Mace Montessori Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The quality of teaching is consistently good. Staff are well qualified and they create a stimulating learning environment and plan a range of exciting activities for children.

• Managers use the strengths of the staff team to support children's development effectively. For example, staff who speak additional languages support children to use their home language in their play and learning. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress.

• Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff plan transitions for children successfully and children settle well. They seek information from parents about home routine...s and follow these in nursery.

The key person communicates regularly with parents. For instance, they use daily communication diaries and invite parents to discuss their children's progress with them during parent meetings. • Staff plan, manage and review risk assessments well.

For example, they consider and minimise risks at the local park to help ensure outings there are safe for children. This helps children to get fresh air and learn outdoors each day. • The management team is ambitious.

They audit their provision and create action plans for further improvements. The manager supports the staff team well. She ensures that communication with her team is strong.

This helps to maintain a consistent approach to implementing developments across the nursery provision. It is not yet outstanding because: • The management team does not have their new robust procedures fully in place for monitoring and raising the quality of teaching, however, they are embedding these in practice. • Staff do not fully consider how they can support children to be more independent throughout all daily routines, such as during lunchtime.

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