what progress has been made. But during a visit in February, officials found serious cause for concern.
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While the centre was rated ‘good’ four years ago, a ‘turbulent time’ since is said to have resulted in standards ‘significantly declining’. The inspection report reads: “Leaders and staff have an extremely poor understanding of playwork. They have not designed a play programme which is matched to children's interests,”
This, inspectors said, ‘results in children being bored and not knowing how to engage in play’. “For example, some children sit alone, stare into the distance and stand for long periods of time looking out of the window,” the report reads.
“Staff are unaware of this and merely supervise children without any quality interactions."
Staff were found not to provide children with clear expectations for their behaviour - meaning they ‘do not learn to behave in safe ways’.
“Furthermore, children do not learn what is right from
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