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Raising Eagles Montessori Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
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4.9(32 parent reviews) ·ST MARYS CHURCH HALL, Dock Road, Grays, RM17 6EX · Thurrock
Number of places
24 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Thurrock

About this day nursery

Raising Eagles Montessori Nursery is dedicated to fostering a lifelong love for learning in children aged 18 months to 5 years. The nursery offers an authentic Montessori education, where each child is seen as a unique individual with boundless potential.

The curriculum goes beyond academics, focusing on character development, social skills, and emotional intelligence to nurture well-rounded, compassionate, and self-motivated individuals. The nursery, rated "Good" by Ofsted in March 2025, provides a supportive and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to explore independently and at their own pace.

Emphasising a holistic approach, Raising Eagles Montessori Nursery values strong partnerships with parents, promoting open communication and collaboration to support each child's educational journey. The nursery also provides fresh, homemade, and nutritionally balanced meals, accommodating various dietary needs and allergies, with a 5-star Food Hygiene Rating.

Our ethos

Nurturing young minds and fostering a lifelong love for learning

What it's like

Children make good progress in this well-organised, stimulating nursery. Children feel secure and happy, are independent, and quickly settle into chosen activities. Staff know children well and plan interesting and fun activities based on their interests, with a clear focus on key skills for future learning.

Authentic Montessori EducationOfsted "Good" RatingHolistic CurriculumHomemade MealsStrong Parental Involvement

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

Healthy, fresh, homemade, and nutritionally balanced meals are provided. Dietary needs and allergies are catered for. The nursery holds a 5-star Food Hygiene Rating.

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Age range

18 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

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Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Raising Eagles Montessori Nursery

Last inspected 12 March 2025 · Tina Mason

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children make good progress in this well-organised, stimulating nursery. Children feel secure and happy, are independent, and quickly settle into chosen activities. Staff know children well and plan interesting and fun activities based on their interests, with a clear focus on key skills for future learning.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager and staff are passionate about delivering good quality care and education to children, following a Montessori philosophy.
  • Children show a positive attitude to their learning and play.
  • Staff promote children's good health and well-being, with lots of fresh air and exercise in the outdoor learning environment.
  • Staff embed and weave mathematics well throughout children's activities, using Montessori resources effectively.
  • Children gain good communication, language and literacy skills through stories, new words, and action songs and rhymes.

Areas to develop

  • 1review the organisation of the daily routine, particularly lunchtime, to reduce waiting times for children and ensure that they remain consistently engaged in meaningful learning.
Inspection #10381906 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

There is strong support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff work well with specialist professionals to provide activities that develop the communication and language skills of children with SEND. This has helped these children to make good progress.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy lots of fresh air and exercise in the outdoor learning environment. They learn to navigate space as they run and ride bicycles in the garden. Children strengthen the muscles in their hands by using scissors, tweezers and spoons to pick up small objects, as well as small jugs to transfer water and rice.

Parent Reviews of Raising Eagles Montessori Nursery

4.9
(32)
Tina Pokuaah
5 months ago

From her very first day at Raising Eagles, our daughter settled in as though she were visiting family. Not a single tear was shed; instead, she ran in with excitement and confidence. Each morning since, she has been eager to go, and every evening she returns home glowing with stories of what she learned, who she played with, and how much fun she had. The nurturing and empowering environment created by the staff has truly supported her development. She has grown in independence, kindness, communication, and confidence, proudly showing us everything she has learned. Even on a weekend she has asked if she can go to nursery because she misses her teachers and friends a testament to how safe, loved, and encouraged she feels in your care. Thank you for building such a warm, inclusive, and stimulating foundation for her. We are deeply grateful for the intentional care, patience, and joy you pour into the children every single day. Our daughter has not only learned, but she has blossomed and we couldn’t have asked for a better start to her early education journey.

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Larisa Arcăleanu
5 months ago

We couldn’t be happier with this nursery. The staff are incredibly kind, patient, and genuinely care about the children. Our child has grown in confidence and loves going each day. We highly recommend this nursery to any parent looking for a nurturing and supportive place for their little one.

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Irma Sukiene
5 months ago

Our daughter since day 1 is very happy at Raising Eagles. She enjoys activities during the day, develops her language skills, learns how to use her own initiative and explores the ways to independency. The staff is very friendly, helpful, caring. We are very happy that we found this nursery!

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Alina
a year ago

My 2-year-old daughter started at Raising Eagles Montessori about 2 months ago, and we couldn’t be happier! She absolutely loves going every day (she attends 3 days per week) and is always excited to be there. The nursery is incredibly clean, and I love that they prepare fresh, healthy meals for the children. The Montessori approach has been fantastic in fostering her independence, and I’ve already noticed a big difference in her confidence. She learns new skills every day. The caring staff and supportive environment make it a wonderful place for any child to learn and grow. Highly recommend! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Valeria Lisnic
5 months ago

Absolutely great nursery with incredible kind and caring staff! Communication with parents is excellent, with regular updates, photos and friendly conversations at pick-up’s! Our little boy settled in quickly and has grown so much in independence. Thank you! ❤️

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

12 March 2025

Good

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

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