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Nursery at All Souls CofE 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Child-led exploration and deliberate language teaching shape the early years at All Souls, with a purpose-built Foundation Stage unit inside the school’s Grade II listed building on Foley Street. This is the school’s own provision, with a Nursery class taking children from the term following their second birthday and Preschool for ages three to four. Places for two-year-olds are limited to morning sessions.
Ofsted graded the school’s early years provision Outstanding at its inspection on 21 and 22 January 2025. That judgement covers early years within the school, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Children have time to choose their own learning, alongside activities led by adults. During Active Learning, staff join children’s activities and help them take the next step. Adult-led teaching can involve an individual child, a small group or the class. The balance changes with age and through the year, so the youngest children’s day is not simply a smaller version of formal lessons.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) gives this learning its structure. In parent terms, it brings together speaking, relationships and movement with early reading, number, creativity and understanding the world. All Souls uses its own curriculum within that framework, adapting activities to children’s experiences and interests. Planning follows both a sequence of skills and interests or cultural events as they arise. Children’s choices therefore sit alongside planned learning.
Indoor and outdoor activities are part of that approach. The Foundation Stage unit provides a distinct early years base; elsewhere on the school site are two outdoor play spaces, including one on the roof. Those are school facilities, rather than a promise that nursery children use every space.
Language receives sustained attention across interactions, reflecting the early years intake’s children learning English as an additional language and its links with The Village autism provision. In January 2025, children received substantial help with communication and with their emotional and social development. For parents, this gives talking, expressing feelings and building relationships a clear place alongside other learning.
Inclusion has a practical expression: children attending The Village join peers in the early years unit at regular opportunities. The early years approach also makes language modelling part of everyday interactions. This connects support with the activities children are already doing.
The Preschool teaching role is shared across the week, with one teacher covering Monday and Tuesday and another Wednesday to Friday. The team includes an EYFS lead who also holds an early years safeguarding role. These are useful distinctions for understanding who oversees teaching and welfare.
Parents receive termly meetings following the school’s assessment points, while class newsletters explain planned learning and day-to-day information. These give families both progress updates and context for conversations at home. The shared EYFS timetable places lunch at 11:30, making the meal break part of the early years day.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. Treat choosing the nursery and applying for Reception as separate decisions: joining early years is not an assurance of a later school place.
For two-year-olds, the booking pattern is morning sessions, with limited places. Entry begins in the term after the second birthday, which matters when planning a start date.
The school office handles enquiries at office@allsoulsprimary.co.uk or 0207 186 0151. Visits can be arranged through the office, giving parents an opportunity to see the school in operation. The school’s uniform policy covers clothing requirements and where to buy it; ask the office which requirements apply to Nursery or Preschool.
The Nursery class admits children in the term after they turn two. Preschool is for children aged three to four.
The offer for two-year-olds is limited places for morning sessions.
Children combine activities they choose with adult-led learning. The curriculum follows the EYFS and adapts to children’s interests and experiences, with learning indoors and outdoors.
No. Families must apply separately for Reception through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline.
Contact the school office at office@allsoulsprimary.co.uk or call 0207 186 0151 to arrange a school visit.
