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Nursery at Brandlehow 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Strawberry beds and a garden playground give Brandlehow’s youngest children a concrete connection to the natural world. The nursery belongs to Brandlehow Primary School on Brandlehow Road in Putney, with children starting in September after their third birthday. It is a school nursery with its own learning plans, rather than a separate childcare provider.
For the September 2026 intake, the offer comprised 25 full-time places and four morning places. Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Good at its October 2023 inspection; that judgement covers early years within the school, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Learning follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), with topic activities used to assess seven areas of development. These bring together language and communication, physical development and personal and social development, alongside literacy, mathematics, creative expression and understanding the world. For parents, the emphasis is broader than early reading and counting: children’s communication and development are part of the learning picture too.
The early years garden sits beside Skelgill and Fawe Park Roads. Its playground includes three raised beds growing strawberries and vegetables, plus flower beds, a shed and a composter. These are tangible surroundings for exploring plants and the natural world. Informal French introduces another kind of discovery through games, stories, rhymes and songs, rather than formal language lessons.
Vocabulary receives attention from the beginning of early years. However, in October 2023, teaching in some early years areas did not consistently deliver the planned content, leaving children less prepared for subsequent learning. The improvement action called for appropriate staff training and checks on its impact. That qualification matters alongside the Good judgement.
Settling into routines was a positive feature in October 2023: early years children became comfortable and managed daily routines sensibly. The school has a SEND team, and families can arrange an email enquiry about support for additional needs. Nursery newsletters provide a separate channel of information for parents.
Harrison Catering Company designs the school’s lunches, which are cooked each day. Children have three hot options, with salad and either pudding or fresh fruit. Families dealing with food intolerance or allergies must complete the dietary form, and the school excludes nuts and sesame seeds. These rules apply to snacks and packed lunches too.
Cool Milk supplies free milk for children under five. The school handles registration unless parents ask it not to. Nursery children are excluded from automatic free school meal entitlement; children below compulsory school age attending full time may qualify separately.
Nursery attendance neither guarantees a Reception place nor gives priority. Families must make a separate application through the local authority where they live, using its Common Application Form. The admission arrangements explicitly reserve allocation to the stated criteria alone.
For September 2026 entry, the Reception application deadline was 15 January 2026. That cycle is past. Choosing the nursery therefore remains a decision about the nursery experience, with a separate admissions decision for the next stage.
The September 2026 admissions offer described full-time sessions from 9am to 3pm and mornings from 9am to noon. The opening-times page gives the nursery day as 8.50am to 3pm, so the two timings differ. The school calendar includes holidays and INSET closures, with a 1.30pm finish on the final day of each term in 2026/27.
Nursery applications go directly to the school through its online form. General enquiries can go to info@brandlehow.wandsworth.sch.uk or 020 8874 5429. Eligible families can also apply through Wandsworth for Early Years Pupil Premium, additional provider funding for disadvantaged children aged three and four.
Uniform combines a branded polo and sweatshirt, hoodie or cardigan with individually chosen bottoms. Earth Uniform supplies the branded clothing. Label belongings; nursery children do not need PE kit.
Children can begin in September after turning three. The September 2026 application cycle covered births from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.
The offer was 25 full-time places, from 9am to 3pm, and four morning places, from 9am to noon. The opening-times page separately gives an 8.50am nursery start.
No. It gives neither automatic transfer nor priority. A separate application must be made through the local authority where the family lives.
No. Nursery is excluded from automatic free school meal entitlement. Children below compulsory school age in full-time education may be eligible separately. Free milk is available for children under five.
No. Nursery children are exempt from the PE kit requirement. The general uniform includes a Brandlehow polo with a sweatshirt, hoodie or cardigan, and individually chosen bottoms.
