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Nursery at Manor 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Sounds and rhymes give Manor’s nursery its clearest character: an introduction to reading that starts with listening. This is the nursery provision within Manor Primary School, with part-time entry from the start of the academic year in which children turn three. Families apply directly to the school for this stage.
The emphasis is on early foundations. Learning to concentrate and showing kindness to other children are part of the early-years experience, alongside those first encounters with the sounds of language.
Reading begins before children can read independently. Ofsted’s inspection on 12 and 13 March 2024 identified sounds and rhymes as the nursery’s introduction to reading. For parents, that gives a concrete picture of one element of learning: children are introduced to sounds and rhymes as early reading activities.
Nursery planning has its own section on the homework page, with entries organised under autumn, spring and summer terms. The curriculum page also includes a Nursery Curriculum Overview. These give families nursery-specific starting points for following learning, separate from the information for older year groups.
At home, the school’s general guidance encourages families to share stories, practise nursery rhymes and talk with their children. Games such as I-spy and snap also appear among its suggestions. These are practical ways for parents to participate: a conversation, a familiar rhyme or a shared book can become part of ordinary family time. The advice is school-wide, rather than a separate nursery homework requirement.
Concentration and kindness are taught from the early years, according to the March 2024 inspection. That matters for children learning to participate alongside others: paying attention and treating another child considerately are part of the learning, rather than simply expectations imposed around it.
For communication about learning, the school directs parents to year-group termly newsletters for further detail. Alongside the nursery planning section, this gives families another route for following what their child is working on.
A nursery place gives neither a guaranteed Reception place nor priority for one. Manor’s admission arrangements make that separation explicit. Families must submit a new application for Reception through Barking and Dagenham Council’s admissions procedure and meet the deadline for their intake.
For Reception, children in local-authority care come first. Next are those whose brother or sister attends Manor, or the linked junior school at the same site, when the child starts Reception. Proximity to the school follows. A sibling attending nursery does not confer school admission priority. For a family choosing Manor’s nursery, the practical implication is clear: treat the nursery decision and the later school application as separate decisions.
Nursery attendance is offered on a part-time basis. Applications go to Manor itself, rather than through the council route used for Reception. Parents and carers can contact the school office at office@manor-i.bardaglea.org.uk to make their nursery enquiry.
Keep the two application routes distinct: contact Manor for nursery entry, and use the council’s procedure when applying for Reception. Starting nursery does not remove that later application step.
Children can enter part-time at the beginning of the academic year in which they turn three.
Apply directly to Manor Primary School. The school office email is office@manor-i.bardaglea.org.uk.
The March 2024 inspection describes an introduction to sounds and rhymes in nursery.
No. Manor’s admission arrangements explicitly say that nursery attendance neither guarantees a Reception place nor gives priority. A separate council application is required.
The school’s general guidance suggests sharing books, talking together, learning nursery rhymes and playing games such as snap and I-spy.
