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Nursery at St Vincent'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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Language gives this nursery its direction: children have a communication target in each learning area, making speaking and listening part of the day's learning rather than a separate activity. St Vincent's Catholic Primary School's nursery sits within its early years provision in Birmingham, alongside Reception. The nursery curriculum addresses children aged 3 and 4.
Catholic values also shape the learning. Family and Community and The Dignity of work are named themes, linking children's experiences of home, relationships and helping others to the school's faith. For families, this means choosing a nursery with a Catholic identity as well as a focus on communication.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) takes practical form through stories, movement, number work and growing independence. Development Matters guides the nursery curriculum. Children practise expressing ideas, understanding feelings and managing everyday tasks alongside early reading and mathematics.
The Little Wandle Foundation Programme introduces the sounds within words through rhyme, listening and oral blending. Story play uses props, giving children a way to act out ideas and try new vocabulary. Books include Jack and the Bean Stalk and Errol's garden. These give conversation a concrete starting point, rather than leaving language work abstract.
Mathematics uses Mastering the Curriculum, with work on sorting, matching, shape and comparing quantities. Children explore patterns and connect numbers to groups of objects. Physical learning includes balancing and riding, with bikes, scooters and trikes, while scissors and drawing develop control for smaller movements.
Nature brings another strand: children sow seeds, tend plants and explore how living things change. Learning about plants and animals gives them something real to observe and discuss. Together, these activities make the curriculum about doing, talking and noticing, as well as practising skills.
A nursery teacher and an Early Years Lead form part of the staffing structure. Independence is a learning goal: children work towards managing coats and zips, using the toilet and washing their hands. Feelings and friendships receive attention too, including finding ways to resolve disagreements during play.
Nursery lunch is at 11:45. A parent and teacher meeting features in the nursery assessment programme, alongside Wellcomm screening and speech and language therapist observation. This connects the emphasis on communication with opportunities to identify support needs.
Across the school, SEND support follows Assess, Plan, Do, Review. Families help shape support, and progress is reviewed at least termly. Depending on a child's needs, provision may include adapted teaching, individual or small-group intervention and work with external professionals. Parents with concerns can contact the SENCo.
Nursery attendance neither guarantees a Reception place nor gives priority. Families must make a separate application, and children are considered against the same oversubscription criteria whether they attend the nursery or not.
For September 2027 entry, apply through the local authority where you live, naming St Vincent's Catholic Primary School. The deadline is 15th January 2027. A Supplementary Information Form must also reach the school by that date. Treat these as two separate tasks: completing the school form does not replace the local authority application.
For children with SEND, transition planning includes information sharing, visits and coordination with relevant professionals. That support concerns the move between settings; it does not change Reception admission priority.
Funded nursery places are offered for 15 hours or, subject to eligibility, 30 hours. To request a nursery application form, email enquiry@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk or call 0121 675 2359. The school office is the direct application contact.
Weekly family updates are shared through My Child At School. This gives parents a regular route for school news and reminders alongside direct contact with staff.
It covers children aged 3 and 4.
Communication targets run through the learning areas. The Little Wandle Foundation Programme supports early sound awareness, alongside stories, rhyme and oral blending.
Nursery lunch is at 11:45.
No. Attendance does not guarantee a place or confer priority. For September 2027 entry, families must apply through their home local authority and return the Supplementary Information Form to the school by 15th January 2027.
Request an application form from the school office by emailing enquiry@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk or calling 0121 675 2359. Funded 15-hour places and 30-hour places for eligible families are offered.
