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Nursery at Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Five mornings, five afternoons or a mixture of sessions: Thrunscoe's nursery gives families several ways to organise a term-time week. This is the academy's own provision for three- and four-year-olds on Trinity Road in Cleethorpes, with entry from the term following a child's third birthday, subject to space. The maximum is 39 children in each morning session and 39 in each afternoon session.
Early years provision received a Good judgement at the Ofsted inspection of 14 and 15 January 2025. That judgement covers the academy's early years provision, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Practical learning gives the early years day its character. In January 2025, children were learning to handle scissors and equipment with adult guidance, developing physical skills alongside new vocabulary. Activities had a clear learning purpose. For parents, that means play and practical tasks contribute to children's development rather than simply filling the session.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) here includes opportunities to practise skills and extend language. Children played cooperatively, enjoyed attending and learned in a settled, safe environment in January 2025. Adults knew the children well. Activities gave children practice in skills and opportunities to expand their vocabulary.
Emotional learning also has a concrete form: foundation stage children have made play-dough faces, named feelings and used a mirror to imitate expressions. These activities connect words such as happy or sad with facial features children can recognise. Across the school, curriculum delivery was sometimes inconsistent in January 2025; this was a school-wide improvement point, rather than a finding specifically about nursery activities.
Before children start nursery, families are invited to taster sessions during the preceding term. Staff also contact children's previous pre-schools. This gives the team a way to build familiarity before the regular sessions begin.
For children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND), support starts with classroom assessment and a conversation with parents about short-term targets. A Pupil Passport can then identify individual targets and interventions, with specialist involvement where needed. The academy's support structure includes a SENDCo, a SEND teaching assistant and wellbeing mentors. Parents remain involved as support is planned and reviewed.
Lunch needs preparation at home: children staying through lunchtime must bring a packed lunch. Families should therefore plan food alongside their session choices.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place and does not confer admission priority. Families must make a separate Reception application through North East Lincolnshire Council for the following September. The application period given is January, with allocation decisions in April. Treat that application as a separate task, even when your child already attends nursery.
Transition support is a different matter. During the summer term, nursery staff pass learning information to the receiving Reception teachers and discuss children's emotional, social and health needs. SEND information includes support already provided and other agencies involved. Children with education, health and care plans have separate transition meetings involving agencies, including staff-supported visits to their new settings. That helps the next team prepare for the child; it does not change admission rights.
Morning sessions run from 8:40am to 11:40am; afternoons run from 12:15pm to 3:15pm. Eligible families can take five full days for 30 funded hours, while the 15-hour patterns are five mornings or five afternoons. A mixed pattern totals five sessions, subject to the required spaces being available.
Funding runs over 38 term-time weeks and cannot be stretched across the year. Universal funding begins in the term after the third birthday; eligible families can access an additional 15 hours. Sessions are booked before each term. Paid additional sessions require an agreement, and booked sessions remain chargeable when missed through illness or holidays.
Extras can include snacks, meals, sun cream, nappies, trips and specialist tuition. Payments for these items are voluntary, with families permitted to supply their own alternatives; meal or snack charges may also be reduced or waived. Contact the academy office at office@thrunscoe.academy or 01472 320781 for nursery enquiries and current charges.
Children can start from the term after their third birthday, subject to a place being available.
The options are five mornings, five afternoons, five full days for eligible 30-hour families, or a mixture totalling five sessions where spaces allow.
No. The nursery provides funded hours over 38 weeks during term time.
Children attending over lunchtime must bring a packed lunch.
No. Attendance gives no admission priority and does not guarantee a place. Parents must submit a separate Reception application through North East Lincolnshire Council.
