Beaumont Primary Academy Nursery

Daily art, stories and projects such as making homes for chicks give Beaumont’s nursery a practical character. This is the school’s own provision in Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, with 32 places and a choice of morning, afternoon or full-day attendance. Children can start on their second birthday and attend up to age four. Families can choose a shorter session or combine sessions around their child’s needs.

Books and children’s own experiences shape the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. In everyday terms, children explore their surroundings, notice differences in nature and begin to understand how things change over time. Storytelling connects that learning with language. Early geography includes drawing simple maps, talking about positions and describing seasonal weather, giving children words for the places and changes they recognise.

Creative work has a regular place in the day. Access Art begins in nursery, and early years children can experiment with art materials daily, alongside a guided piece of work linked to each topic. Design and technology adds food exploration, purposeful construction and joining materials to make homes for chicks. These are concrete opportunities to try tools, make choices and turn an idea into something tangible.

The wider school has a forest school, an immersion room and outdoor play areas, as well as a cooking room and dance studio. These are school facilities; their presence should be distinguished from the activities built into an individual nursery session.

The nursery team includes senior nursery practitioners and nursery practitioners. Across the academy, support for special educational needs and disabilities involves the class teacher and SENCo working with parents to agree help. That can include small-group adult support, activities adapted to individual needs and advice from speech and language therapists. Support is reviewed each term, with parents involved in considering the next steps.

First-aid communication has a clear routine. Medical Tracker records treatment and sends parents an email notification, with a paper record sent home where no email address is linked. The school has staff trained in paediatric first aid.

For children attending breakfast club, toast, cereals and fresh fruit are provided, with water and milk to drink. Beaumont is a nut-free school. Breakfast club is bookable as an extra to the nursery session, so families should include it when planning their attendance pattern.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Parents must make a separate application through the normal admissions route, using Kirklees Council’s online portal and completing all three stages before the relevant closing date.

For the 2025–26 admission cycle, nursery attendance was not among Beaumont’s oversubscription priorities. Those arrangements prioritised looked-after and previously looked-after children, siblings and residence within the priority admission area before children living outside it. That historical position should not be treated as a promise about a later intake.

Separately, the school’s transition arrangements include days to meet a new teacher and become familiar with a classroom. Information about additional support is passed to the next teacher. Familiarity and continuity of care are separate from the allocation of a place.

Morning nursery runs from 08:40 to 11:45, afternoon nursery from 12:15 to 15:15, and the full day from 08:40 to 15:15. Breakfast club runs from 08:00 to 08:40 as a bookable, charged extra. A lunchtime session is also bookable at an additional charge. Confirm the morning handover and lunchtime arrangements when booking, as the timings differ between the nursery timetable and the academy day.

Funded and self-funded places are offered. All three- and four-year-olds qualify for up to 15 universal funded hours, starting in the term after their third birthday; the nursery handles this application. Two-year-olds whose parents receive certain benefits may qualify for 15 hours from the term after their second birthday. Contact the school for current charges.

To enquire, complete a form at the school office. The nursery administrator then contacts families about availability, with a waiting-list option if a place cannot be offered. Visits can be arranged through the office. The main entrance has flat, step-free access and automatic wide doors, useful for families bringing a pushchair or wheelchair.