Bright Sparks Montessori School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is outstanding • Staff are extremely skilled and sensitive in helping children of all ages form special bonds with their key person. Children demonstrate friendly behaviour and make exceptionally good relationships with other children.

• The manager focuses highly on staff's professional development. She supports them extremely well through continuous supervision and monitoring. Staff training is closely linked to supervision targets, and staff disseminate new training information to other members of staff.

Subsequently, the teaching is of an extremely high level. • Staff are highly responsive to children's needs. They have an excellent understanding of how... children learn and use accurate observations of children to plan their future learning.

• The manager monitors groups of children's progress regularly and quickly identifies where some children may need additional help. These excellent overviews of the progress children make mean that staff can quickly implement plans so that no child falls behind in their learning. • Children develop skills that prepare them for their future exceptionally well.

For example, they learn to be independent, show high levels of imagination and are keen and enthusiastic to explore and find out new things. • Children have an abundance of fresh air and exercise in the extremely well-resourced garden. They learn to respect others and develops superb social skills.