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Nursery at Yardley Wood Community 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Fred Talk, rhymes and outdoor learning give Yardley Wood's nursery its character: an introduction to school life with language woven into the curriculum. The nursery forms part of Yardley Wood Community Primary School in Birmingham and has capacity for up to 52 children. That is nursery capacity, rather than a figure for the number attending an individual session.
The early years curriculum aims to develop independence, confidence and sociability alongside children's learning. For parents, the emphasis is on both joining in with others and developing ideas of their own.
Learning follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). In parent terms, this connects children's movement, conversation and relationships with early reading, number, creativity and understanding their surroundings. These areas work together rather than being treated as isolated subjects. Personal and emotional development therefore has a place alongside literacy and mathematics.
Playing and exploring, active learning, and creating and thinking critically are the named Characteristics of Effective Learning. The practical emphasis is on investigating, attempting something unfamiliar and persisting when it becomes difficult. Children are encouraged to connect ideas and work out ways of doing things, so the curriculum concerns how they learn as well as what they learn.
Early reading has a recognisable sequence. Nursery children begin with Fred Talk, rhymes, alliteration and pictures from Read Write Inc (RWI). During the summer term, brief speed sound sessions introduce initial sounds. This gives families a concrete picture of the nursery's reading preparation: attention to spoken sounds comes before those short sessions introducing sounds more explicitly.
White Rose supports mathematics planning across early years. Number relationships, patterns and counting sit alongside work on spatial understanding, shapes and measurement, with concepts revisited through the year. Outdoors also belongs to the learning environment. The EYFS outdoor area is used in wet weather as well as dry, making outdoor learning part of the curriculum rather than something reserved for sunny days.
Social and emotional development is one of the curriculum's central strands. The early years team's stated aims include helping children become more independent and comfortable with others. That gives the provision a care focus alongside its language and number work: learning to participate socially is itself part of the curriculum.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate application through Birmingham City Council School Admissions for a September Reception start, meeting the deadline for their entry year.
The school's admission priorities cover EHC Plans or looked-after status, siblings already attending, catchment and distance. Nursery attendance is not included as a priority criterion. Choosing the nursery therefore needs to be a decision about the nursery experience itself; the Reception application remains a separate step.
Nursery applications go directly to the school office. To join the waiting list, a parent or guardian must complete the relevant admissions paperwork. This is a different application route from the council process used for Reception.
The nursery has capacity for up to 52 children.
They begin with Fred Talk, rhymes, alliteration and RWI pictures. Initial sounds are introduced through short speed sound sessions in the summer term.
The early years curriculum uses the EYFS outdoor area in both wet and dry weather.
No. Nursery attendance is not included in the school's listed admission priorities and does not guarantee a place. A separate Reception application goes through Birmingham City Council School Admissions.
Apply directly through the school office. A parent or guardian needs to complete the relevant admissions paperwork to join the waiting list.
