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Cotswold Montessori @ Guiting

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jun 2022)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·The Old School Building, Church Lane, CHELTENHAM, GL54 5TX · Gloucestershire
Number of places
30 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2022
Local authority
Gloucestershire

About this day nursery

Cotswold Montessori Preschools offer a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 2-5 years, operating flexibly from 8 am to 5 pm year-round. They embrace the Montessori Method, a philosophy centred on fostering independence, concentration, respect, and self-esteem in children.

The approach emphasises helping children develop self-belief and confidence to become productive members of their communities, enabling them to think critically, make sound choices, treat others and their environment with kindness, and find joy in their learning. The preschools aim to create a space where children enjoy their educational journey.

They have two conveniently located settings in the picturesque Cotswolds: one in Great Barrington, near Burford, and another in Guiting Power, near Winchcombe. While the Great Barrington location boasts a forest school on-site, the Guiting Power branch is situated in a charming old Victorian school building with expansive outdoor space.

The nursery is committed to making childcare accessible by assisting parents with the complexities of government funding schemes, ensuring families can navigate their options effectively.

Our ethos

The nursery embraces the Montessori Method, fostering independence, concentration, respect, and self-esteem. Their approach aims to develop children's self-belief and confidence, enabling them to think critically, make sound choices, and treat others and their environment with kindness, finding joy in learning.

What it's like

The senior team and staff inspire children to achieve. They use children's interests and information from parents to extend learning brilliantly, combining Montessori practice with the early years foundation stage framework. As children progress, staff enhance their skills and knowledge by adding complexity to activities.

Montessori MethodYear-round careForest School (Great Barrington)Victorian School Building (Guiting Power)Funding support

Pricing & funding

Charges are based on full day (8am to 5pm) and school day (9am to 3pm) sessions. Fees include breakfast, snacks, drinks, tea, nappies, and wipes. Funding is applied to specific session times, with unfunded mid-morning hours charged at a set rate during funded days.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
  • Full (non-government funded) daycare rate (8am - 5pm)£82 / day
  • Full fees for a school day (9am - 3pm)£61 / day
  • Unfunded hours (9am - 12noon) for a daycare (8am - 5pm) day£48.80 / session
  • Unfunded hours (9am - 12noon) for a schoolday (9am - 3pm)£44.20 / session

Good to know

  • Fees include breakfast, snacks, drinks, warm nursery tea, nappies, and wipes.
  • Funded entitlement is offered during specific breakfast and afternoon periods.
  • Hours between 9am and 12noon are unfunded and charged additionally on funded days.
  • Fully funded sessions may be available between 12noon and 5pm, subject to availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Mon-Thu: 8am - 5pm, Fri: 8am - 4pm, 48 weeks per year

Session types

Daycare sessions (8am - 5pm) year round or term time only, Schoolday sessions (9am - 3pm) term time only

Food

breakfast, snacks & drinks, warm nursery tea, nappies & wipes included in full daycare rate

Age range

2-5 yr olds

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 10 June 2022

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

What it's like to attend

The senior team and staff inspire children to achieve. They use children's interests and information from parents to extend learning brilliantly, combining Montessori practice with the early years foundation stage framework. As children progress, staff enhance their skills and knowledge by adding complexity to activities.

Inspector highlights

  • The senior team and staff inspire children to achieve.
  • Partnership with parents and other professionals is superb.
  • Children remain focused and engaged in activities.
  • Highly qualified staff make the most of opportunities to extend and develop children's knowledge and skills.
  • Children develop superb self-help skills.
Inspection #10215615 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, or who are learning English as an additional language make fantastic progress. Staff focus on communication to help all children express their views and join in. They use signs as well as words, and home languages to make sure that children feel valued and included.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, children are eager to play with others. They recall digging for worms and where the best place is to find them. When they find the worms, older children remind younger ones to use gentle hands.

Parent Reviews

5.0
(2)
Lucie Murphy
3 years ago

I couldn’t have dreamed of a better start to my children's education. The teachers are nurturing and kind, the setting is beautiful and the selection of work available to the children is second to none. This is a truly outstanding Montessori Preschool.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

10 June 2022

Outstanding

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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