Storybook Montessori

Ofsted rating for Storybook Montessori

Last inspected 12 June 2023

What it's like to attend

• Confident children enter the nursery and part from their parents with ease, greeted by smiling staff.
• Children show good perseverance skills, for example, hammering nails into wood and carefully walking across planks on tyres.
• The pre-school room effectively prepares children for school through activities like using sandpaper letters for letter formation.
• Staff provide a curriculum that blends Montessori ethos with children's interests, offering a wide range of engaging learning activities.
• Staff morale is high, and leaders prioritise staff well-being, ensuring manageable workloads.
• Partnerships with parents are very good, with staff sharing information daily and via an online app.
• Children celebrate diverse faiths and cultures, with staff wearing traditional outfits and children tasting traditional foods.
• The nursery chef provides freshly cooked, homemade meals, supporting children's independence during mealtimes.
• Staff effectively support children's communication skills, introducing new words and using Makaton signs.
• Staff value children's views, accommodating their ideas through a 'children's committee' to choose activities and resources.

• 1focus the intent of activities more closely on what children need to learn next
• 2develop further the supervision sessions for staff to better support them in raising their practice to a higher level.