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Nursery at St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Learning to talk, listen and play together sets the direction at St Anne's (Stanley) nursery. Communication and language sit alongside personal, social and emotional development as nursery curriculum priorities. That gives everyday interaction a clear purpose: children practise expressing themselves and working with others.
The nursery belongs to St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School in Old Swan, Liverpool. Its admission arrangements provide for 30 morning places and 30 afternoon places, with 30-hour provision subject to the admission criteria. These are session allocations rather than a count of individual children attending.
Play and adult-led learning share the timetable. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings together children's learning and development, including communication, creativity and understanding the world. Here, children pursue their own ideas during exploration, alongside activities directed by adults. Circle time and work in smaller groups give staff opportunities to focus on individual learning targets.
Daily nursery maths meetings introduce counting and number awareness, with sorting, shape and quantities explored together. These are early encounters with mathematical ideas rather than a timetable built solely around formal lessons. Play gives children opportunities to use what they have learned in another context.
Indoor and outdoor classrooms both feature in the curriculum planning, with equal weight given to learning in each. Reading also has a physical place: the school's curriculum describes a reading area in every class, containing non-fiction as well as fiction. Books and exploration therefore have space within the learning environment.
Making is another strand. The curriculum for three- and four-year-olds includes choosing materials to express ideas, experimenting with texture and joining materials together. Children can develop an idea and decide how to make it, connecting creative thinking with practical action.
Nursery nurses cover Monday to Wednesday and Wednesday to Friday. For families, that makes the pattern of support across the week a useful part of understanding the nursery team.
Settling has an early-years inspection finding behind it. At the December 2022 inspection, children across the early years became familiar with routines quickly, and older pupils helped younger children, including those in early years, settle into school life. These findings concern the wider early-years provision rather than a separate nursery judgement.
Learning journals bring together photographs, examples of children's work, observations and parents' contributions. Families can therefore contribute to the picture of their child's development. Speech and Language therapists support the early-years team with communication difficulties. The school's SEND policy also sets out an Assess, Plan, Do and Review cycle involving parents, with support reviewed at least three times each academic year.
Food appears in practical learning too. Early-years examples include children making sandwiches for a snack and preparing soft fruit with plain yoghurt during an activity involving Stoneycroft Children's Centre. These are examples of food preparation activities, rather than a daily nursery menu.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. It does not confer priority under the school's listed oversubscription criteria, and children do not move automatically into the main school.
Families must make a separate Reception application through their home local authority and also complete the school's purple admission form. The school's admissions page directs families to Liverpool City Council to check the relevant application deadline. Keep that application separate from the nursery paperwork: the school warns that late applications have previously cost families places.
The morning session runs from 8:45am until 11:45am; the afternoon session finishes at 3:20pm. Both use the nursery entrance and exit. Staff prioritise handing children over safely, and parents are asked to keep clear of the doors while children are greeted or dismissed.
Nursery places are handled directly by the school using its purple admission form, obtained from the office. Visits can be arranged by telephone or email. Contact the office on 0151 228 1506 or at stanley-ao@st-annesstanley.liverpool.sch.uk for enquiries and visit arrangements.
The admission arrangements specify 30 morning places and 30 afternoon places, with 30-hour provision subject to the admission criteria.
The morning session runs from 8:45am to 11:45am. The afternoon session finishes at 3:20pm.
Daily maths meetings explore shape, sorting, quantities, counting and number awareness.
No. Nursery attendance is not a priority criterion in the supplied admission arrangements and does not guarantee a place. Families must apply separately through their home local authority and complete the school's purple admission form.
Yes. Telephone 0151 228 1506 or email stanley-ao@st-annesstanley.liverpool.sch.uk to arrange a date.
