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Behind the Inspection Rating: Praise brings out children's best

3 mins read Early Years Ofsted Inspections
Early years inspection finds encouragement is part of daily life at Doodles Out of School Club in Huddersfield.

Doodles Out of School Club, Huddersfield | Early years inspection | August 2013

"The worst lunchbox I have ever seen was when a child came for breakfast with one of those big chocolate bars," says Becki Zaffino, manager of Doodles Out of School Club. "I think his mum meant for him to share it, but nethertheless he ate it all himself."

It was either that, she adds, or the time a child turned up with a burger in their lunchbox. Thankfully, these incidents are now fading memories for the boss of the Huddersfield out-of-school club. In recent years it has been transforming the contents of children's lunchboxes with its High Five Lunchbox initiative, one of the approaches that has helped the setting land an outstanding rating from Ofsted.

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