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The Collegiate Montessori Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
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4.7(26 parent reviews) ·6 Brincliffe Crescent, SHEFFIELD, S11 9AW · Sheffield
Number of places
94 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Sheffield

About this day nursery

Collegiate Montessori Nursery School, located in the tranquil, tree-lined suburb of Nether Edge, Sheffield, offers a secure and beautiful environment for children to learn and play. The nursery aims to deliver exceptional care and education, striving to ensure children have a joyful and enchanting experience.

They foster successful learners and confident individuals, instilling values of kindness and consideration. The nursery prides itself on its tailored teaching methods and strong collaborations with parents, enabling each child to achieve their full potential and discover the joy of learning.

Serving children from three months to five years old, Collegiate Montessori Nursery School features specialised classrooms designed for specific age groups, each with a six-month age range, ensuring that the curriculum is precisely aligned with every child's developmental stage.

Our ethos

Collegiate Montessori nursery follows the Montessori approach, focusing on tailored teaching methods to align the curriculum with each child's developmental stage. They aim to foster successful learners and confident individuals in a secure and beautiful environment, emphasising kindness and consideration, and encouraging a joyful learning experience. They also pride themselves on strong collaboration with parents.

What it's like

Children, families and staff are very happy at this nursery. Leaders have carefully designed the environment, routines and teaching to help children settle well and be prepared for the next stage of their education. Staff provide engaging learning opportunities, helping children to concentrate for long periods and develop their vocabulary.

Montessori ApproachIndividualised CurriculumAge-Specific Classrooms

Pricing & funding

Charges are calculated using either a standard hourly rate or a flat full-day rate. Additional fees apply for scheduled breakfast, lunch, and tea sessions. Funding is accepted during term-time weeks, with a consumables fee applied per funded hour. Holiday playscheme days are charged at a separate hourly rate.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Up to 15 hours of funding is available during term-time weeks, increasing to 30 hours from September 2025.
  • Consumables charges apply to all funded hours.
  • Extra days in playscheme or non-funded weeks are subject to availability.
  • Breakfast, lunch, and tea sessions are billed separately.

Key facts

Food

Breakfast, lunch, and tea are available for an additional charge.

Opening hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Collegiate Montessori Nursery

Last inspected 1 August 2025 · Rebecca Miall

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, families and staff are very happy at this nursery. Leaders have carefully designed the environment, routines and teaching to help children settle well and be prepared for the next stage of their education. Staff provide engaging learning opportunities, helping children to concentrate for long periods and develop their vocabulary.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have created a detailed, sequenced curriculum, updated and adapted based on children's interests and development.
  • Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour, with an environment and routines designed to support learning and calm.
  • Children learn about the world through planned opportunities, such as observing life cycles of butterflies and chickens, and contributing to the community.
  • Staff generally have high-quality interactions, fostering a love of songs and stories, and introducing new words.
  • Strong partnership with parents helps children to settle well and supports their progress through a two-way flow of information.

Areas to develop

  • 1further enhance the good support of children's communication and language skills, including by considering staff's use of questioning
  • 2further support children's learning and development by seeking guidance and support from other professionals who support them.
Inspection #10410980 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff carefully monitor children's progress and quickly identify any gaps in their learning. They are proactive in discussing this with parents and refer children for additional support, such as speech and language therapy.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from daily time outdoors. They collect natural objects and create a group collage, and remember what they have learned, such as pine needles are brown because they are no longer attached to the tree.

Parent Reviews of The Collegiate Montessori Nursery

4.7
(26)
Bowen Revill
a year ago

Absolutely the most wonderful place for little ones. The staff go above and beyond every single day to give all the children a happy, fun, and enriching experience. I am deeply grateful for the role they have played in my son's development and life. The care, love, and attention they have provided has made sure that he has a great nursery days. He loves his teachers, and will definitely miss them and montessori when the moves on to school in September.

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Payvand Agahi
a year ago

I’ve picked up my niece and nephews from this nursery for almost 7 years, and have always been so impressed by the professionalism, sensitivity, and kindness from every member of staff. They care deeply about every child and their caregivers. I would send my own children here without hesitation and would highly recommend.

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FiFi Fouad
4 years ago

My daughter and my son have both attended Collegiate Montessori since they were babies until starting school. They have had the most amazing experience there - we couldn’t be happier with the care and nurturing they have received. All the staff are so caring and knowledgeable and they gave them both a fantastic start and prepared them very well for school. They have both been treated like important little individuals and the teachers have helped them flourish and given them confidence. We particularly loved the emphasis put on learning about the world around them - nature, animals, other cultures and traditions…. it’s a beautiful nursery where both our children have been so happy - I would recommend to anyone.

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Nicole Tissington
3 years ago

Both my daughters attend Collegiate Nursery as did myself when I was a young child. We moved my eldest there a few years ago and her development since has been amazing. It really is the best nursery around, the teachers are so lovely and the kids have such a fabulous time there! They do some many activities and have so much fun!! The teaching is second to none. Collegiate Montessori truly gives them the best start to early years learning And I can’t thank them enough!

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Charlotte Wheat
3 years ago

A simply brilliant nursery. Our two children have attended here for the last 5 years and have loved every minute. They have thrived, made friends, learnt and had fun. The staff are amazing. So supportive and caring. They go way above and beyond always being so creative with learning and play. They go out of their way to make the children happy and confident. We will really miss all the staff but they have ensured our children are more than ready for their next adventure at school. Thank you

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Inspection history

Date: April 2011

  • August 2025Good
  • October 2019Good
  • November 2013Outstanding
  • April 2011Good

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