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Nursery at The Alderton Infant School and Nursery
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Full sentences and familiar routines give Alderton’s early years a clear focus. In February 2023, children were keenly involved in learning, understood classroom routines and behaved well. Those are useful foundations for a young child beginning group learning.
The nursery belongs to The Alderton Infant School and Nursery on Alderton Hall Lane in Loughton. Alderton belongs to the Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust. Ofsted judged its early years provision Good at the inspection on 22 and 23 February 2023; this was a school inspection, not a separate nursery judgement.
Communication was a clear teaching priority in February 2023. Adults demonstrated complete sentences and prompted children to try them themselves. For parents, the practical detail is the interaction: children heard adults demonstrate how to express an idea, then had encouragement to put their own thoughts into words.
Familiar routines also shaped the early years experience. Children understood what was expected and took an interested, engaged part in learning. This gives the communication work a practical context: learning to speak sits alongside learning how to participate in a class.
Across the trust, Trauma Perceptive Practice (TPP) is the approach to behaviour and emotional wellbeing. It centres on relationships, understanding stress and practising self-regulation. Its values include hope, kindness and compassion, alongside belonging and connection. Each school has a TPP lead, and these leads meet to exchange practice. For families, this establishes the school’s approach to responding to distressed behaviour: understanding the need behind it while retaining consequences and using restorative responses.
Additional emotional and family support has a named trust route: Family and Child Support Services (FaCSS). Its services include play therapy, counselling for children, music therapy and family support. These are trust services accessed through referral, rather than automatic parts of a nursery session.
Where the school considers that a service could help, it discusses the possibility with the family. With parental consent, school and family complete a referral together. Referrals are considered to match the support to the need, giving parents a role in the process before specialist work begins.
FaCSS includes a family support worker whose remit covers parenting, housing, debt, special educational needs and mental health. Therapists and counsellors undergo safeguarding and professional checks before employment, including enhanced DBS checks with barred-list checks, appropriate qualifications and professional membership. That describes the checks behind the specialist referral service.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process by the applicable deadline. Treat choosing the nursery and applying for Reception as two separate decisions.
The school’s address is Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, IG10 3HE. For nursery enquiries, telephone the school on 02085087168.
No. A separate Reception application is required through the normal admissions process.
The school’s early years provision was judged Good on 22 and 23 February 2023. This was not a separate nursery inspection.
In February 2023, adults demonstrated complete sentences and encouraged children to use them too.
The school discusses a possible referral with the family. With parental consent, they complete the referral together so the service can consider suitable support.
Telephone 02085087168. The school is on Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, IG10 3HE.
