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Nursery at Wimbledon Park 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.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 purpose-built classroom, a garden for digging and exploring, and five mornings together give Wimbledon Park’s nursery its character. This is a school nursery centred on play, stories and growing independence, with resources arranged so children can choose and investigate for themselves.
Children join after turning three, with September entry and January places dependent on availability. The nursery belongs to the school’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Its practical shape is clear: a morning programme that leaves afternoons for family life or other childcare.
Children choose play that follows their interests, alongside activities guided by adults in groups. Core books connect their learning to topics across the year. Listening, speaking and sustaining attention receive explicit attention, together with movement and learning to manage feelings and relationships. For parents, that means the foundations of learning include communicating and becoming independent, as well as early literacy.
The EYFS brings together language, physical and social development with maths, literacy, creative work and discovering how the world works. Learning happens outdoors as well as indoors. Within the nursery classroom, children can reach resources independently; the garden serves as another learning space rather than simply a place for a break.
A September 2025 news item marked the reopening of the nursery garden, describing children digging, searching and playing hiding games. In March 2026, ten eggs provided a different kind of exploration during the Nature and Growing Life topic. The chicks stayed for two weeks, giving children an opportunity to watch a life cycle unfold.
At the Ofsted inspection on 27 and 28 September 2022, early-years children practised musical foundations through singing together and clapping or tapping rhythms. These are concrete ways for young children to explore beat, pitch and rhythm through participation.
Each child joins a colour group with an allocated key worker. That adult provides reassurance while the child settles, plans individual learning and exchanges information directly with parents. A familiar contact matters both for a child needing comfort and for a parent sharing a concern.
Staff are available for informal conversations at the start and finish of the nursery day, with workshops and parent meetings providing longer opportunities to talk. The school also emails weekly early-years newsletters, alongside information about curriculum workshops and special events. Settling also has practical preparation: the calendar schedules an information session for January entrants on 3 December 2026, followed by Stay & Play on 8 December. Families can become familiar with the setting before the start.
You Can Do It! recognises kindness, persistence, confidence and thinking, giving children specific behaviours to practise. For children needing additional support, the school’s Inclusion Manager coordinates provision, works with parents and teachers, and helps prepare termly SEND plans. A school-wide nut-free policy is relevant to families managing allergies.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place and gives no priority for one. Families must make a separate Reception application through Merton Council, which administers the school’s admissions. The deadline falls in January of the year the child would start Reception in September.
Keep that application separate from the nursery decision. Choosing this morning routine and its key-worker relationships does not reserve the next school place.
Five-morning commitment. Sessions run from 8:40am until 11:40am, Monday to Friday, totalling 15 hours each week. Places require attendance across all five mornings, so this is a fixed weekly pattern rather than a choice of occasional sessions.
Funded hours. The nursery provides the 15-hour entitlement and does not offer extended hours. Families needing a longer childcare day should account for the 11:40am finish when choosing the provision.
A red book bag is required for nursery children. General enquiries can go to school@wimbledonpark.merton.sch.uk or 020 8946 4925. Prospective-parent tours cover nursery applicants, with booking through the admissions page and visits restricted to scheduled dates.
Children can join after their third birthday. September is the main intake; January entry depends on availability.
Children attend five mornings each week, Monday to Friday, from 8:40am to 11:40am.
The nursery offers 15 hours each week and does not offer an option to extend hours.
An allocated key worker leads the child’s colour group, provides reassurance and shares information directly with parents.
No. It does not guarantee a place or give priority. A separate application goes through Merton Council, with a January deadline in the year of September entry.
