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Nursery at Spring Grove 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Play can become a story-led adventure at Spring Grove: in March 2024, nursery children baked a Gingerbread Man, followed clues to the group room and voted on whether to eat their creation. It is a concrete example of storytelling moving beyond the book into making, discussion and shared decisions.
This is Spring Grove Primary School’s own nursery on Star Road in Isleworth, for children aged three to four, with an admission level of 39. Ofsted graded the school’s early years provision Good at the inspection on 12 and 13 June 2024; this is an early years judgement within the school inspection.
Children’s interests help determine the topics, with time for both activities they choose and tasks led by adults. Different play areas give those choices a physical shape. The class library also connects nursery and home: children select a book to take home on Mondays and Thursdays, making shared reading part of the routine.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guides learning indoors and outside. In parent terms, this brings language, movement and relationships together with early reading, maths, creativity and discovering how the world works. Play provides opportunities to explore these skills through experience rather than treating them as separate lessons.
In June 2024, adult conversations supported children’s language, while nursery number activities helped them explore how numbers are made up. Children played cooperatively and developed concentration and persistence. These are useful foundations for joining in, staying with a task and explaining an idea.
The Gingerbread Man activity shows how that can look in practice. Baking led to a search, a group vote and children describing taste and texture. One story became several reasons to talk. Alongside these strengths, the June 2024 inspection identified school-wide inconsistencies in checking understanding before introducing new content and in maintaining behaviour expectations, with some disruption affecting learning.
Before nursery begins, families attend an open day, and staff undertake home visits in early September. Meeting the team before the first sessions gives parents and children an initial point of contact. Early years letters sent home each week explain learning and homework; termly parent evenings provide a more formal conversation.
For children with SEND, the school’s arrangements include a coordinator working with teachers and parents, with speech and language specialists and educational psychologists involved when needed. Personal Learning Plans for children on the SEND register without an EHCP set termly targets and go home each term. Children with an EHCP instead receive a Termly Review Report. That gives families a regular account of the support being planned and progress towards agreed outcomes.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions route. Hounslow manages Reception admissions, using e-admissions; for September 2026 entry, the deadline was 15 January 2026. That cycle has passed.
Transition support is a separate matter. The school describes an open day before children start Reception and home visits in early September. These meetings help introduce the next stage, but they do not secure admission.
The 15-hour option runs from 8:45am to 11:45am; the 30-hour option finishes at 2:45pm after the same start. The application form describes 15 hours of early education and an additional 15 hours for eligible working families. Eligibility must be checked before selecting the longer option.
Nursery applications go through the school’s online form rather than email. General enquiries can be made on 020 8560 0965. Uniform includes a red logo sweatshirt or cardigan, a white polo shirt, grey trousers or a skirt or pinafore, and black shoes. School Bells in Hounslow supplies logo items. Label clothing and bring the book bag daily.
Term-time absence. The school’s leave form says nursery children are removed from the register immediately following unauthorised absence. Families should obtain approval for exceptional leave before making arrangements.
The nursery caters for children aged three to four. The September 2026 intake was for children born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.
The 15-hour option is 8:45am to 11:45am. The 30-hour option is 8:45am to 2:45pm and depends on eligibility.
No. A separate Reception application is required through Hounslow’s e-admissions route.
Use the school’s online nursery application form. Applications should not be emailed to the office.
Children can choose a class-library book to take home on Mondays and Thursdays. Families are asked to read it regularly and keep it in the child’s book bag for changing.
