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The Montessori People

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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5.0(4 parent reviews) ·Highflyers Childrens Centre, Tedder Avenue, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, TS17 9JP · Stockton-on-Tees
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees

About this day nursery

The Montessori People Ltd is the largest independent nursery in the North East, located in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees. The nursery prides itself on its dedicated and highly qualified team who are specially trained to foster confidence, trust, and conscientiousness in children.

They cater to various age groups with five expansive and well-equipped rooms, each boasting direct access to its own garden. The curriculum, rooted in the Montessori approach, focuses on building independence and self-confidence by encouraging children to explore and learn through hands-on experiences.

Children are gently guided by teachers to master lessons and progress to more challenging activities, cultivating a natural curiosity and love of knowledge. The nursery offers a diverse range of stimulating activities, including gymnastics, singing, and chef skills, and prepares a daily menu in its on-site commercial kitchen.

The Montessori People Ltd holds a Silver award in Investors in People for People and Wellbeing and is rated 'Good' by OFSTED.

Our ethos

The Montessori People Ltd's ethos is centred on a powerful educational approach that guides children to independence, progress, and achievement from their earliest steps. They believe children learn best through understanding, choosing, trying, and doing, rather than being told. With specialised materials, a prepared environment, and close teacher guidance, the nursery aims to build confident, self-motivated learners. Their materials are designed to help children independently identify and correct errors, fostering confidence, joy in learning, and problem-solving abilities.

What it's like

Children are highly enthusiastic learners and show considerable concentration in a wide range of activities. Leaders and staff provide a warm, welcoming environment fostering close, trusting relationships, which helps children to feel secure and develop confidence. The atmosphere in the nursery is wonderfully calm and purposeful, and children behave extremely well.

Montessori approachIndependent nurseryOn-site kitchenQualified staffOutdoor access

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Food

Daily menu prepared freshly on site in our school kitchen

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Montessori People

Last inspected 6 January 2025

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 are highly enthusiastic learners and show considerable concentration in a wide range of activities. Leaders and staff provide a warm, welcoming environment fostering close, trusting relationships, which helps children to feel secure and develop confidence. The atmosphere in the nursery is wonderfully calm and purposeful, and children behave extremely well.

Inspector highlights

  • Dedicated leaders have developed a strong staff team, providing opportunities for career development and continuous improvement in care and learning.
  • The curriculum is effectively sequenced, ensuring clarity in learning intentions and smooth transitions for children, promoting their emotional well-being.
  • Staff provide high-quality interactions and use regular assessment to build on children's knowledge, sharing information with parents to support learning at home.
  • Leaders show a strong commitment to forming effective partnerships with other agencies, including specialists for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Children take great pride in doing things for themselves, with staff supporting younger children to pour drinks and older children to serve and wash up.
  • The nursery promotes children's good health through daily tooth brushing, healthy eating education, and opportunities to plant and grow vegetables.
  • Children develop a real love of reading, with staff reading animatedly and a wide range of books available, including those promoting understanding of differences.
  • Leaders invite visitors from the community to talk to the children about what they do and links with a local care home, and trips to shops to buy ingredients for the chef also enrich the curriculum.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance assessment processes so staff identify more precisely what children need to learn next in order to make even greater progress
  • 2consider ways to promote children's independence and self-care skills more consistently across the nursery.
Inspection #10367483 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents all comment on how well the nursery prepares children for this next stage in their learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

There is a strong commitment from leaders to form effective partnerships with other agencies who may be involved with the families of children in their care. This includes specialists who provide additional intervention for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This is greatly valued by parents who welcome the support their children receive.

Outdoor space

The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of an outdoor activity for pre-school children. This was done to get a sense of the children's experience of playing outside.

Parent Reviews of The Montessori People

5.0
(4)
superzach superzach
6 years ago

Highly recommend this nursery. Staff are absolutely amazing. Our son was very sad to leave. Thank you for everything.

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Inspection history

Date: July 2012

  • November 2024Good
  • February 2019Good
  • August 2015Outstanding
  • July 2012Good

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