WWYD? After-school centre with failing Ofsted

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DD (YR) is collected from school by a local community centre-run after school club and it failed its recent Ofsted inspection. It was given 4. There were various reasons ranging from things I'm not particularly concerned about (paperwork perhaps not all in place, not using every possible opportunity to teach them about health or safety, opportunities for professional development for staff - for heaven's sake, it's an after-school scheme, not a school or nursery!) to things I'm somewhat concerned about but don't think are crucial in an after-school scheme (some activities "uninviting" so not used by the children, physical space not inspiring), to things that strike me as very worrying (failure to have CRB checks for temporary staff, failure to safeguard the children).
DD is pretty happy there and has friends there and seems to like the staff. I agree that the facility is not superficially particularly 'beautified' but I figured as long as they are happy and safe and treated well, I'm ok with it. But now I wonder: maybe they aren't safe? maybe they aren't really all that happy?
I know Ofsted inspections are a slice of time and might not really be a measure of what's going on. But how bad does a setting have to be to get a 4, really? Should I be worried? And if so, what should I do?

The safeguarding, paperwork and CRB check stuff would worry me, the rest (in an after school club) probably wouldn't. However, the place doesn't sound as if it's brilliantly run or as if the staff have a great passion for their work so in your position I'd probably at least see what else is available in the area.

Yep, I think that's where I'm leaning. I also think I should chat with the manager of the scheme - surely they are not pleased about the report and might be making some changes. And the safeguarding /CRB checks should be fixed as soon as possible. But they're almost certainly not going to revamp the space (that would require funds, though maybe the council might be motivated to improve it after this?). Hm.

Other than changing to another option (certain to be more expensive, and will require a childminder -- who may be wonderful, but since we don't know any yet we really can't tell) - anyone have any other ideas, like what specifically I should worry about and how to approach them?

How many children from your DD's school use the club?

Presumably none of the parents who use it will be happy with this report. Could you group together and go and talk to your school about opening an after school club or allowing an after school club to be opened on their premesis?

In one school I worked in two of the lunchtime staff got together and opened a small breakfast/ after school club as a little business. It was very popular and they really enjoyed it. It was a separate thing to the school but ran in one of the Terapins.

Thanks, that's a good idea and it's made me think about what I want out of this -- if this scheme stopped entirely, we'd need an alternative for school holidays too (which lunchtime staff or others through the school might not offer), but we could cope with that. I agree that other parents must be concerned if they've seen the report. Come to think of it, DD has been saying that friends X and Y haven't been coming ... maybe this is why.