Gerrards Cross Montessori Nursery

Inspection of Gerrards Cross Montessori Nursery Chiltern House, 12 Station Approach, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 8PP

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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

The nursery is filled with happy and confident children, who show good perseverance and express delight when they achieve what they set out to do. Babies create close bonds with the skilled staff, which helps them to feel safe. Toddlers develop their self-care skills and older children start to learn to manage their feelings and emotions. Managers and staff have created a curriculum that focuses on children developing their independence and overall confidence. Staff have high expectations of children and support their emotional well-being effectively. Children form secure friendships, and they share what they have been doing since the last time they were in nursery with their friends. Staff are well deployed and supervise children with vigilance. Staff who are first-aid trained know how to deal with accidents and injuries and record these well. Managers then use these records to support their ongoing risk assessments to help keep children safe.

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need to do better?

n Managers and staff share the same passion for their roles and the desire for children to make the best possible progress. They meet regularly as a team and keep their knowledge and skills up to date through development opportunities, such as training and support from peers, to help staff improve their professional development. The nursery has worked closely with the local authority to support this. n The staff know the children in their care well. They monitor their progress and quickly identify any gaps in children's learning. Staff plan activities knowing children's next stages of learning. They engage with the children at key moments to extend their knowledge beyond what they already know. All children make good progress from their starting points. n The nursery's partnership working is good. Links with parents and external professionals are rooted in trust and respect. Parents comment that staff are

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'amazing and really care for the children'. Staff provide daily updates to parents and share ideas to help extend their children's learning at home. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported well. The knowledgeable staff work closely with parents and other professionals to agree targeted plans to support each child. Staff provide a highly inclusive environment where they value all children and understand their individual needs. n The curriculum for physical development is a strength of the setting. Staff carefully consider how to support children to develop their physical skills during all parts of the day. Children have plenty of opportunities to develop their climbing and balancing skills. They climb up and down slides and jump and balance outside. Staff support children to develop their fine motor skills. They encourage them to squeeze play dough, paint or develop their cutting skills as

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25 October 2024 n Children develop a good awareness of their own health and well-being. They enjoy a variety of freshly prepared foods and snacks and spend lots of time in the fresh air. Individual care routines are followed and staff support children through developmental milestones, such as toilet training, effectively. n Overall, children behave well. Staff act as positive role models and rules are in place, such as being kind to others and treating others with respect. However, when children display unwanted behaviour, staff do not always explain why it is not acceptable. This means that children do not always understand why they cannot do things and, consequently, despite being told 'no', they continue. n Children love listening to familiar stories and nursery rhymes. They join in with key phrases and actions. Staff encourage the children to talk about the characters in the stories and to recall the main events. Overall, staff introduce

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need to do better?

new words, such as 'Armadillo' and 'Toucan', and talk about their meanings to help extend children's vocabulary. However, staff do not consistently help children to hear or learn to use the correct pronunciation of some words to develop their speech and communication as much as possible.

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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 develop consistency in the quality of teaching of children's communication and language development, so that children hear correct pronunciations n support staff to be consistent in their behaviour management strategies to support children to learn why their unwanted behaviour is not acceptable.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2744364 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10360785 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 81 Number of children on roll 87 Name of registered person Creative Minds Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07957652105 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Gerrards Cross Montessori Nursery registered in 2023 and is located in Gerrards Cross. The nursery cares for children from Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6.30pm. The nursery receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The management team employs 21 staff, including the manager. Of these, one holds a level five qualification in childcare and 10 hold an appropriate qualification in childcare at level 2 or level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. 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 and manager carried out a joint observation of group activities. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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