Attlebridge Montessori Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is outstanding • The manager has a strong understanding of what the setting excels at and where there is potential to improve even further. She is forward-thinking, a reflective practitioner and leads staff who are passionately committed to high-quality care and education for children.

• The well-qualified and experienced staff team demonstrates consistently high-quality teaching skills. They know children very well and use information from their observations and from parents to plan activities which engage and challenge all children. For example, staff offer children more complex resources as they master skills, such as shape matching and measuring.

• Chil...dren enjoy attending this warm, welcoming setting. They are excited to arrive and delight in choosing freely from the range of exciting, interesting activities and resources. • Children show particularly high rates of progress in personal, social and emotional development, mathematics and communication and language development.

Children develop a positive attitude to learning and are eager to take part in new activities. • Parents are highly valued as key contributors to children's learning and development. They are very well-informed about their child's daily activities and progress.

Parents are encouraged to share their knowledge of their children during enrolment and throughout children's attendance in a variety of ways. For example, parents add their own observations to children's learning records and take home learning bags. The setting hosts regular events and communication opportunities, this helps build strong partnerships with families and other settings that children attend.