If you would like to come and have a look at the Nursery, please phone the main school office and we can arrange a date and time. We hope that the information on this website gives you a feel for our wonderful setting. If you have any questions please contact the main school office who will pass on your query to Emma Guest, the Early Years lead.
Our Federation includes the Nursery, the Infant School and the Junior School. We work collaboratively to ensure that all of our children are happy, develop a love of learning, make friends and have smooth transition from Nursery right through to Year 6.
Our Nursery sessions run in line with the school term. We offer morning and afternoon sessions as well as a full day.
A morning session is from 9.00am-12.00pm and an afternoon session is from 12.00pm - 3.00pm.
A full day is from 9.00am-3.00pm and children bring a packed lunch from home or you can purchase a school meal if you prefer for £2.
All families can access their 15 hours Early Years entitlement and some families may be eligible for 30 hours of funding. Speak to our administrator, Debbie Clyburn for more information and advice - 01392 908178.
The Early Years of Education are the foundation for children’s future development, providing a strong base for lifelong learning and learning abilities, including cognitive and social development.
We are committed to providing a high quality curriculum that enables children to acquire the skills represented in the EYFS Framework (2021) through meaningful learning opportunities. We have crafted the curriculum to include a balance of adult-directed and child-initiated activities, considering the intellectual challenge in all that the children experience.
We work hard to build positive and respectful relationships with the children, their families and their community – working in partnership to ensure all children are confident, happy, self-assured and successful.
For more information about the Early Years Curriculum, please read the documents below.
Our dedicated and experienced team provide a warm, safe and welcoming environment for all children and their families. We are a fully inclusive Nursery and nurture each child at every stage of their learning journey.
Mrs Emma Guest
EYFS Lead
Emma's passions are in early child development, particularly speech and language development and also children’s personal development and wellbeing.
Her favourite part of the day is story time and her bag is always full of books that she thinks the class will love!
Emma Guest teaches in Bee Class, Reception, during the week and is in Nursery Wednesday mornings.
Lola O'Sullivan
Nursery Teacher
Lola will be teaching in the Nursery, she is passionate about exploring children’s creativity through expressive arts. She loves being outdoors and in her spare time, she enjoys going for walks along the beach with her dog Logan.
Brianna Hennah
Brianna loves to see how the children in our care learn, flourish and develop across the year. She is particularly passionate about creative and messy play activities, as well as outdoor learning.
Janine Bowker
Janine is passionate about the early years and has a love of the outdoors. Both of her children attended the Nursery and she delights in working with young children. Janine will be in the Nursery on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Gemma Down
Gemma's passions lie in diversity and inclusion and enabling a warm, stimulating, inclusive and nurturing environment. She has a huge interest in the way in which children develop and each child's individuality, interests, and needs; looking for different learning opportunities to support these.
‘Children in the Nursery are looked after extremely well and their behaviour is outstanding’.
Parental comment, 2024
