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Lavendale Montessori

Ofsted: Good
(May 2023)
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4.2(5 parent reviews) ·The Grounds of Woodside Park Club, Southover, LONDON, N12 7JG · Barnet
Number of places
58 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2023
Local authority
Barnet

About this day nursery

Lavendale Montessori, a family-operated day nursery established in 1996, welcomes children from 10 months to 5 years of age. Conveniently located within the Woodside Park Sports and Social Club in North London, the nursery benefits from an expansive eleven-acre setting with two dedicated playgrounds, including a large adventure area.

The purpose-built facility is designed to cater comprehensively to children's needs, offering a spacious and well-ventilated environment. Following the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori, the nursery focuses on guiding children's learning to foster a love for education, develop personal and social skills, and encourage independence.

The curriculum incorporates practical life exercises, sensorial materials, language development, mathematics, and cultural studies through projects. Lavendale Montessori actively prepares children for reading, writing, and an understanding of the world, offering a holistic approach to early childhood development.

Our ethos

Lavendale Montessori follows the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori, focusing on guiding children's learning to foster a love for education, develop personal and social skills, and encourage independence. The curriculum incorporates practical life exercises, sensorial materials, language development, mathematics, and cultural studies through projects, holistically preparing children for reading, writing, and understanding the world.

What it's like

Children are happy when they arrive in nursery and settle into their day with ease, forming warm and secure relationships with familiar adults. Staff embed good behaviour expectations, resulting in children being extremely well behaved, sharing, taking turns, and playing cooperatively. This provides a secure foundation for eager learning.

Montessori ApproachFamily-run NurseryLarge Outdoor Space

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Session types

Morning session (8:00 am - 1:00 pm), Afternoon session (1:00 pm - 6:00 pm)

Opening hours

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Age range

10 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2006

Waitlist

Waiting list in operation

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Lavendale Montessori

Last inspected 10 May 2023 · Seema Parmar

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 are happy when they arrive in nursery and settle into their day with ease, forming warm and secure relationships with familiar adults. Staff embed good behaviour expectations, resulting in children being extremely well behaved, sharing, taking turns, and playing cooperatively. This provides a secure foundation for eager learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have made good progress since the last inspection, working with the local authority early years team to evaluate their strengths and areas for focus.
  • Leaders support staff to deliver an ambitious, coherently planned and sequenced curriculum, including for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Leaders and staff place a strong emphasis on children's communication and language, providing language-rich opportunities and using storybooks alongside all activities.
  • Children enjoy freshly prepared, healthy, and nutritious snacks and meals, and staff teach them to take safe risks while preparing food and learning about composting.
  • Staff place a strong emphasis on helping children with their personal, social, and emotional development, fostering independence and self-care skills from babies to pre-school children.

Areas to develop

  • 1review and organise group activity times even better to make sure all children engage and fully participate
  • 2strengthen arrangements for staff mentoring to further support staff with less experience to develop their practice to the highest levels.
Inspection #10277046 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak highly of the leaders and staff.

They value the personalised approach and the communication they receive about their children's care and learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders support staff to deliver an ambitious, coherently planned and sequenced curriculum to build on children's progress, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children access a safe and suitable environment, both indoors and in the outside play area, to explore and investigate their surroundings safely.

Parent Reviews of Lavendale Montessori

4.2
(5)
Dea Petrova
4 months ago

We couldn’t recommend Lavendale Montessori highly enough. Both of our children attended from just 10 months old and stayed until they started school at age 5 (they were both born after the 1st of September cut-off). In total, we’ve been part of the Lavendale Montessori family for seven years. From the very beginning, every teacher felt like family. In every room, our children were looked after with genuine care, kindness, and attention, and we always felt confident that they were safe, happy, and supported in their development. It is truly a lovely, family-run nursery, and we will always be grateful for the role they played in our children’s early years. We would highly recommend Lavendale Montessori to any parents considering childcare and I would advise getting in touch early, as places are understandably in high demand.

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Matthew Gilbery
6 months ago

Wonderful, caring, nurturing, fun nursery in the heart of Woodside Park. They really invest time in preparing the children for primary school and all the staff have been there for many years, which is always a good sign. Our daughters had the best experience and we will miss it very much. Thank you for many wonderful years.

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Kakes M
7 months ago

An incredible nursery with such warm, kind professional staff who really listen to parents to ensure their child is given a beautiful start to education. Amazing resources applied within the montessori style of learning! My children have the fondest of memories and we shall treasure them forever x

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Nick Hornett
a year ago

We put our daughter through Lavendale for 3 years and she loved pretty much every day there. The staff and management are very friendly and accommodating, our daughter built strong relationships with them and her peers there. Now in school she has a great platform for her early learning and this is mainly down to the education she got at Lavendale. I wouldn’t hesitate to send a second child here and would certainly recommend Lavendale to others.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2023

Date: January 2009

  • May 2023Good
  • November 2022Inadequate
  • December 2017Good
  • March 2014Good
  • January 2009Good

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