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Nursery at Leigh Westleigh Methodist 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Stories do more than fill story time here: Story Time Maths turns books and songs into ways to explore numbers, shapes and patterns. Nursery provision at Leigh Westleigh Methodist Primary School caters for children aged 2–4, within a Methodist primary academy on Westleigh Lane in Leigh. It is an early start to school life, with play and conversation woven into learning.
The school describes its Christian values as including equality, forgiveness, teamwork and love. For families, that gives the nursery a clear faith context alongside its early learning role.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings learning into practical experiences: talking with adults and other children, exploring the surroundings and experimenting with marks on paper. Books provide starting points for activities. Children share stories and poetry, sing together and try out their own writing marks, giving them ways to express ideas before conventional writing develops.
Story Time Maths introduces measure and shape alongside patterns and number. Adults demonstrate mathematical vocabulary while children practise counting, comparing and explaining what they notice. The implication is concrete: mathematical ideas have a place in conversation and play, rather than depending on written exercises.
Exploration extends into the school grounds through Understanding the World, the EYFS strand concerned with people, places and children's surroundings. Nursery children also use iPads to investigate the world and learn to choose technology for a purpose. An autumn Nursery Nativity adds singing and drama to the year.
In February 2025, children in the nursery class and the provision for two-year-olds were developing enthusiasm for reading through shared songs, rhymes and books. Early-years staff supported language development successfully, and children soon understood routines and behavioural expectations. Those findings give substance to the emphasis on talk and shared activities.
Starting support includes home visits, stay and play, and transition days within the EYFS. These give children opportunities to meet staff and peers before the next stage begins.
Observation of play helps staff track nursery children's development. If progress raises concerns, staff contact parents to discuss what they have noticed and agree how to help. Families are encouraged to raise their own concerns too, making this a two-way conversation.
The Early Years Quality and Inclusion Team supports nursery children according to individual need. Across the school, the SENDCo coordinates support and reviews provision termly. Wheelchair-accessible entrances, wide corridors and an accessible lift are school building features relevant to families considering physical access.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place or confer admissions priority. For children without an EHC Plan, families must make a separate application, using an application form or applying online by the normal closing date of 15 January. Families of children with an EHC Plan request their preferred school through the EHC Plan process instead. For the 2026/27 arrangements, priority depends on the stated admissions criteria, including care status, qualifying siblings and distance, rather than nursery attendance.
Transition support is a separate matter. Children can visit the Reception classroom in the summer term, while staff and partner services hold transition meetings to prepare support. Early Years Quality and Inclusion Team involvement continues until the end of Reception's autumn term, providing continuity for children receiving that help.
The school office can be contacted on 01942 702967, and an enquiry form provides another contact route.
Collection arrangements. Nursery children must be collected by someone aged at least 18. Families relying on an older sibling for collection need to plan around that rule.
The nursery caters for children aged 2–4.
Books, songs and structured play introduce number, pattern, shape and measure. Adults help children count, compare and explain their thinking.
Staff observe children's play and development, discuss concerns with parents and arrange support according to individual need, including referral to the Early Years Quality and Inclusion Team.
No. It confers neither a guaranteed place nor admissions priority. For children without an EHC Plan, a separate application is required by the normal closing date of 15 January. Families of children with an EHC Plan request their preferred school through the EHC Plan process instead.
Only if they are aged at least 18. Nursery children cannot be collected by anyone younger.
