Frimley Town Montessori Nursery School Limited

Inspection of Frimley Town Montessori Nursery School Limited 105 Portsmouth Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey GU16 7AA

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are welcomed warmly in this nurturing nursery. They arrive happily and are excited to spend time with staff and their peers. An effective key-person system means that staff develop warm, trusting bonds with the children they look after. Their nurturing interactions help children settle quickly into nursery routines. This helps children feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

Overall, leaders and staff have developed a suitably ambitious curriculum that enables all children to make progress in their learning and development. Staff place a high priority on children's language development in their curriculum. They babble and make sounds with babies to encourage back-and-forth interactions. Staff model communication and language well for children. For example, they speak slowly and clearly using simple language and vary their tone to capture children's attention. Children respond by repeating new words they hear. Staff encourage children's love of books from an early age. As such, children thoroughly enjoy listening and sharing stories with their friends. Children are becoming confident communicators.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations of children. They work well together as part of a team to support children's behaviour. They give children consistent messages to support their emotions. Staff gently help children to learn to take turns with their friends. This helps children understand what is expected of them and promotes their overall behaviour.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children's physical development. They support babies who are learning to walk. This helps to build their leg muscles, to reach their goal of independent walking. While creating an obstacle course, children enhance their strength and coordination as they carry planks and crates to create a bridge. Child develop their balance as they walk along beams. This helps children develop the skills they will need for their next stage in learning. n Staff complete accurate assessments of children's development. They have a clear understanding of what they want children to learn next. Overall, children access a curriculum that fosters their interests and builds on what they already know and can do. However, staff do not always implement the curriculum with precision, to consistently support the intent of some activities. For example, during some adult-led activities, staff over-direct children's participation. This

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means children do not always benefit from the learning outcomes. n Leaders and staff promote children's health. For instance, they provide guidance for parents to help them understand what makes a healthy packed lunch. Children wash their hands before they eat and are encouraged to develop healthy eating habits, such as having their savoury food first at lunchtime.

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need to do better?

23 September 2024 Furthermore, staff teach children about oral hygiene. For example, children practise brushing pictures of teeth and talk about how if food gets stuck, it can cause 'cavities'. This helps children develop healthy habits for the future. n Staff encourage children to become independent in their self-care. Children confidently put their coats and boots on to play out in the rain. If children become wet and need to change their clothes, staff give them plenty of time to succeed in their self-care. This helps to develop children's self-confidence. n Staff understand the link between behaviour and emotional well-being. Children learn to express their feelings in a positive way. For instance, staff gently remind children to use their manners and give children time to negotiate sharing resources. This helps children to manage their behaviour and develop kind friendships. Children treat each other with consideration and respect.

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need to do better?

n All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress from their starting points. Leaders and staff work closely with other professionals to ensure that children with SEND receive tailored support for their individual needs. For example, staff plan target sessions to support children's speech and language. n Partnerships with parents are good. Staff share information about what children need to learn next and ideas to continue their learning at home. Parents say that their children have made good progress, especially with their communication and independence, since starting nursery. n Leaders' self-evaluation is mostly accurate and identifies areas for further development. They implement a programme of supervision and training to help develop the practice and knowledge of staff. However, staff's teaching and practice are not consistent across the nursery. For example, staff do not always

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need to do better?

consider precisely what it is they want children to learn in planned activities. This means some children do not always benefit from the activities.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n review the monitoring and coaching of staff to enhance the implementation of the curriculum, to increase children's learning during adult-led activities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2687342 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10355151 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 75 Number of children on roll 105

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Name of registered person

Frimley Town Montessori Nursery School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0127634540 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Frimley Town Montessori Nursery School Limited registered in 2022 and is located in Frimley, Surrey. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, for 48 weeks of the year. The nursery follows the Montessori teaching philosophy. There are 22 members of staff who work at the setting, 17 of whom hold qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery accepts funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n Leaders and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff, parents and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with leaders. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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We carried out this inspection 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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