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Cherubs Montessori Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
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4.4(13 parent reviews) ·5 Castle View Road, Rochester, ME2 3PP · Medway
Number of places
75 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Medway

About this day nursery

Cherubs Montessori Day Nursery in Rochester, Kent, offers a stimulating and secure home-from-home environment for babies, toddlers, and pre-school children. The nursery operates from 7 am to 7 pm, providing a wide range of engaging activities focused on fun, learning, and play.

The Montessori rooms introduce older children to subjects like geography, history, and science through tactile materials. Each area within the nursery is designed to support children's development at various stages, featuring light, spacious rooms and an outdoor area for construction and messy play.

The nursery welcomes children from 3 months to school age, with dedicated rooms for babies, nursery-aged children, and preschoolers, alongside a Montessori room for children aged 2 years to school age, and a sensory room available to all children in that age bracket. The nursery's philosophy is rooted in providing a nurturing environment where children are encouraged to be inquisitive, active learners, ensuring they flourish and reach their full potential through a child-focused curriculum.

Our ethos

The nursery's philosophy is rooted in providing a nurturing environment where children are encouraged to be inquisitive, active learners, ensuring they flourish and reach their full potential through a child-focused curriculum. This is delivered through Montessori-inspired rooms that introduce older children to subjects like geography, history, and science using tactile materials.

What it's like

Children of all ages are confident and happy during their time in the inviting nursery. Staff have a secure knowledge of the curriculum and how they implement this successfully. They plan challenging and motivating activities for children and have high expectations of their abilities.

Montessori ApproachExtended Opening HoursForest School ActivitiesDedicated Sensory RoomHome-from-home Environment

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Session types

Full Day: 7.00 am – 7.00 pm, Morning: 7.00 am – 1.00 pm, Afternoon: 1.00 pm – 7.00 pm

Opening hours

7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Age range

3 months to school age

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Cherubs Montessori Day Nursery

Last inspected 11 March 2024

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children of all ages are confident and happy during their time in the inviting nursery. Staff have a secure knowledge of the curriculum and how they implement this successfully. They plan challenging and motivating activities for children and have high expectations of their abilities.

Inspector highlights

  • All staff know all children well and establish secure and trusting relationships with them.
  • Staff support all children to make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • The manager and staff establish positive partnerships with parents, who speak very highly of them.
  • The manager closely monitors the quality of care and teaching, and staff evaluate daily to enhance practice.
  • All staff attend regular and beneficial training, which helps them understand how to support all children and ensures effective curriculum plans.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide guidance for staff so they can organise the changes in routine to ensure that all children remain fully engaged throughout
  • 2provide staff with all the information they need to have a clearer knowledge about whether their key children attend another setting and establish effective partnerships with the staff there.
Inspection #10317269 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents praise the staff and their level of communication they receive and are very happy with the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff support all children to make good progress. This includes those children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). For example, staff implement strategies that support children effectively. This includes providing children with a quiet sensory room where children feel safe and calm if they become overwhelmed.

Outdoor space

Children of all ages develop good physical skills and learn to move in different ways. For example, they confidently and safely use age- appropriate climbing and balancing equipment, including rope ladders. The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor learning environments.

Inspection history

Date: June 2016

  • March 2024Good
  • May 2018Good
  • November 2017Inadequate
  • June 2016Good

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