The Little Learners Montessori Watford

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is outstanding • The managers lead a high-quality culture of reflective practice. They expertly engage with staff, parents and external professionals to evaluate areas for improvement and continuously boost the exceptional services provided for children.

• Staff have developed unique strategies to work with parents to provide children with continuous support. Parents highly praise staff's exceptional dedication in teaching, caring and ensuring that children are safe. • The key-person system is extremely robust and staff know children incredibly well.

They establish remarkably warm and nurturing relationships with children, who are visibly happy and show tha...t they feel exceptionally secure in staff's care. • Staff are skilled at producing accurate assessments that identify children's next steps in learning and gaps in their development. They actively work with their managers to track children's skills and ensure their exceptional progress.

• Across the nursery, the highly qualified staff plan exceptionally stimulating play opportunities for children. There is an accurate balance of adult-led and child-led activities, indoors and outside. Children flourish in their learning and development.

• Staff complete thorough risk assessments of the premises, equipment and resources. They expertly teach children about safety. Staff are extremely attentive in supervising children during play and give utmost priority to keeping them safe.