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Brookside Out of School Care Club

Ofsted: Requires improvement
(Sept 2025)
·Brookside Community Primary School, Bright Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1NW · Lancashire
Number of places
50 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Brookside Out of School Care Club, established in 1999, is an all-year childcare setting in Clitheroe for children aged 2-11 years. 30pm in school holidays, the club offers a range of activities.

Children separate with ease from parents and enjoy activities, demonstrating they feel safe and happy. Staff praise their efforts and achievements, supporting confidence and self-esteem.

The club focuses on a planned curriculum targeting all seven areas of learning, with activities tailored to individual needs, focusing on independence, communication, and listening. While the setting currently 'Requires Improvement' as per its 17/09/2025 Ofsted inspection, leaders are proactive in identifying and supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), making referrals to outside agencies and utilising funding effectively to meet their unique requirements.

The outdoor environment is well-utilised daily to enhance learning and enjoyment, with children engaging in physical play and visiting the on-site forest school. Leaders also organise educational visits to local amenities like the library, market, and park, and arrange town centre walks to help children learn about different cultures.

Strong partnerships with parents ensure they are kept informed of their children's learning and progress. However, the setting is working on improving consistent support for children to manage their behaviour and enhancing staff deployment to ensure all children progress well.

What it's like

Children separate from their parents and carers with ease and enjoy a range of activities. Children demonstrate they feel safe and are happy, and staff praise their efforts and achievements. However, children do not benefit from consistent support to learn how to manage their behaviour, which impacts the effectiveness of some learning experiences.

Confident childrenOutdoor learningForest schoolSEND supportCommunity visitsStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm during term time and from 8am to 5.30pm during school holidays

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1999

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Brookside Out of School Care Club

Last inspected 17 September 2025 · Lisa Bellam-Brown

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement

Actions the provider must take

  • support staff to develop consistent behaviour management strategies to support children to understand positive behaviour.
  • support staff to model effective hygiene practices to teach children about self-care and hygiene
  • strengthen supervision arrangements to more effectively provide the individualised support staff need to raise practice and the overall quality of the nursery to a good level.

What it's like to attend

Children separate from their parents and carers with ease and enjoy a range of activities. Children demonstrate they feel safe and are happy, and staff praise their efforts and achievements. However, children do not benefit from consistent support to learn how to manage their behaviour, which impacts the effectiveness of some learning experiences.

Inspector highlights

  • Children separate from parents and carers with ease and enjoy a range of activities.
  • Leaders identify children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make referrals to outside agencies, and implement targets to support children.
  • Staff make good use of the outdoor environment each day, and children enjoy opportunities to visit the on-site forest school.
  • Leaders plan visits to the library, market, park, and walks in the town centre to link with learning and support understanding of different cultures.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong, and leaders ensure parents are aware of what their children are learning each week.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to develop consistent behaviour management strategies to support children to understand positive behaviour.
  • 2support staff to model effective hygiene practices to teach children about self-care and hygiene
  • 3strengthen supervision arrangements to more effectively provide the individualised support staff need to raise practice and the overall quality of the nursery to a good level.
Inspection #10408132 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders identify children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They make referrals to outside agencies and implement targets to support children to make progress from their starting points. Leaders use funding effectively to support children's unique needs.

Outdoor space

Staff make good use of the outdoor environment each day to enhance children's learning and enjoyment. Children happily run, jump, climb and play peekaboo with their friends. They enjoy opportunities to visit the on-site forest school.

Inspection history

Date: June 2011

  • September 2025Requires improvement
  • January 2020Good
  • May 2016Good
  • June 2011Good

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