Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery

Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery

Who to contact

Telephone
020 8599 5937 020 8599 5937
E-mail
barleylane2009@hotmail.co.uk
Website
www.barleymont.co.uk/
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Where to go

Address
41, Barley Lane
Ilford
Essex
Postcode
IG3 8XE
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Childcare Information

Funded Places

Has 3 & 4 year old funding
Has 2 year old funding

Opening Times & Facilities

Facilities
Free Early Learning - 3 & 4 years
Free Early Learning - Extended entitlement
Free Early Learning - 2 years

Ofsted Information

Ofsted URN
EY410007
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Local Offer

Provision

Age range
Early Years (0-4 years)
Shortbreak type

Education Offer

Overview

We are an inclusive setting, and welcome all children regardless of their needs, and provide a quality service for them and their families.

We have extensive experience with children from a variety of special educational needs backgrounds. We focus on making our practice highly inclusive by constantly removing any barriers to learning and providing high quality provision to meet the needs of children.

We aim to increase the participation of children with SEND and their parents in decision making, by giving them more choice and control over the support they would like to receive.


We invite via referrals and parental consent professional agencies into the nursery to work with children who have any additional needs.

What is the purpose of our local offer?

The purpose of our local offer is to improve choice and transparency for families. One of the outcomes of this will be a shared understanding of available services and resources, enabling more conversations to take place.

The Local Offer includes information about where parents/carers can seek information, advice and support; how they can raise issues or concerns, and how they can seek to resolve these concerns.

Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery was re-established in August 2010 after being operational as Barley Lane Day Nursery since 2008.

We operate from a one storey building which is divided into four rooms, which also has an outdoor play area. These Four Rooms represent the ages we cater for at the Nursery; we have: 2 baby rooms, 1 toddler room and 1 pre-school room.

Both our indoor and outdoor areas are equipped with resources and educational equipment to encourage the children to learn while they play.

We are licensed and equipped to cater for up to 54 children at a time.

Identifying children's needs

At Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery every child is treated as a unique individual. Through constant observations and monitoring, we would be able to identify any child who might need additional help/support. If you have any concerns about your child’s development you can ask for a time when you can discuss this in private with the SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator).

Ongoing observational assessments are made of all children and are linked to the Development Matters ages and stages of development – This in some cases identifies individual needs. If your child’s Key Person has identified a possible individual need, they will discuss with you in private, and plan together with you to support your child’s learning and development.

Once it is established that there is a valid reason for concern, the child would be referred the local authority’s Health Care Professionals. The Reports from health care professionals, such as health visitors and speech and language therapists then identify your child’s individual needs. We welcome parents and professionals sharing these reports in order to plan appropriately to meet the needs of the children from this point on.

SENCO will offer support and advice to your child’s Key Person and other staff in our setting- he/she will also liaise with other professionals to seek advice and support in identifying individual needs if necessary.

Parents are kept informed through daily discussion and the use of individual child ‘Learning journey’.

Parents are offered parent teacher meetings at the end of each term (3 meetings per year).

Dedicated contacts

When your child starts at the preschool they will be allocated a Key Person.

A Key person - is a member of staff in the child’s room who would form a special bond with them and support them during their time at the preschool. This member of staff will be responsible for monitoring the development of your child. If parents have any concerns they can initially contact the key person.

The key person would share these concerns with our SENCO (special educational Needs) Coordinator.

However, parents can disclose or discuss any concerns with the Nursery Manager as well who would be able to guide and help them.

Involving children and their families
  • Parenting advice
  • Regular contact between parents/carers and the setting
  • Planning and review meetings
  • Advice on how to support learning at home
  • Engaging and building positive relationships with the parents.

We have a planned initial meeting with the parents to gain their views, share information and consider the next steps.

Range of support available
  • Partnership working with other professionals
  • EYFS Curriculum  planning differentiation
  • Support for communication needs
  • Additional support strategies
  • Specific teaching interventions
  • Support for health needs
  • Support for behaviour

Assessment systems are in place such as the 2 year progress check, under 3’s Next steps and over 3’s Next steps which are all linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage ( EYFS) ages and stages of development.

Parent helper sessions allow you to stay and help and see how your child is developing in the setting.  Events throughout the year help to build relationships with practitioners in the setting.

All plans will be shared with you and there will be regular meetings with families who have children with an additional need.

Our open door policy means you are always welcome to tell us how your child is doing on a daily basis and provide on-going two way communication between us. If parents/carers work or are unable to attend with their child, telephone calls are welcome to update you on your child’s progress.

Newsletters are sent home on a termly basis to keep you up to date with what is happening at Nursery.

Your child’s communication book will be filled in regularly to keep you up to date.

Measuring children's progress

Through the observation process linked to the EYFS ages and stages of development, and in discussion with you, the Nursery Manager and SENCO will identify what support is required. Extra support will be put in place if necessary.

Through on-going partnerships and dialogues with both parents/carers and other professionals - including Early Years Team if involved. We would observe, plan and track the progress of the children.

Our SENCO will give advice on meeting your child’s needs within the nursery in consultation with you and other professionals where necessary with your permission. Our SENCO will advise you on the process of applying for extra support.

Reports from health care professionals and other professionals, working with your child, will be used to plan support within the setting.

The Early Years Team or other professionals working with our SENCO will support the decision making process to planned targets on the IOP (Individual outcome plan). The IOP will be written with you and will include how you can support your child at home.

Individual outcome Plans (IOP) are written to record the child’s progress. This Includes information about the short term targets which, together we will  set for the child, the teaching strategies and the provision put into place, when the plan is to be reviewed, and the outcome of the action taken.

IOP’S are always discussed with the parent / guardian of the child regularly.

  • Regular review meetings with parent, Key person, SENCO and other professionals if involved.
  • Tracking progress of the child by observing, planning and assessing.
  • Plans are focused on the child with short specific targets 
Accessibility of the school

If you are a parent/carer who has English as an additional language, we can arrange to get another family member involved who may speak English.

Signs and posters around the setting are used with pictures to direct children and adults.

We have a small car park,  Barley Lane Montessori Day Nursery is easily accessible as it’s off the main Barley Lane.

Ramp to front access.

Any additional arrangements would be discussed with parents before the child starts at the preschool.

Web camera access for parents. Live streaming of the cameras.

The nursery is on main Barley Lane which is 3 min walk from Goodmayes high road, 5 min walk to Goodmayes train station and accessed by bus numbers 364 and 387

Inclusion

Risk assessment will be carried out once we are aware of child’s needs and adapted to ensure that children are all able to take part in daily activities inside and outside. This will include any outings they may go on. We may be able to use different aids, resources, to include all the children.

Transition arrangements

Meeting with parents and new keyperson as well as old keyperson ensure that child is moved at their own pace. Settling in observations carried out when movement between different rooms. Transition form and summery sheet sent onto new school. New Key person(or school) encouraged to visit child in setting. Child will be supported according to their needs to enable them to adapt to the changes.

Support and training for parents and carers
  • Parent consultation
  • Links with children centres
  • SENCo
  • Coffee mornings with parents
  • Parent workshops
Further information

Visit our website www.barleymont.co.uk

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