Annabel’s Montessori School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The management team make good use of the views of staff, parents, children and the local authority to evaluate and improve many aspects of the nursery.

• Children learn to take turns, express their views and be confident and independent in readiness for school. They are polite, well-mannered and clearly understand the standards of behaviour that are expected of them. Children and staff provide visitors with a very warm welcome.

• Children have daily, small group-time sessions with key persons. They talk about their family members and those of other's. Children show that they feel emotionally secure and valued.

• Staff plan a wide range o...f activities to promote children's interest in problem solving. Children make good progress in their literacy and mathematical development. For instance, staff support children to recognise numbers and letters as they complete a range of challenging games and puzzles.

Staff help children to work out things on their own. • Staff do not always extend opportunities for children to raise their awareness of similarities and differences, for example, with regard to the local environment and communities beyond their own experiences. • At times, staff working with the older age range do not give children enough time to think and respond to the questions they ask.