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Nursery at St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
A garden, a bug hotel and stories turned into building experiments give this nursery its character. The part-time provision belongs to St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School in Abbey Wood, with the foundation stage based at Eynsham Drive. It sits within a Catholic school, and faith has a practical expression here: nursery gardening has been linked to caring for the natural world.
Play is the starting point for learning. The early-years approach places conversation, discovery and reasoning alongside the beginnings of phonics, helping children connect the sounds they hear with words. An October 2025 invitation to a play and phonics workshop outlined plans to share games and strategies for supporting learning at home. The point is practical: play gives adults something to talk about with their child.
The Three Little Pigs became a construction experiment in June 2025. Children used bricks and sticks to build, then attempted to blow their creations down. Other nursery activities included exploring the M sound and making the number seven. These examples bring stories, early reading and number work into things children can handle and try for themselves. Book Buddies also paired nursery children with older pupils.
Outdoors, the garden supplies real jobs. In September 2024, nursery children planted vegetables and fruit, watered flowers and organised a bug hotel. A spring walk appears among the later activities, giving children another opportunity to notice the natural world. Catholic life extends beyond the classroom too: a nursery pilgrimage to St David's Church took place in May 2025.
Reading has an inspection-backed starting point. At the May 2023 inspection, Ofsted identified enthusiasm for reading beginning in Nursery. That finding concerns children's engagement with books; it should not be read as a separate nursery grade.
For children starting with identified additional needs, settling can be adapted to the individual. The school's SEND statement allows for a key person to visit home or an existing setting, and for changes to the settling period. Where other professionals are involved, a team meeting is used to share strategies and arrange support before the child starts. This makes the child's existing care and learning experience part of the starting plan.
Early Years Practitioners and teaching assistants receive guidance, resources and training from teachers, the SENCO and external agencies. Individual Education Plans are shared with parents and reviewed each term, providing a recurring opportunity to discuss the support and adjust it. Families can raise concerns with the class teacher or SENCO. The foundation-stage site has ramps and a lift, relevant for children whose needs affect physical access.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate application through their home local authority. The school's October 2025 admission arrangements for September 2026 did not give nursery attendance priority: places were allocated through the listed categories and tie-breakers.
For that past entry cycle, the Common Application Form was required alongside school-office documentation, including proof of address and Catholic evidence where applicable, by 15 January 2026. That deadline belongs to the September 2026 intake.
Support with changing class is a separate matter. For children with SEND, plans and information are passed to the next teacher in advance; a book explaining the change can be made where it would help. Familiarity and preparation support the transition, but do not determine admission.
The nursery operates part-time. Foundation-stage enquiries go to the Eynsham Drive office on 020 83105394 or fmurphy12.203@lgflmail.org. Use that contact route for a nursery enquiry, keeping any later Reception application separate.
Yes. The school's SEND statement identifies its nursery provision as part-time.
Recorded activities include planting fruit and vegetables, watering flowers, organising a bug hotel and taking a spring walk.
The nursery's approach uses play to develop discovery, conversation and reasoning alongside early phonics. Activities have included building with sticks and bricks after hearing The Three Little Pigs.
Yes. For children starting with identified special needs, the SEND statement allows adaptations to settling and possible key-person visits to home or an existing setting.
No. Reception requires a separate application through the home local authority. Nursery attendance was not a priority criterion in the school's September 2026 admission arrangements.
