Nursery
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Give Your Child the Ultimate Head Start: St Peter’s Qualified Teacher-Led Nursery
> “Children who begin their educational journey in a qualified teacher-led early years setting develop stronger language, early maths, and social foundations—giving them a proven advantage when starting formal school.”
Why Choose St Peter’s Nursery?
At St Peter’s Primary School, our Nursery isn’t just daycare—it is an expertly designed early learning environment led directly by our Deputy Headteacher and Early Years Specialist Leader of Education (SLE).
When your child joins our Rising 3s cohort, they don’t just play; they embark on a carefully scaffolded learning journey that nurtures curiosity, builds communication, and instils confidence.
- Led by Qualified Early Years Experts: Our curriculum is designed and delivered by qualified teachers and early years specialists who understand exactly how young minds develop.
- Proven Academic & Social Advantage: Research consistently shows—and our own school data proves—that children transitioning through our teacher-led Nursery achieve significantly higher outcomes in Reception, consistently surpassing national averages in literacy, phonics, and number work.
- Seamless Transition into School: Moving to big school can be daunting, but St Peter’s Nursery children step into Reception with complete familiarity. They know the staff, the routines, the playground, and the school culture, eliminating transition anxiety.
- Language & Oracy Immersion: We flood our early years environment with rich language through our 5-Stories-a-Day initiative, Drawing Club, and daily interactive maths meetings.
- Full Access to Primary School Facilities: Nursery pupils enjoy weekly swimming lessons in our on-site heated pool, forest school outdoor learning, and specialist music and physical play.
Come and See the Difference Yourself!
Choosing the right start for your child is one of the most important decisions you will make. We invite you to visit during a normal school day to experience our calm, joyful, and purposeful early years environment.
👉 [Book a Personal Nursery Tour] https://st-peters-school.org.uk/news/new-parent-tour/
Alternatively, contact nurseryadmin@sps1.org.uk or call the school office on 01395 443167.
Our Ethos
At St.Peter’s, we are a popular teacher led Nursery setting who cares for children aged 3-5 years old. We firmly believe that play is our vehicle for learning. Our children have all of the benefits not only of qualified teaching staff but also of high quality resources such as a forest school area, large outdoor play equipment, the school field and even the on site swimming pool. We know that rather than being the receivers, children should be the discoverers of their learning. Our children learn best when they show high levels of energy and fascination. So we take our direction from their interests, encouraging them to be curious individuals who can take risks, bounce back and challenge themselves to grow and learn. If our children are highly engaged in activities that are fun, there will be high attainment. Don’t just take our word for it, pop in and say hello by booking on to a school tour – email: admin@sps1.org.uk or ring 01395 443167.
Thrill, Will and Skill in our Curriculum
Our curriculum and setting are both based on learning through play. We have a ‘Thrill, Will and Skill’ mantra in which we provoke learning and challenge through play and exploration together.
We tailor our curriculum to the needs of each child and the skills they need to develop to enable them to access more of the provision, more exploration and more challenge. We do this through fun activities such as ‘funky fingers’ and by taking problem solving activities into their play.
Parents as Partners
Getting to know you and your child is of utmost importance to us. We believe children’s ability to take on information and explore is directly in proportion to their feeling of well-being. Each child has their own peg, tray and square in the display boards to build ownership and self-esteem.
We run ‘Stay and Play’, ‘Family Fun Days’ and evening events to help build the community foundations of our school and have a welcoming open door policy for you to come and see all the exciting things your child is experiencing throughout their time with us here.
Communication and Tapestry
We believe that the stronger our links are with parents the better we can plan our provision to make a positive impact on your child’s learning. We are the first Foundation Stage Unit in the surrounding area to use an online communication programme called Tapestry. This allows parents to receive photographs and messages about their child’s development and activities during as they are recorded and in turn means parents can send us ‘WOW’ moments from home via their mobile phones and devices. This has also quashed the dreaded “What did you do today?”…”Nothing…” response!