Welcome to our Early Years Foundation Stage!

Our Ethos

In our Early Year Foundation Stage, we nurture creative, independent and inquisitive learners through meaningful adult interaction, language rich environments and high-quality play. We inspire curiosity, imagination and a love of learning, enabling children to become confident, intrinsically motivated explorers of the world around them.

Implementation & Impact

In Nursery and Reception, our curriculum is delivered through a play-based approach, supported by a balance of adult-led teaching and child-initiated learning. We provide well-planned, purposeful enhancements both indoors and outdoors, with free-flow access to enable children to explore and follow their interests. High-quality adult interaction is at the heart of our practice, with strong relationships built from the very beginning to ensure every child feels safe, valued and understood. We place a strong emphasis on developing children’s vocabulary through rich conversations, modelling language and introducing new words in meaningful contexts.

As a result, children become happy, polite, creative and inquisitive learners. They develop confidence, independence and a love of learning, equipping them with the skills they need not only for the next stage of school, but for life.

Our Early Years provision is carefully organised to provide a nurturing, high-quality learning environment for all children.

Nursery

We offer a 26-place Nursery, led by a qualified teacher and supported by a team of experienced Early Years Practitioners. This ensures a strong focus on learning through play, alongside attentive care and support tailored to each child’s needs.

Reception

Our Reception year is made up of two classes (two-form entry). Each class is led by a qualified teacher and supported by a Teaching Assistant, enabling us to provide focused teaching, enhanced continuous provision.

Our Progression of Skills...

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