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Nursery at St Jude's 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Speech and interaction give St Jude’s early years provision its clearest character: helping young children communicate is a specific teaching focus. This is the school’s own nursery in Maypole, Birmingham, within a Catholic school community.
The nursery’s 2024/25 policy provided for children already aged three and for rising threes, meaning children in the term of their third birthday. It set a maximum capacity of 52 part-time places, split between morning and afternoon groups, but offered only 26 morning places that year. Those figures describe that admissions cycle.
Ofsted graded the school’s early years provision Good at its November 2022 inspection. That judgement covers early years within the school, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Communication is a practical starting point for learning here. In November 2022, early years staff concentrated on developing children’s speaking and their interactions with others. For parents, that places expressing ideas and engaging with other people among the priorities of the nursery day.
Learning in early years was planned to equip children with knowledge and skills for subsequent learning. The emphasis was on building from existing understanding, giving new learning a connection to what children could already do.
Assessment needs attention. In November 2022, assessment in early years was sometimes inconsistent and insufficiently precise about children’s next steps. This matters because checking understanding should help staff decide what to teach next. Parents can use progress discussions to explore their child’s next learning goals.
A nursery teacher appears in the staffing structure and is marked as a paediatric first aider. The school’s Inclusion Team brings together a SENCO and a Pastoral Manager, giving families contacts for additional learning needs and pastoral concerns.
For children with SEND, the early years policy requires staff to respond to emerging difficulties and listen to parents’ developmental concerns. Support follows an assess, plan, do, review cycle: identify the need, agree help, put it into practice and check its effect. Parents are informed when special educational provision is introduced.
Settling support is tailored where additional needs require it. The SEND information report describes home or existing-setting visits where appropriate, alongside transition sessions arranged at times suited to the child. This gives families a way to plan the start around individual needs.
Food routines include fruit for nursery children and free milk for children under five. Children bring a fresh drink in a bottle labelled with their name and class, preferably containing water. These are useful everyday preparations for a morning session.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place or confer priority. The 2027/28 admission arrangements explicitly treat nursery and other applicants alike under the oversubscription criteria. Families must apply separately.
For September 2027 entry, apply through the local authority where you live, naming St Jude’s, by 15 January 2027. The Supplementary Information Form also goes directly to the school by that deadline.
Transition support is a separate matter. For children with SEND moving classes, classroom visits take place in the preceding term; some receive photo booklets introducing their next classroom and teacher. The SEND report also provides for sharing children’s likes, dislikes and helpful approaches with their next teacher. Familiarity can support the change, but it does not alter admission rights.
The school identifies a nursery morning session ending at noon, when children are collected. Plan collection around that nursery-specific finish.
Nursery uniform consists of dark leggings or jogging bottoms, a pale blue polo shirt and a royal blue jumper or sweatshirt; an embroidered logo is optional. This gives families flexibility over branded clothing.
For nursery enquiries, contact the school office on 0121 464 5069 or email enquiry@stjuderc.bham.sch.uk. The nursery application process in the 2024/25 policy required both a Nursery Application Form and a supplementary form, so the two documents served different purposes.
The 2024/25 nursery policy included children already aged three and rising threes, defined as children in the term when they turn three.
The prospectus gives noon as the end of the nursery morning session, when children are collected.
No. The 2027/28 arrangements require a separate application and assess children against the same oversubscription criteria whether or not they attend the nursery.
Nursery children receive fruit, and children under five are entitled to free milk. Children should bring a labelled bottle containing a fresh drink, preferably water.
Parents can speak to the class teacher or arrange contact with the SENCO. The Inclusion Team also includes a Pastoral Manager.
