Huntingtree Primary School Nursery Review

Rhymes performed together, an Easter Bonnet Parade and a planned zoo visit give Huntingtree’s nursery year its own character. This is the nursery within Huntingtree Primary School on Huntingtree Road, Halesowen. Attendance follows the school terms, with morning, afternoon and limited full-day places giving families three distinct patterns to consider.

Learning follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the framework used for the school’s youngest children. Music gives a concrete example of how that learning takes shape: children explore nursery rhymes and poetry, learn rhymes for a class performance each term and use instruments to practise familiar rhymes independently. There is room for both shared performance and individual exploration.

Diwali dancing and Chinese New Year lion dancing connect music with themed learning about the world. At home, a music competition invites children to make an instrument and play a song, with parents recording a video. This gives families a specific way to join in with the nursery’s learning.

The planned enrichment includes an Easter Bonnet Parade and a trip to the zoo. Home art competitions include self-portraits. Termly awards recognise friendship and speaking alongside creative work, reading, writing, maths and PE, giving recognition to social development as well as learning. These are distinct experiences across the nursery year, rather than a description of a typical daily timetable.

Additional needs are supported through the school’s Inclusion Lead. Families can raise concerns directly, while teachers can discuss possible needs with that lead each week. The school uses Assess-Plan-Do-Review: identifying needs, planning support, putting it into practice and reviewing what happens. That gives parents a process through which concerns can lead to adjustments.

For children receiving SEN Support, Individual Education Plans are reviewed each half-term. Parents receive the evaluated previous plan and the next plan electronically, so they can follow the targets and the support being provided. Families are consulted before a child joins or leaves the SEN register.

Physical care has a concrete facility: a care room in the Key Stage 1/Early Years area contains a changing bed whose height can be adjusted. School support also includes visual prompts, extra processing time and adult help individually or in small groups where required. These arrangements matter for children who need changes to communication, learning or personal care.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. For September 2027 entry, it confers no admissions priority, and families must make a separate Reception application using their home local authority’s form. Dudley coordinates applications to Huntingtree. Apply by the normal deadline for that admissions round.

Transition support is a separate matter. Across the school, children with SEN, or those judged to need extra help, can receive additional opportunities such as classroom visits, a meeting between parents and the new teacher, or a social story introducing the classroom and adults. These support a change of class; they do not alter admission rights.

Families can choose mornings totalling 15 hours per week or afternoons totalling 15 hours per week. A limited number of places allow attendance all day, every day for children whose parents qualify for free 30-hour nursery funding. The nursery operates during term time, so the attendance pattern needs to fit the family’s school-holiday arrangements too.

To register interest, call the school office on 01384 889243, give your preferred session and complete the interest form. Registering interest does not secure a place; nursery allocation uses Dudley LA admissions criteria.