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Nursery at Park 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Three-hour sessions give Park’s nursery a clear daily rhythm, with a morning or afternoon choice for families using the universal entitlement. This is the nursery class within Park Primary School on Monmouth Road, Doncaster, serving children aged three and four from the term following their third birthday. Doncaster’s nursery policy for 2025/26 listed an admission limit of 52 for Park. That is a capacity figure, rather than a count of children attending today.
Play, conversation and practical investigation shape the early learning curriculum. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings together learning and personal development: here, sharing resources, listening to other children and taking turns are part of play-based teaching. Those everyday exchanges give children practice in joining a group and making room for someone else’s ideas.
Science starts with things children can examine. Foundation Stage activities combine adult guidance with children’s own investigations, using their senses to explore materials and objects, notice changes and discuss what they discover. Art sits within Expressive Arts and Design, with Access Art supporting the school’s approach. These activities give children different ways to explore and communicate their ideas.
Emotional learning has a named programme, myHappymind Plus, used from Early Years onwards. Its nursery mapping includes recognising feelings, resolving disagreements through talk and extending play with other children. Storytelling and play introduce programme resources, connecting emotional vocabulary with situations children recognise.
Ofsted’s January 2024 early-years findings described adults using their knowledge of children to organise the classroom and reinforce taught learning. Practical materials for addition and subtraction were one example: children could return to an idea and practise it through activity.
The nursery team supports children as they settle into school routines. Families also have access to the school’s SEND support arrangements, which include changes to teaching, additional help and specialist advice where appropriate. Parents’ views form part of that process, so concerns about communication, development or participation can be discussed with staff. The SENDCo can be contacted at inclusion@park.doncaster.sch.uk.
Class Dojo carries class information and reminders, alongside letters, calls, texts and meetings. Incoming Dojo messages are not routinely monitored, so an urgent concern should go to the office by telephone. This distinction matters when a message needs action that day.
For children using school catering, special diets require advance agreement. Allergy or intolerance requests involve a form, a recent photograph and medical information, followed by catering assessment and an agreed menu. Meals cannot begin until that process is complete. Families need to organise this before relying on catering for their child.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate application through the normal local-authority process and meet the deadline for their entry year.
Doncaster’s 2025/26 community-school arrangements did not award priority for nursery attendance. Following provision for children whose Education, Health and Care Plan named the school, the criteria covered looked-after children, catchment residence, siblings and distance; nursery attendance was excluded from the sibling criterion. That cycle’s deadline was 15 January 2025, a past date. For Reception entry, use the home local authority’s coordinated application process for the relevant year.
Morning nursery runs from 9am to noon, with collection doors opening at 11.45am. Afternoon nursery runs from 12.30pm to 3.30pm, with collection doors opening at 3.15pm. The universal 15 hours can be taken through either session pattern.
Eligible working families can access 30-hour funded provision, subject to availability; the school-day guidance describes some places as partly funded. Enquiries go to parents@park.doncaster.sch.uk, or the main office on 01302 344659.
An adult should bring and collect nursery children. Inform the class teacher if another person will collect, and tell the office if collection will be late. These arrangements make collection responsibilities clear.
Park’s nursery serves three- and four-year-olds, with entry from the term after a child’s third birthday.
Morning sessions run from 9am to noon; afternoon sessions run from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. Collection doors open at 11.45am and 3.15pm respectively.
No. A separate Reception application is required through the local authority. The 2025/26 community-school arrangements did not give nursery attendance priority.
Park offers funded places for eligible working families, subject to availability. Its school-day guidance describes some 30-hour places as partly funded. Contact parents@park.doncaster.sch.uk about these places.
Speak with the class teacher or contact the SENDCo at inclusion@park.doncaster.sch.uk. The school’s arrangements include adapting teaching, working with parents and seeking specialist advice where appropriate.
