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Nursery at De Lucy 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.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, growing plants and animal encounters give De Lucy’s nursery its character. The 2025–2026 nursery plan connects books with practical experiences, from building houses to watching a caterpillar’s life cycle. There is plenty for a young child to talk about.
Based within De Lucy Primary School on Cookhill Road in Abbey Wood, the nursery offers 26 places for morning attendance. Entry starts at three years and one term. This is a part-time introduction to school life, with a morning pattern that families need to fit around their other care arrangements.
Ofsted judged early years provision Good at the inspection on 3 and 4 October 2023. That judgement covers the school’s early years provision rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Language runs through the learning. In October 2023, children’s communication developed successfully across early years activities, and children were eager to explore unfamiliar things indoors and outside. For parents, the emphasis is on learning to express ideas as well as taking part.
The 2025–2026 plan makes that early years learning concrete. Dear Zoo accompanies work on pets, including comparing animals and exploring textures. Materials work links The three little pigs with house construction, questions about materials and props for retelling stories. These activities connect speaking, making and understanding the world through familiar stories.
Growing brings another set of experiences: planting, considering what plants need and following bean and caterpillar life cycles. Children have something real to observe and describe. Forest School also appears in the plan, alongside a visit to the school trim trail for movement practice and a school library visit. The school grounds and library extend learning beyond the classroom.
September 2026 starters had a gradual introduction. Individual meetings came first, followed by a nursery stay-and-play session. Attendance then increased from one hour to two hours before children reached the full morning session. That staged start gives families and children time to adjust to the routine.
Communication includes Schoolcomms through the Schoolgateway app, while whole-school newsletters arrive by email every fortnight. Nursery parents’ evenings also appear in the autumn diary, creating opportunities to discuss a child’s experience directly with staff.
For additional needs, the SENCo coordinates individual provision. The SEND policy sets out a repeating process of assessment, planning, support and review, with parents involved in deciding adjustments and reviewing their effect. It also allows consultation with external specialists. An accessible WC and lifts in school buildings with more than one floor are practical features of the wider site.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place or confer priority under the school’s admission arrangements. A fresh application is required. Families apply through their home local authority in the normal admissions round, even when choosing a school in another authority’s area.
The policy explicitly separates nursery attendance from entry to the main school. Its oversubscription priorities concern looked-after and previously looked-after children, social or medical need, and siblings; distance separates otherwise tied applications. Choose the nursery for the experience it offers now, and treat the Reception application as a separate decision to complete by the normal deadline.
The morning session runs from 8.45am to 11.45am, identified as the full session in the September 2026 starter diary. The nursery’s offer is 15 hours once a child reaches three years and one term. Applications go directly to the school, using a form collected from the office.
General enquiries can be made on 020 8310 5290 or at info@delucy.greenwich.sch.uk. The school’s February 2026 conversion update left the move to PolyMAT undated while discussions continued about works relating to HAC in parts of the school. Site works. This is a practical consideration for families assessing the school site and its planned changes.
The nursery offer begins at three years and one term, with 26 morning places.
The September 2026 starter diary identifies 8.45am to 11.45am as the full nursery session.
Collect a nursery application form from the school office. Nursery applications are handled by the school.
No. Attendance gives no nursery-based priority under the admission arrangements, and a separate Reception application must go through your home local authority.
The September 2026 introduction included individual meetings and stay and play, followed by attendance increasing from one hour to two hours and then the full morning.
