Oaklea Montessori Cic

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leaders and managers are ambitious and have effective arrangements for continuously improving the provision for children. They involve parents and children in their self-evaluation process and keep parents well informed of changes and improvements. • Children enter the nursery confidently and part from their parents and carers with ease.

They quickly engage in purposeful play and enjoy the company of their chosen friendship groups. • Staff know the children well and use the information they know about each child to plan for their next steps in learning. They share observation and assessment information with parents daily through their online system.
<...br/>This helps to keep parents well informed about their child's day and the progress they are making. • Children are keen and active learners. They enjoy learning in the well-presented environment that provides good opportunities for them to explore the range of learning resources available to them.

• Staff effectively promote children's independence skills. They encourage children to serve some of their own meals, snacks and drinks and even the youngest children wash their own plates and cups up when they have finished. • Key persons work well with other settings that children attend, or have previously attended, to share relevant information about their development.

• At times, staff do not manage the change-over times when children leave to go home well enough to ensure that all children remain engaged and interested in learning. • Occasionally, not all staff respond to children's changing play quickly enough to demonstrate highly effective teaching. For example, they do not recognise when resources within the environment need to be re-arranged to follow children's play.