Oak Lee Montessori School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Managers and staff are passionate about the continual self-reflection and development of the nursery.

They have an agreed vision for the future and are motivated to achieve very good outcomes for all children. • Staff have warm and caring relationships with children. They assess their key children's level of achievement regularly and accurately.

They use this information and additional funds to target their teaching to the areas where children need the most support. As a result, children of all ages and abilities make good progress. • Staff have created an interesting and well-organised learning environment, indoors and outdoors.

Childre...n enter the nursery eagerly and begin to engage in their self-chosen learning. Children progress very well, respond well to staff and learn well through meaningful interactions with them. • Staff teach children astutely about personal safety.

For example, older children are involved in the safety procedures that are planned for crossing a road. • Overall, leaders have successfully created an effective culture of partnerships with parents. They seek feedback from parents, children and staff to form their future action plans.

Parents speak highly of the setting and the support given for their children's welfare. • At times, staff miss opportunities to encourage positive behaviour in children, when they sometimes lose concentration and become distracted. • Staff do not make best use of every opportunity to support children to think about and solve problems in their own ways, for example, during some outdoor activities, to raise the quality of teaching to the very highest levels.

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