Allens Montessori Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Children have good opportunities to explore and learn, indoors and outside. Staff provide interesting and practical activities that engage children well.

Children make good progress from their starting points. • Staff help children to develop strong attachments. Children arrive at the nursery happily and settle quickly into the familiar routines.

Staff working in the baby room provide good levels of care and emotional support. Babies show a real sense of belonging. • The nursery provides a broad range of healthy snacks and meals daily.

Staff are proactive in talking to children about what they are eating and the health benefits. This help...s to support children's increasing awareness of a healthy lifestyle. • The management team highly values staff professional development.

For example, staff receive good support to extend their knowledge and skills through training, such as developing their teaching and assessment skills to improve outcomes for children. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not make the best use of information gained from assessments to plan highly focused activities based on children's individual next steps. • Staff do not consistently provide a wide enough range of activities to extend children's physical skills further, particularly for younger children aged under two years.