Staunton Montessori Nursery School

Staunton Montessori Nursery School is located in beautiful renovated nineteenth century barns in the Vale-of-Belvoir in rural Nottinghamshire and has been offering Early Years education and care since 2001.

The nursery has outstanding facilities, with spacious, well-lit and beautiful rooms. The main learning areas are open plan with different learning zones for specialist activities. The setting has a hard-standing outdoor play area, a sensory garden and a play paddock, as well as an area with raised beds for growing food.

The outdoor spaces have different themes and emphasis to bring out different learning. The paddock and nearby meadows are used for nature walks and activities such as the ‘listening walk’ from Phase 1 ‘Letters and Sounds’. Around the school, we have access to a number of footpaths and rambles that extend the children's learning outside of the immediate site. We also have our own woodland and environmental learning site, and we are an accredited ‘Forest School’. The school also has a dedicated private office area, which is used for administration, as well as a staff training suite used for CPD and staff meetings.

On roll in the nursery we have between 60 and 70 children who attend a variety of sessions. The current maximum number of children on site is 50, and they would be in two different groups. The average number of children attending each morning is 36 and the average number of children in the afternoon is 26. On a busy morning there may be up to 8 staff on site. We also work in partnership with Nottingham Trent University and other colleges to provide placements for suitable students. All university students have DBS checks.

Our catchment area is the triangle between Southwell, Grantham and West Bridgford. Children attend from the 3 counties of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire and go on to mainly village schools as well as primaries and prep schools in local towns. We have an active link with a number of primary schools, including Orston Primary School.

Although in a rural location, we are an inclusive and culturally diverse setting. Occasionally, we have children with English as a second language. We have a highly inclusive ethos and admissions policy, and we successfully educate and care for children with SEN, such as Down's Syndrome and autism, as well as children with physical disabilities. We have developed something of a reputation for assisting children with SEN and are recommended by health visitors.

For more information, please see our website. Please contact us directly for information regarding our fees and funded childcare hours for 1 to 4-year-olds, or view on our website.

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Times and availability

Opening Times

The Nursery School Day runs from 09.00 to 15.00. Breakfast Club runs from 08.00 to 09.00. After School Club runs from 15.00 to 16.00. We are open term-time only for 39 weeks each academic year.

Please contact us directly for fees for 1-4 year olds, or view on our website.
We accept Free Entitlement Funding
We accept childcare vouchers