Montessori On The Green

Montessori On The Green Scout Hall, Wilson Street, London, N21 1BP

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 November 2017 10 February 2015

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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 manager ensures that new staff attend Montessori training to support the pre- school's ethos, providing consistency for children's care and learning.  The manager actively seeks to further parents' understanding of the Montessori approach to early education. For instance, parents are invited to spend time observing staff and children in the pre-school and to discuss their observations with staff.  Staff are skilled in teaching children to keep safe. For example, they use cones to mark the outside play area and gently remind children that they must stay inside the cones. Staff teach children how to keep the environment safe. For instance, when children see spillages they quickly inform staff. They know that they should not touch broken items.  Staff provide many opportunities for children to learn skills they will need at school, and in later life. For example, children take responsibility for putting away activities after

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This provision is good

use. Parents value the support that their children receive to develop independence skills.  Children are respectful of each other, such as when they watch other children working at activities and they know to wait to be invited to join in.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children are not consistently able to make choices about when to play indoors or outdoors, and so learning opportunities are more restricted for those children who learn best outside.  Children have limited opportunities to be deeply involved in evaluating their own learning, and in planning for the further development of the pre-school.

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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

 increase opportunities for children to make choices about where they play, particularly to support those children who prefer to learn outdoors  develop opportunities for children to be deeply involved in evaluating their own learning and in planning for the development of the setting.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held a leadership and management meeting with the manager.  The inspector spoke with parents, children and staff, and took account of their views.  The inspector viewed a range of documentation.  The inspector carried out a joint observation of practice with the manager.  The inspector observed care and teaching practices, indoors and outdoors.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff know the signs that would alert them to have concerns for a child and the actions they should take to follow up concerns. The manager is committed to supporting the professional development of staff. She observes staff practice regularly, and discusses her observations with staff, to identify any training needs. For example, staff have attended refresher training on the Montessori approach to ensure that they understand fully how to engage children with Montessori learning activities. Partnerships with parents are effective. Key persons gather information from parents to establish each child's starting point, such as their likes, dislikes, abilities and any concerns. Key persons review progress with parents regularly, including completing the required progress check between two and three years of age.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Indoor activities are enticing and accessible and so even the youngest children are easily able to make independent choices about which activities to work with. Staff provide consistent and gentle support to encourage children to complete their chosen activity. Staff quickly get to know individual children well. They are adept at supporting each child's learning. For example, they provide chalks and chalkboards, and children with advanced literacy skills enjoy reading and writing short messages with staff. Children learning English as an additional language make good progress. Key persons quickly identify their special interests, such as an interest in animals. They then provide books, puzzles and matching games featuring animals, to support language development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The manager and staff use effective strategies to ensure that all children quickly become confident and secure in the pre-school community. For example, everyone joins for a group time at the start of the day and sings a welcome to children, staff and visitors. Staff teach children to respect differences. For instance, they teach children that there are many ways to communicate, such as through signs and touch if children are not yet verbal. Staff and children all share in preparing for lunch. They lay the table with china plates, placemats, cutlery and glasses. Children know that they need to handle these carefully to prevent breakages. Staff and children eat together and so children learn valuable skills. For instance, they learn how to use cutlery well by watching staff.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children enjoy sharing their learning. Older children talk eagerly about what they are doing, such as taking turns to find matching shapes for a puzzle. They willingly seek help from their friends to complete challenging activities. Children are confident learners. For instance, they persevere with their chosen activities and show pleasure in their own achievements. Even the youngest children readily work to resolve minor conflicts. For example, they learn to ask others not to touch activities they are working on, and remind them that they can have a turn later.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY393747 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1085900 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Montessori on the Green Limted

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Date of previous inspection 10 February 2015 Telephone number 07707 183562

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Montessori On The Green registered in 2009. It operates from 8.45am to 3.30pm from Monday to Friday, term time only. There are seven members of staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two hold appropriate qualifications at level 2. The manager holds early years professional status. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school closely follows the Montessori approach to early years care and teaching.

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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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