Le Ballon Rouge Montessori in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom | Childcare

Welcome to Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Our privately owned Day Nursery is open to children aged 2 to 5 years during term time and 2 to 8 years during school holidays. Our after school French Club welcomes children aged 3 to 8 years old. We offer all day care and sessional care. Le Ballon Rouge Montessori,Day Nursery was founded in 1996 in Thorpe Bay. Two years later the group purchased large premises in Crossfield Road first occupying the ground floor and expanding to its first floor in May 2000. Gradually opening hours were extended and later an after-school French club founded welcoming children aged 3 to under 8 years. The Le Ballon Rouge Montessori Day Nursery is owned by a Montessori qualified teacher and the children are grouped according to their age in three separate classrooms. Facilities at the Day Nursery include a dining room, a computer room/library and a resources room. The 'studio' where P.E, drama, dancing and music take place is equipped with a piano, a stage allowing the nursery to put on children's concerts and to celebrate leavers' achievements at the end of each school year with a Prize Giving Ceremony and soft play equipment. The 3 classrooms are well appointed with Montessori apparatus, educational resources and play materials. The outdoor space includes a 'quiet area' furnished with picnic tables and planting troughs. During school holidays Le Ballon Rouge Montessori, Southend-on-Sea, is open to children up to the age of 8 years. Activities include art & crafts, music & movement, P.E. and French. Le Ballon Rouge Montessori,Day Nursery is registered with Social Services and Ofsted. All 3 year olds and 4 year olds attending the nursery are eligible for the Nursery Education Grant Funding.