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Nursery at Broadoak 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.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 winding roadway for trikes, a bug hotel and a café for pretend play give Broadoak’s nursery plenty of scope for children to follow their interests. This is the school’s own nursery in Swinton, with up to 60 places for children aged three who reach that age before 31 August in their admission year. Children belong to Red, Yellow or Blue groups, but can play together across the nursery’s learning areas.
Ofsted graded the school’s early years provision Outstanding following its inspection on 23 and 24 April 2024. That judgement covers early years within the school, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Independent play alternates with activities led by adults and group carpet sessions. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum brings learning into play: children explore resources themselves, while adults help extend their ideas. Stories, singing, early mathematics and phonics bring the groups together. Children can move outside throughout the day, except during meals, snacks and carpet sessions.
Indoors, water equipment includes funnels and pipes; a workshop gives children materials for making models and collages. The pretend café supports storytelling and taking turns. Outside, scooters and trikes follow a roadway with bends and a small hill, while the adventure area includes tyres and steps to a den. Magnifiers and identification charts at the bug hotel turn small discoveries into opportunities to investigate.
Language gets daily attention through Supersonic Phonic Friends. Its Basics 1 activities concentrate on listening and speaking, including rhyme, voice sounds and hearing how sounds combine in words. Daily DEAR (drop everything to read) sessions give children time to hear adults read, and two books go home each week. Disco Dough, Pen Disco and Write Dance develop the hand and finger strength needed for later writing. These are practical beginnings, with movement and conversation doing much of the work.
An induction programme is arranged for each child. Toilet training need not be complete before starting: staff discuss individual needs with parents and agree a plan for home and nursery. That gives families a shared approach to an important care routine.
Morning snacks pair toast with water; afternoons bring fruit or vegetables and a choice of milk or water. At lunch, children practise using cutlery and eating together. Dolce supplies school meals, with a menu rotating over three weeks; parents select meals and enter allergy information through SchoolGrid.
The nursery team includes teaching staff, SEND support and a lunchtime supervisor. Across the school, a qualified SENDCo works part time outside classroom teaching. Parents can discuss concerns first with the class teacher, and individual learning or play targets are reviewed with families at least once each term. Pictures, videos and examples of nursery work help parents talk about learning at home. The myHappymind programme also reaches nursery, introducing ideas about gratitude and friendship.
Reception requires another application. Nursery attendance neither guarantees a Reception place nor gives priority: children who attended are considered on the same basis as children who did not. Families must apply separately through Salford’s primary admissions route at www.salford.gov.uk/apply-for-a-primary-place by 15 January in the year of admission. Choosing the nursery should therefore be a decision about the nursery experience itself.
For children with SEND moving between classes, information reaches the next teacher in advance, with a planning meeting in most cases. A transition book can be made where it would help the child understand the change. This preparation is separate from allocating places.
Full-time nursery places are offered. Drop-off runs from 8:45am to 8:55am, with collection between 3:20pm and 3:30pm. Families can telephone 0161 794 2326 to arrange a visit; nursery open days are also held.
Nursery lunches carry a charge, although some children may qualify for free meals through an application to the local council. A voluntary Early Years Fund supports consumables such as baking ingredients and curriculum enhancements. Ask the school for current charges.
Uniform includes a pale blue polo shirt and dark grey pull-on bottoms, skirt or leggings; shoes must have no laces. Wellies stay at nursery for outdoor play. Children wear PE kit on Tuesdays, and families may leave spare clothes on their child’s peg.
No. Nursery attendance gives neither an automatic place nor priority. A separate Reception application is required through Salford by 15 January in the admission year.
Drop-off is between 8:45am and 8:55am. Collection is between 3:20pm and 3:30pm.
Yes. They can move between indoor and outdoor areas except during carpet sessions, snack time and lunch.
Not necessarily. Parents are asked to begin toilet training before nursery starts. If a child needs further support, staff discuss a shared home and nursery plan with parents.
Children need wellies to keep at school. Parents may also leave spare clothes on their child’s peg.
