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Nursery at James Brindley 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Hospital treatment shapes the early years provision at James Brindley. Nursery education forms part of its hospital service, supporting children receiving inpatient care. The school aims to limit the disruption that a hospital stay can cause to learning and wellbeing.
Foundation Stage 1, the nursery stage, sits within this hospital education service. For families, the defining feature is the relationship between education and treatment: teaching is adapted to a child's medical needs as well as their learning, social and emotional needs.
The child's existing learning provides a starting point. Teachers aim to draw on the curriculum from the child's home setting, using information from parents, the child and their usual school. That gives families a practical role in helping hospital staff understand what their child has been learning.
Personalisation also shapes the activities. Where a child's usual curriculum is no longer suitable, or learning needs are more complex, teaching can take a sensory or therapeutic direction. The purpose is to match education to the individual rather than expect each child to follow the same programme during treatment.
Across the hospital service, a thematic curriculum is intended chiefly for children with short or medium stays, while remaining accessible to other inpatients. Themes change each term. This provides another starting point for learning alongside work informed by a child's home setting, with the school aiming to address gaps and preserve continuity.
Education is planned alongside healthcare. Hospital teaching staff work with NHS professionals in a multidisciplinary team, adapting learning around individual needs. For a child whose treatment affects participation, that connection makes medical circumstances part of the educational planning.
At Birmingham Children's Hospital, an on-site SENCO and teaching staff assess suitable provision and liaise with home schools. Collaboration there includes Learning Disability nurses and the Neurosurgery team. Staff can also contribute to Education, Health and Care plan reviews with home schools and multidisciplinary teams, including where a different educational placement may be needed.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions route and meet the relevant deadline.
Transition support has a different purpose from admission. Hospital staff prepare children to return to education after treatment and liaise with their home schools. Where a child's needs suggest a change of placement, support with an Education, Health and Care plan review can contribute to that planning. It should not be read as securing admission to a particular school.
For nursery-aged hospital pupils, education starts on the fourth day of admission. Children who are regularly readmitted can begin immediately. This timing matters for families managing repeated treatment: educational support can resume from the start of a further admission.
General enquiries go to enquiry@jamesbrindley.org.uk or 0121 666 6409. The hospital education team can be contacted at hospitals@jamesbrindley.org.uk. James Brindley has no uniform, removing a separate clothing requirement from participation.
Foundation Stage 1 education is part of James Brindley's hospital service for children receiving inpatient treatment.
For nursery-aged children, it begins on day four of admission. Provision starts immediately for children who are regularly readmitted.
Teaching takes account of educational, medical, social and emotional needs. Children with more complex learning needs may receive sensory or therapeutic learning activities.
No. Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place, and families must apply separately through the normal Reception admissions process.
Contact the hospital team at hospitals@jamesbrindley.org.uk, or send a general enquiry to enquiry@jamesbrindley.org.uk. The main telephone number is 0121 666 6409.
