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Nursery at Woodhill 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Treasure digging in a large sandpit, experiments at a potion station and exploration in forest school give Woodhill’s early years provision a practical, playful character. The nursery belongs to Woodhill Primary School in Woolwich and caters for children aged three and four. Its admission limit is 26 places, with provision organised around a morning session rather than a full day.
Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Good at the inspection on 12 and 13 March 2024. That judgement covers early years within the school; it is not a separate nursery rating.
Short adult-led activities sit alongside opportunities for children to explore and create, indoors and outside. The large sandpit gives digging a purpose through treasure hunts; the potion station invites experimentation, while forest school brings the natural world into children’s learning. These are concrete ways for young children to investigate alongside their peers, rather than spend the whole session listening to an adult.
Language has a clear place in the morning. Nursery children use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, following its Foundations for Phonics guidance. Daily practice combines oral blending with stories and rhymes: children hear sounds brought together into words while developing their spoken language. This is a nursery approach with its own focus, rather than an account of lessons for older children.
Learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings together developing spoken language through stories and rhymes, investigating through indoor and outdoor activities, and learning to recognise feelings and how actions affect others. These experiences help children practise communicating, exploring and playing together. Staff assess development across the framework’s learning areas by observing everyday activities, connecting assessment to what children actually do. In March 2024, early years experiences were carefully planned, and teaching helped children understand and use important vocabulary. Meeting a beekeeper was one early years experience, bringing learning into contact with someone beyond the classroom.
Relationships between adults and children were strong from early years upwards in March 2024. Children also learned to recognise emotions and consider how their actions affect other people. For a nursery child learning to play alongside others, that gives feelings and social behaviour a place within learning.
Before joining, families can arrange a nursery visit and stay to play with their child for part of a session or the whole session. This offers a chance to experience the setting together and ask nursery staff questions before making an application.
Support sits within the wider school team, including a SENCo, learning mentors and a home-school liaison role. School speech and language provision includes specialist support and daily individual programmes or small groups. These arrangements provide routes for discussing communication needs. Class curriculum updates go to families each half-term, helping parents connect conversations at home with learning at school.
Attending Woodhill’s nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate primary application through the local authority where they live; Royal Greenwich coordinates the school’s allocation arrangements. Nursery admission and Reception allocation are separate decisions.
For September 2026 entry, the application deadline was 15 January 2026. That deadline belongs to a past admissions cycle. Families should treat the Reception application as a separate task when planning their child’s next step.
The nursery offers only mornings, from 08:40 to 11:40, with part-time places totalling 15 hours per week. An afternoon collection at the end of the wider school day therefore does not fit this nursery session. The morning finish is the practical detail to build childcare arrangements around.
Nursery enquiries and visit appointments go directly to the school. Application forms can be returned by email to info@inspirewoodhill.co.uk, or completed and returned as paper copies through the school office. The contact number is 020 8854 5055. A visit also allows parents and children to stay and play, making it useful for understanding the session as well as handling the application.
The nursery caters for children aged three and four. Children usually start in the term after their third birthday, subject to a place being available.
Only a morning session is offered, from 08:40 to 11:40. Part-time provision totals 15 hours per week.
Children follow Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised Foundations for Phonics guidance, with daily oral blending, stories and rhymes supporting language development.
Yes. Contact the school to arrange a nursery visit. You and your child can stay and play for part or all of a nursery session.
No. A separate primary school application is required through the local authority where you live. For September 2026 entry, the deadline was 15 January 2026.
