Opening hours
7am until 7pm, Monday to Friday
Archangels Montessori Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2024)
Number of places
39 places
Age range
3–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2024
Local authority
Bromley
About this day nursery
Archangels Montessori Nursery provides a warm and welcoming learning environment where children are happy, settled, and eager to participate. The nursery caters to children aged 3 to 4 years and incorporates the Montessori method of teaching into its curriculum.
Staff effectively support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), working closely with external agencies and parents to ensure individualised support and good progress. Children are taught essential school readiness skills such as dressing, handwashing, and self-serving snacks, fostering independence and good behaviour.
The use of Montessori resources helps children develop fine and gross motor skills. The nursery has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, demonstrating proactive risk assessments and a strong understanding of safeguarding procedures.
Staff create engaging and exciting activities, allowing children options and encouraging their confidence and language development through good-quality questioning and story time. Children are also skilled in using technology, interacting with smart speakers.
Leaders at Archangels Montessori Nursery conduct regular staff supervisions and provide training to enhance teaching practices, ensuring that staff effectively identify and support children's next steps in learning. Overall, Archangels Montessori Nursery is rated Good by Ofsted across all areas: the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
Our ethos
Archangels Montessori Nursery is committed to providing a learning environment that incorporates the Montessori method of teaching. They focus on fostering independence, developing fine and gross motor skills through Montessori resources, and encouraging children's confidence and language development through engaging activities, quality questioning, and story time.
What it's like
Staff provide a warm and welcoming learning environment where children arrive eager to start their day. Children are happy and settled and know routines well. Staff praise children well during activities helping to build children's confidence.
Warm environmentMontessori methodSEND supportSchool readinessGood behaviourEffective safeguardingEngaging activitiesSkilled in technologyGood progressTrained staff
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
April 2019
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Archangels Montessori Nursery
Last inspected 6 December 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff provide a warm and welcoming learning environment where children arrive eager to start their day. Children are happy and settled and know routines well. Staff praise children well during activities helping to build children's confidence.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders have worked hard on actions set at the last inspection. They now complete regular risk assessments, making sure that play areas are safe for children to use.
- Staff and leaders now have a clear understanding of child protection and safeguarding concerns. They are alert to local safeguarding trends.
- Children have a positive attitude towards learning. Staff make activities fun and exciting, engaging children well.
- Children are skilled in using technology. Staff have taught them how to interact with smart speakers, enabling them to request different children's music and to turn it off when concentrating at activities.
- Leaders now complete regular staff supervisions. They review the quality of practice to help to identify training needs for staff.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to provide more challenge during activities for children to develop their independence further
- 2continue to evaluate the quality of the provision to maintain a high-quality learning environment.
Inspection #10360385 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) well. They work closely with SEND external agencies and parents to support children's next steps and working towards targets. Staff work together to assess children's starting points and to see how they can work on supporting children to get the right targeted support. Children make good progress given their starting points.
Outdoor space
Children have plenty of opportunities to develop their fine and gross motor development. Staff make good use of Montessori resources for children to practice these skills.
Parent Reviews of Archangels Montessori Nursery
5.0
(3)
Joanna L
8 years ago
Our son only started few weeks ago but the staff is very helfull always polite welcome us when we atending and when we colecting our son always key worker give us information about my child and his behaviour or his progres, I never was able to have few words feedback at previous nursary no one know what my child waa eating or why his soks was wet .I am so glad I change nursary so i can comper bad with good nursery what is very important for our children and will have huge influence on theirs development. Olsow very helfull menager and good orgonize with all information that we needed .
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Angelika
9 years ago
Best nursery ever! They looked after my son so great! And they teached him perfect so he was ready to start his school on high level! Plus they are very flexible with the time you can drop or pick up your child!! The staff is so nice and friendly always ready to help! They are just a great a child care!
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Paraskeuvi Karagouni
2 years ago
Really good nursery , friendly staff and excellent communication
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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2024
Date: August 2019
- December 2024Good
- June 2024Inadequate
- August 2019Good
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