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Springfield Montessori Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Dec 2023)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·59 Springfield Road, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 6ST · Lancashire
Number of places
111 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2023
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

5 acres of greenbelt land. Established in 1985, the nursery prides itself on being a family-run establishment dedicated to providing a "home from home" setting while delivering a comprehensive nursery education.

They offer full-time care from 7:45 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday. The nursery incorporates the Montessori approach, alongside Forest School activities, sensory play, and focused pre-school teaching, with an emphasis on speech and language development.

Their modern, purpose-built pre-school features welcoming and stimulating rooms, each with its own outdoor space, allowing children to explore and develop safely. The extensive outdoor area includes a bike track, forest, and mud kitchen.

Springfield Montessori Nursery utilises the Famly App to keep parents updated on their child's daily progress. They develop their policies with guidance from the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and offer a Local Offer.

The nursery accepts Early Education Funding for eligible children from 9 months old, allowing for both 15 and 30 hours of funded childcare.

What it's like

Staff are passionate and motivated to deliver a well-thought-out and purposeful curriculum, prioritising each child's development and emotional well-being to provide unique and stimulating learning experiences. They nurture children in a safe, secure, and caring nursery, demonstrating great knowledge of children's stages of play and offering abundant caring interactions as fantastic role models.

Montessori approachFamily-runExtensive outdoor spaceForest School activitiesSpeech and language development

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 7:45 AM - 6:00 PM

Age range

0-5 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full day

Established

2013

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Springfield Montessori Nursery

Last inspected 18 December 2023

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Staff are passionate and motivated to deliver a well-thought-out and purposeful curriculum, prioritising each child's development and emotional well-being to provide unique and stimulating learning experiences. They nurture children in a safe, secure, and caring nursery, demonstrating great knowledge of children's stages of play and offering abundant caring interactions as fantastic role models.

Inspector highlights

  • The managers are inspirational, ensuring their expertise is utilised effectively through extensive training and support for staff.
  • The curriculum is exceptionally well sequenced, ambitious, and unique, leading to all children making outstanding progress.
  • Staff promote children's communication and language remarkably well through engaging conversations.
  • Partnerships with parents are excellent, with parents actively involved in their children's development and the nursery's vision.
  • The large outdoor environment is breathtaking, actively promoting outdoor learning and contributing to impressive physical skill development.
Inspection #10305159 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children are making outstanding progress and are confident and independent learners. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and children who speak English as an additional language. The special educational needs coordinator, as well as staff, supports children with SEND very well. They liaise with a wide range of professionals and attend additional training as required. Highly focused plans are in place and regularly reviewed. Adaptions are made within the environment, activities and equipment. This helps to support children with SEND to be included in all daily tasks and have equal opportunities in their learning experiences.

Outdoor space

The large outdoor environment is breathtaking. Staff actively promote the benefits of learning, both indoors and outdoors, with children. Children run around in large spaces, climb and eagerly explore in the natural forest area. This contributes to children being active, and they develop impressive physical skills.

EAL / language support

All children are making outstanding progress and are confident and independent learners. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and children who speak English as an additional language.

Parent Reviews of Springfield Montessori Nursery

5.0
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Inspection history

Date: March 2014

  • December 2023Outstanding
  • February 2018Outstanding
  • November 2014Good
  • March 2014Requires improvement

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About the setting

Springfield Montessori Nursery registered in 2013 and is located in Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire. It operates Monday to Friday, 7.45am to 6pm, 51 weeks a year, providing funded early years education for two-, three-, and four-year-old children. The nursery employs 37 staff, 34 with appropriate early years qualifications, and the owners include individuals with qualified teacher status and an educational psychologist qualification.

URN
EY466054
Registered person
Learning Steps Education Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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