Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8am - 6pm (49 weeks of the year)
Secret Garden Montessori
Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2024)
Number of places
33 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
North Somerset
About this day nursery
Secret Garden Montessori School of Nailsea offers a nurturing environment for children aged 10 months to 5 years, located conveniently 20 minutes from Bristol city centre. The nursery is founded on the inspiring Montessori philosophy, which fosters independence and a child-led approach to learning, allowing each child's unique capacity for development to flourish.
They provide both indoor and outdoor learning experiences, ensuring accessibility for all activities. Beyond the Montessori curriculum, Secret Garden introduces children to a second language (French, Spanish, and Polish) through interactive activities like cooking, games, and songs, leveraging the crucial early years for language acquisition.
The school prides itself on a dedicated team, including Montessori qualified teachers and a Forest School teacher, who are passionate about early years education and committed to supporting children's holistic growth. With availability for full-time and part-time places, Secret Garden aims to give children the best start possible, emphasising both their cognitive and emotional well-being.
Our ethos
Following inspiring Montessori methods, we give children the freedom to take responsibility. Their little smiles say it all. I could talk hours and hours about why I think Montessori gives children the best start in their education. I am a strong advocate for outdoor learning and the incredible benefits it has in regards to healthy brain development and emotional wellbeing.
What it's like
The curriculum is well designed, focusing on personal, social, and emotional development, and communication and language skills. Children confidently engage in imaginative play, developing roles and ideas with friends, and use tools purposefully to collaborate.
Montessori-ledSecond Language AcquisitionForest SchoolChild-led learning
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Age range
10 months-5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Waitlist
Places available
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Secret Garden Montessori
Last inspected 24 January 2024 · Rachael Williams
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
The curriculum is well designed, focusing on personal, social, and emotional development, and communication and language skills. Children confidently engage in imaginative play, developing roles and ideas with friends, and use tools purposefully to collaborate.
Inspector highlights
- All staff are actively involved in planning a broad range of opportunities based on children's interests.
- Leaders and managers empower staff to develop their chosen roles and reflect well on their practice.
- Staff carefully consider the learning environment, ensuring that it is welcoming and encourages children to make independent choices.
- Children gain very good independence as they learn to dress themselves for outdoor play, change into slippers, and wipe their own noses and faces using a mirror for guidance.
- Staff understand and follow the nursery's policies and procedures very efficiently to keep children safe and healthy.
Areas to develop
- 1use all available resources more consistently to support babies' and young children's learning in focused activities
- 2review the organisation and timeliness of group activities to enable children to focus on their learning without interruption.
Inspection #10326427 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
Outdoor space
Children gain very good independence as they learn to dress themselves for outdoor play.
Inspection history
Date: November 2018
- January 2024Good
- November 2018Good
Frequently asked about Secret Garden Montessori
About the setting
Secret Garden Montessori registered in 2016. It operates from premises in Nailsea, North Somerset. The nursery opens daily from 8am until 6pm, for 48 weeks of the year. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two, three and four years. The owner/manager holds an International Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy. She employs 16 staff, many of whom have Montessori teacher qualifications. Four staff hold qualified teacher status, one holds an early years qualification at level 4, six hold level 3 qualifications, and two hold qualifications at level 2.
- URN
- EY536199
- Registered person
- Secret Garden Montessori Limited
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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