'Chaotic' and 'at times unsafe' after-school club put children at 'unnecessary risk'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 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. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community While the centre was rated ‘good’ four years ago, a ‘turbulent time’ since is said to have resulted in standards ‘significantly declining’.
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