Ashley Cross Montessori

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The quality of teaching is excellent and all the staff have an excellent understanding of how to support children's learning and care needs. Children are highly confident learners and they thoroughly enjoy their learning.

• Staff develop exceptionally strong and positive relationships with children. This gives the children an excellent sense of security and emotional well-being. Children form highly positive attachments and show great motivation.

• The management team is inspirational in their pursuit of providing the highest-quality care and education for children. They consistently evaluate the quality of the provision and quickly act on... the views of staff, parents and children. • Parents provide positive feedback on the outstanding quality of the learning experiences and exemplary care that their children receive.

In addition, parents praise the advice, guidance and support they receive to help them effectively support their children's learning at home. However, staff sometimes do not make the most of opportunities to gain as much information as possible from all parents about children's achievements at home, to inform their planning. • Staff make extremely accurate assessments of children's learning to ensure that every child makes excellent progress from their starting points and that they quickly address gaps in learning.

They use these assessments to support meticulous planning and to ensure that activities precisely match children's individual abilities and learning needs. • The management team demonstrates an excellent commitment to working with other early years professionals. The identification and implementation of timely interventions enable children to achieve their best potential.