Riverside Nursery schools- Kew Montessori

Inspection of Riverside Nursery schools- Kew Montessori St Luke's House, 270 Sandycombe Road, RICHMOND, Surrey TW9 3NP

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children are happy and settled at this welcoming nursery. They build strong relationships with staff and each other. This helps them to feel safe and secure. Children behave well, showing a positive attitude to learning. They cooperatively follow the nursery routines. For example, they know to put on a wristband to go outside to play and wait for a friend to come inside if there are no wristbands available.

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The provision is good

Children's independent learning needs are successfully nurtured, resulting in them following their interests and using resources purposefully. Staff know children's individual learning needs and plan a well-sequenced and challenging curriculum that extends and consolidates their learning. As a result, all children are making good progress from their starting points.

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The provision is good

Staff show high regard to supporting children's personal independence. Consequently, children develop good toileting skills, put on their own coats and know how to prepare fruits for their snack time.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy group creative activities. They make choices of collage materials, paints, different style brushes and drawing materials. They develop their free creative expression and enjoy the praise given by staff for their achievements. Children show good physical skills as they confidently use scissors. They engage in meaningful discussions about their artwork and show kindness as they actively share and take turns with their friends.

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n Staff work closely as a team, creating a calm and purposeful atmosphere for children to play and learn. Good systems are in place to promote staff's continuous professional development, including relevant training and regular supervision sessions. Consequently, staff understand their roles and responsibilities and actively promote children's welfare. n Children develop early mathematical skills while negotiating space and size when using large foam bricks. They accurately match shapes to stencils and skilfully move the shapes to copy the pattern onto a blank page. They accurately count and measure if their fingers are longer or shorter than the shapes. n Occasionally, during group activities, some staff do not recognise when children require additional support to meet their individual care needs, for example, if they are not sitting comfortably or need to wash their hands. This hinders children's full engagement in their learning experience.

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n Good systems are in place to support children who have additional needs. Staff work closely with parents to help identify any possible special educational needs

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11 February 2025 and/or disabilities. They use Makaton sign language during song times and small group activities. For example, children show a good understanding of the signs for different colours and then keenly use the signs while singing the rainbow song. This successfully aids children's communication skills, including those who are learning English as an additional language. n Parents say that their children have made good progress since they began at the nursery, especially in their social skills and their language development. Parents say that their children's older siblings previously attended and they value the continuity of care given by staff. Their children are happy and well prepared to move on to school. n Children's good health is promoted through regular exercise during outside play and sports activities. They learn about healthy eating during snack times and enjoy sociable lunchtimes where they discuss their foods in their home-packed

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lunch. Children know to wash their hands before meals and practise brushing the dentures. This develops their awareness of good oral health. n Children's love of books is evident as they use books independently and enjoy listening to stories. They develop their awareness of the storyline while sequencing the story pictures with staff. This successfully enhances their literacy and communication skills.

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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 plan group activities more precisely so that all children are fully engaged in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476835 Local authority Richmond Upon Thames Inspection number 10373132 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 36 Name of registered person Broomfield House School Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 02083321255 Date of previous inspection 21 September 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Kew Montessori registered in 2014. It is situated in Kew, in the London Borough of Richmond. The nursery school follows the Montessori ethos. It is open during term time, Monday to Friday, from 9.10am to 3.15pm, including morning and afternoon sessions. The nursery employs six members of staff, including the manager. Four staff hold appropriate qualifications between levels 3 and 6 and Montessori qualifications, and two staff are unqualified. The nursery offers the government funded places for childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the curriculum they offer and how the setting is organised. n The inspector and manager completed a joint observation of staff during an activity and assessed the impact of teaching on children's learning. n The inspector sampled a range of required documentation, including staff's suitability checks, qualifications and children's records. n The inspector held discussions with staff, parents and children 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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