Stagecoach Montessori School

Stagecoach Montessori School Stagecoach Theatre Arts Ltd, The Courthouse, Elm Grove, Hersham Road, Walton- on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1LZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 March 2017 8 September 2016

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The successful recruitment of well qualified and enthusiastic staff, combined with strong leadership has successfully improved the quality of the provision.  Good quality teaching results in children making good progress in their learning. Staff plan interesting activities which challenge children and enable them to develop skills for the future.  There are very warm relationships throughout the nursery. Staff are respectful of children and have built positive partnerships with their parents.  The improvements to the nursery routine means that children's care and learning needs are met. Staff focus on children's interests and adapt activities in order to ensure that children are motivated and eager to learn.  Staff support children’s communication and language skills very well. All children become confident communicators, including those who are learning English as an additional language

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Consider how children's awareness and interest in letters and words can be encouraged further throughout the daily routine.  Although there are arrangements in place for staff development, there is scope to improve these further in order to aim for exemplary standards across the nursery.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 Consider how children's awareness and interests in letters and words can be encouraged further throughout the daily routine.  Sharpen the supervision arrangements to enable staff to aim for outstanding quality of teaching.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching throughout the provision, including the outside areas.  The inspector completed a joint observation and held a meeting with the manager of the provision.  The inspector looked at a range of children’s assessment records and planning documentation.  The inspector took account of parents’ views through discussion and by looking at their written feedback.  The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector viewed a range of documents including improvement plans, policies and staff records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

There have been significant improvements across this setting since the previous inspection. The manger monitors and evaluates the quality of provision effectively and seeks the views of parents, staff and children. This helps to drive continuous improvements and creates a positive environment where everyone feels valued. Staff work well together. For example, they have worked hard to consider how the nursery rooms can be best adapted to ensure children have valuable learning experiences. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have received child protection training and are fully aware of the procedures to follow to help protect children and keep them safe. There are good links with local schools to enable teachers to visit and meet children in the nursery prior to them starting school. This supports consistency in children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have good opportunities to develop their interest in the natural world. For example, they make bird feeders, which they hang in the well resourced garden. They receive positive support from staff who demonstrate a good understanding of the purpose of the activities and allow children uninterrupted time to explore and investigate. For example during a construction game, children build as staff talk to them about what is happening, but also encourage them to share their own ideas and thoughts. Consequently, children consider the weight of the construction and debate why it has become too heavy to withhold its shape. The manager has a secure overview of all children's progress. There has been a strong focus on helping some children to catch up in their mathematical skills. Consequently staff successfully introduce mathematical concepts and children show consistently good levels of progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff are positive role models who provide children with clear rules and boundaries to support their social and emotional development. Children work together comfortably with staff and each other and the nursery has respectful relationships throughout. There have been significant changes to the routine and staff have reflected on how they can make the most of the time children spend at the nursery. They are now led by children's interests and plan activities based on the identified next steps in the children’s learning. As a result children are keen to take part in activities and enjoy practising new skills. Parents are very complimentary about the positive care their children receive.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points. They are confident and enjoy exploring different ways of using a variety of tools. For example, they use tools and warm water to make ice melt and are very excited when they succeed in the tasks they set out to achieve. Children are imaginative and enjoy acting out situations during role play. For example, they delight in playing with dinosaurs and taking on personas and characters. Staff have a good approach to supporting children, by encouraging them to try things out for themselves. Consequently, children become independent and confident in readiness for starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 122471 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1075177 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 56 Number of children on roll 73 Name of registered person Stagecoach Theatre Arts Limited

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Date of previous inspection 8 September 2016 Telephone number 01932 256214

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Stagecoach Montessori School registered in 2001. It is located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. It is open from 8am to 6pm each weekday, for fifty weeks of the year. The nursery aims to follow the Montessori principles. Funding is accepted for the provision of free early education for children aged three and four years. A team of 13 staff work directly with children. The principal holds early years professional status and all other staff hold early years qualifications.

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This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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