Marston Green Infant Academy Nursery

Mark making and a pretend train journey give early learning at Marston Green Infant Academy a concrete starting point. The nursery belongs to an infant school, with learning planned across the school from pre-school onwards. For a parent choosing nursery provision, the useful distinction is between that shared educational setting and the separate decision about a later Reception place.

There is also a distinct provision for two-year-olds: Marston Green Leapfrogs Nursery. Keep that distinction in mind when considering which provision suits your child. The school's nursery and its pre-school both formed part of the January 2025 inspection visit.

A train station provides an example of how learning takes shape across the early years. Children practise purchasing a ticket and coffee before setting off on their imaginary journey. Familiar actions give the activity a recognisable purpose: children can connect play with experiences beyond the classroom. This is a specific early-years example, rather than a timetable for every nursery session.

Writing starts with making marks. That puts the earliest attempts to communicate on paper into the school's learning sequence, before the more demanding writing expected later. Sharing equipment is another observed part of early-years life, giving children practical experience of taking turns alongside their learning activities.

The January 2025 inspection also identified a school-wide teaching concern: some tasks did not concentrate sufficiently on the knowledge children needed to acquire. The implication for families is that an appealing activity needs a clear learning purpose too. A separate improvement priority concerned foundations in writing, including forming letters, spelling and punctuation. These were priorities across the school, rather than findings assigned specifically to the nursery.

Across the school, additional needs are identified promptly, with help from external services where necessary. Adapted materials and demonstrations are used to support learning. For families considering nursery, this describes the wider school's approach to support; it does not establish a particular nursery staffing arrangement or individual care plan.

Children sharing equipment was an early-years example of learning to cooperate. Alongside the train-station activity, it shows that learning involves participation with other children as well as individual tasks.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must apply separately for Reception through the normal admissions process and meet its deadline. Treat choosing the nursery and applying for Reception as two decisions, even though the nursery belongs to the school.

The learning sequence starts in pre-school and continues through the infant years. That educational connection should be understood separately from admission: taking part in the nursery's learning does not itself secure a place in the next class.

The school is on Elm Farm Avenue in Marston Green, Birmingham, B37 7AA. Its telephone number is 01217795667, providing a direct contact route for a nursery enquiry. When making contact, distinguish the school nursery from Marston Green Leapfrogs Nursery, the provision for two-year-olds, so the enquiry concerns the right part of the school.