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Nursery at St John Roman Catholic Primary School
Last reviewed: October 2026 · Inspection data and key information above update regularly, however, this review below is refreshed bi-annually and may not reflect recent changes. Contact the nursery directly to confirm current arrangements. If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Learning indoors and outdoors, with a key worker linking home and school, gives St John’s early years provision its shape. The nursery belongs to St John Roman Catholic Primary School on Providence Way in Baldock, a Catholic primary school whose age range starts at three.
This is a school setting with an early years team: an EYFS teacher who also leads the phase, alongside an EYFS teaching assistant. For parents, the key worker arrangement adds a personal thread to that structure, with someone working with the family on their child’s progress.
The Early Years Foundation Stage, or EYFS, brings together learning and development for children up to five. Here, communication, movement and emotional development sit alongside early literacy and maths, creative expression and learning about the world. The emphasis extends beyond letters and numbers. Children develop skills both outdoors and inside.
Practical maths gives that learning a concrete form. EYFS activities include sorting and matching games, exploring shapes through construction and drawing, and comparing quantities. Classroom scales and measuring resources give children objects to work with as they explore size and amounts.
Art also has a continuing place in early years activities, rather than being confined to a separate lesson. St John’s links these opportunities with communication and personal development, so making and creating serve several parts of learning. Development Matters guides the EYFS work on understanding people, communities and the world.
In March 2023, Ofsted identified an early years approach in which reading begins when children join, with phonics taught systematically. That gives early reading a deliberate place within the broader curriculum.
Each child has a key worker who shares achievements with parents and carers and works with them on what comes next. This makes communication about progress part of the relationship between home and the early years team.
A special educational needs coordinator forms part of the school’s staffing structure. Safeguarding responsibilities sit with the headteacher, supported by deputies drawn from the assistant headteacher and special educational needs coordinator roles. These are clear points of responsibility within the wider school team.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place or confer priority under the 2026/27 arrangements. Families must make a separate application through their home local authority; Hertfordshire families use Hertfordshire Admissions. The school also requests a Supplementary Information Form to assess applications against its oversubscription criteria.
For the September 2026 intake, both forms were due by 15 January 2026. That deadline has passed. Keeping the nursery choice separate from the Reception application is essential: familiarity with the school does not replace the admissions process.
For nursery enquiries, contact the school office on 01462 892478 or email admin@stjohns4.herts.sch.uk.
Early years children are dropped off at their classroom door. Collection is also from classrooms, and parents must tell the office when a different person will collect. Early Years children must use the school’s blue book bag and purple PE bag, bought through the office. These arrangements give families specific preparations to make before their child starts.
No. Attendance neither guarantees a place nor gives priority under the 2026/27 arrangements. Families must apply separately through their home local authority, with a Supplementary Information Form also requested by the school.
The EYFS combines language, physical and emotional development with literacy, maths, creative expression and understanding the world. Activities include matching and sorting games, construction and drawing.
Each child has a key worker who shares achievements with parents and carers and works with them on the next steps in learning.
Drop-off is at the classroom door, and collection is from classrooms. Tell the office if someone different will collect your child.
Contact the school office on 01462 892478 or email admin@stjohns4.herts.sch.uk.
