Mace Montessori Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff provide interesting, stimulating activities for children. They are linked well to children's interests to ensure they fully engage with tasks.

Staff assess children regularly and use this information to provide them with suitable challenges. Children make good progress. • Staff manage children's behaviour successfully.

They talk with the children about their expectations and use praise to reward children for positive behaviour. • The manager reflects on all aspects of the nursery and has clear ideas on how to build future improvements. • Staff work well in partnership with parents to support children's learning.

They give parents r...egular updates on their children's progress. • Staff are supported well. The manager meets with them individually on a regular basis to identify their work and training needs.

Staff have attended a variety of courses, including a course on behaviour management which led to improvements in behaviour and contributed to better outcomes for children. • Although the outdoor area provides wide opportunities for children to practise a good range of physical skills, staff have not developed the provision to enhance children's all-round learning to support those who learn best outdoors. • At times, children aged two to three years are left waiting too long for their meals so that they get tired or distracted.

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