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Nursery at Yarborough 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Daily singing in the Sunshine Circle gave Yarborough Academy’s nursery a distinctive character at the October–November 2023 inspection: learning to handle feelings sat alongside learning words. This is the academy’s own nursery provision on Yarrow Road in Grimsby, with an Early Years Lead Teacher and Early Years Practitioners within the school team.
Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Good at the inspection on 31 October and 1 November 2023. That judgement covers early years within the school, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
At the October–November 2023 inspection, reading and language shaped the early years curriculum. The curriculum was well organised, with specific vocabulary selected for children to learn and teachers using those words in their teaching. For parents, the useful detail is the attention to language: children encountered deliberately chosen words rather than leaving vocabulary development to chance.
At that inspection, nursery children sang daily in Sunshine Circle and learned to manage their feelings. Across early years, children also climbed, played imaginative games involving witches and broomsticks, and sustained their attention both alone and in small groups. Movement, make-believe and focused tasks all had a place.
The academy describes its YA Way as beginning with helping children regulate their emotions, then building relationships, before developing learning. Its Neurosequential Model in Education guides that approach. The school aims to respond to children’s emotional and developmental starting points with consistency and care. This gives families a clear sense of the approach behind the activities: emotional readiness matters alongside what children learn.
Early years staffing includes a lead teacher and practitioners. Wider school support includes a SENDCO, teaching and inclusion assistants, and a pastoral team with a Learning Mentor, Therapeutic and Clinical Lead and therapeutic intervention practitioner. These are school-wide roles, rather than a promise of individual nursery staffing.
For children with special educational needs or disabilities, support follows a cycle of assessing needs, planning provision, putting it into practice and reviewing its effect. Families contribute to personalised learning plans and can request meetings with the class teacher or SENDCO. An independent speech therapist works with pupils and staff fortnightly, providing targets and resources for use between visits.
Complex needs. In November 2023, some pupils across the school needed learning broken into smaller steps more effectively; difficulties accessing activities could lead to distress. Families whose child needs substantial adaptations should make those learning steps a focus of discussions about support.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must apply separately through the normal Reception admissions process by the normal deadline. For the 2025–26 admissions cycle, attending a nursery on the school site gave no priority for a primary place.
Transition support is a separate matter. Across the academy, annual handover meetings share information about each child. Parents of children with SEND are invited to transition meetings; a phased move or a supporting book, passport or social story can be arranged where appropriate. These measures support the change of classroom, not admission entitlement.
Contact the office on 01472 237 772 or at office@yarboroughacademy.co.uk for school enquiries. Seesaw provides a route to contact teachers directly and view learning activities and teacher updates.
The academy’s uniform arrangements include indoor shoes or plimsolls for EYFS children. Clothing should carry the child’s name, making lost items easier to return.
No. Reception requires a separate application. Nursery attendance gave no priority under the arrangements for the 2025–26 admissions cycle.
At the October–November 2023 inspection, nursery children sang in Sunshine Circle each day and learned to manage their feelings.
Early years provision was judged Good during the school inspection on 31 October and 1 November 2023. It is a school early years judgement, not a separate nursery rating.
Parents can request a meeting with the class teacher or SENDCO and contribute to personalised learning plans. Transition meetings also involve families of children with SEND.
Call 01472 237 772 or email office@yarboroughacademy.co.uk. Teachers can be contacted directly through Seesaw.
