Little Glendalers Pre-School

At the April 2025 inspection, boat experiments, woodland play and books borrowed for home gave Little Glendalers Pre-School a recognisable character: practical exploration sat alongside conversation and growing independence. Based at Glendale Infant School in Nuneaton, it has capacity for 25 children.

At its April 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the pre-school Outstanding, found safeguarding effective and praised the early identification of learning needs, with individual support plans and collaboration with parents and specialists. Children attending then were aged three to four. This is a preschool-age setting in that dated account, rather than a baby-room offer.

In April 2025, children made boats, tested them in water and considered how different materials behaved. Staff prompted predictions and introduced words about weight and buoyancy. The activity gave children something concrete to investigate and language to explain their discoveries.

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care; here, the April 2025 examples show learning through play, conversation and practical tasks. Dough play with insect stamps prompted children to recall The Very Hungry Caterpillar, linking a familiar story with hands-on activity.

Outdoor space added another kind of challenge. In April 2025, the woodland area had wooden structures for climbing, balancing and jumping, alongside gardening and sand play. Children explored flowers, grew potatoes and investigated the scents of herbs and lavender. Indoors, pipettes, dough and model-making materials gave them opportunities to practise small hand movements.

In April 2025, independence was built into ordinary routines: children served snacks, cleared up and practised peeling fruit, pouring drinks and opening yoghurt pots. Their models and paintings went on an achievement table, giving their work a place to be shared.

Home learning had practical support too. In April 2025, children borrowed books from a lending library and took activity bags home to practise skills; parents could lead storytelling and join events. A family board prompted conversations about children's backgrounds, while parents contributed foods and resources connected with cultural celebrations.

Sign language and visual prompts supported communication in April 2025. Staff also shared curriculum ideas and children's plans with the host school, helping connect the preschool experience with the next stage of learning.

The address is Glendale Infant School, Skye Close, Nuneaton, CV10 7LW. Attendance here does not guarantee a Reception place at the host school.

In April 2025, opening hours were 8.45am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday, during term time. Funded early education for three- and four-year-olds formed part of the offer then. These hours describe the opening window at that date, rather than separate morning or afternoon booking patterns.

• Term-time routine. The April 2025 opening window ended at 3.30pm and followed term time. How would the current attendance arrangements fit your working day and school holidays?
• School connection. Staff shared learning plans with the host school in April 2025. That continuity is useful, but attendance does not guarantee a Reception place.

The April 2025 account of Little Glendalers will appeal to families drawn to a preschool experience built around investigation, outdoor activity and practical independence, with a term-time routine. Boat testing, woodland structures and home-learning resources gave substance to that experience. Collaboration with the host school supported continuity of learning at that inspection; attendance carries no promise of a Reception place.