Flora Stevenson After School Club
Recorded Key Question grade range: 3–4 — Adequate View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. To promote children’s wellbeing and positive outcomes the provider should support the staff team to plan together and engage in reflective practice. This should include reviewing a range of best practice documents to embed in the service context, share good practice and plan for children’s experiences. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that: ‘I have confidence in people because they are trained, competent and skilled, are able to reflect on their practice and follow their professional and organisational codes’ (HSCS 3.14).
1. To support children’s wellbeing and develop life skills, the provider should ensure mealtime routines are improved so children have a safe, social and relaxed experience. This should include but not be limited to; a) improving the routine to offer opportunities for children to self-serve and develop life skills b) providing greater opportunities for children to be involved in the planning and preparation of snacks c) ensuring staff safely supervise children while eating to reduce the risk of choking. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'I take part in daily routines, such as setting up activities and mealtimes, if this is what I want.' (HSCS 2.21); and 'I am helped to understand the impact and consequences of risky and unsafe behaviour and decisions.' (HSCS 2.25).
1. To ensure children's medication and health care needs are safely and effectively managed, the provider should strengthen practices and procedures to consistently align with current good practice guidance. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective' (HSCS 1.24); and 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15). This is to ensure practice, procedures and staff knowledge is consistent with the Care Inspectorate document, 'Management of medication in daycare of children and childminding services' (Care Inspectorate, Edited: July 2025).
1. By 16 October 2025, the provider must ensure children are safe through the effective management of their medication and health care needs. To do this the provider must, at a minimum: a) Ensure all required medication is available for children when they are present in the service. b) Ensure medication and health care planning records are accurate and reflective of children's individual needs and medications, including outlining the appropriate actions staff should take to manage children's symptoms. c) Ensure all staff understand children’s health and medication needs and know how to respond quickly and safely. d) Ensure practice aligns with current guidance, 'Management of medication in daycare of children and childminding services' (Car1. By 31 October 2025, the provider must ensure children are protected through the safe and effective management of staff recruitment and professional registrations. To do this the provider must, at a minimum: a) Ensure recruitment procedures are aligned with good practice guidance, 'Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment' (Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), September 2023). b) Revisit current staff information and ensure all staff have been recruited in line with safe recruitment processes, including, requesting accurate and appropriate references relating to a person’s suitability to work in a specified role. c) Ensure all staff appropriately gain and maintain their professional registration with a relevant professional body. d) Develo
1. To support children’s wellbeing and development, the provider should develop and strengthen personal planning approaches. This is to ensure personal plans reflect children's needs, set out how their individual needs will be met and reflect good practice guidance including in relation to reviews and updates. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15).
2. To support children’s wellbeing and develop life skills, the provider should ensure mealtime routines are improved so children have a relaxed, social and engaging experience. This should include but not be limited to; a) improving the routine to minimise how long children have to wait during handwashing and the serving of food b) providing greater opportunities for children to be involved in the planning and preparation of snacks c) ensuring staff consider the social experience of snack and provide opportunities for children to engage in conversations during mealtimes. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'I take part in daily routines, such as setting up activities and mealtimes, if this is what I want' (HSCS 2.21); and 'I can enjoy u1. To ensure gaps in practice and procedures are improved and to enhance outcomes for children, the provider should ensure that effective quality assurance processes are developed and embedded to ensure the service stay up to date with current practice and make improvements to key areas of practice. This should include but not be limited to: a) ensuring current best practice guidance and national frameworks are used to guide practice, assess the quality of the service and inform improvements b) embedding planned monitoring processes to ensure gaps in practice, processes and procedures are identified and addressed. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).
1. To ensure staff can fully meet children’s safety and engagement needs, the service should improve staff deployment and decision making within the outdoor space. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My environment is secure and safe' (HSCS 5.17); and 'My needs are met by the right number of people' (HSCS 3.15).
1. To support children's safety and enhance play experiences, the provider should improve the management of the outdoor play space. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My environment is secure and safe' (HSCS 5.17).
Conditions of registration
Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:
1. To provide a care service during term time, to a maximum of 80 children at any one time who currently attend primary school. During school holidays the service may be provided to a maximum of 48 primary school aged children at any one time of whom no more than five are in the transition between nursery and primary one.