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Nursery at English Martyrs' RC 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Scooters, story retelling and experiments with paint give this nursery its character: children learn through movement, conversation and making things. English Martyrs' RC Primary School has a Nursery Class for three and four year olds in Urmston. It sits within a Catholic primary school, with faith, respect, growth and working together shaping the early years approach.
Language gets sustained attention. Adults build conversations around children's interests, adding vocabulary as they respond. That gives everyday play a clear purpose: helping children find words for their ideas, experiences and feelings.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) combines learning to communicate, managing feelings and developing physical skills with early literacy, maths, creative work and discovering the world. Here, adult-led activities sit alongside continuous provision, where children can explore materials and practise skills through play. Themes include personal identity, the world around them and how things change.
Pathways to Write runs over a two-year early years cycle. The Gingerbread Man and Supertato are among its story choices. Nursery activities include joining in with familiar story phrases, using pictures to retell events and making marks connected to a story. Books become starting points for talking and creating, rather than simply something to listen to.
Daily book sharing accompanies nursery phonics activities that develop awareness of sounds. Children practise recognising rhymes, clapping syllables and noticing initial sounds. Name cards support early attempts to build and write their names. These are small, concrete steps towards understanding how speech and print connect.
A large outdoor learning area gives movement room to develop. Nursery learning includes riding scooters and tricycles, hopping, balancing and aiming balls. Indoors and outdoors, counters, compare bears and tens frames make mathematical ideas tangible. Children sort objects, compare quantities and explore patterns, connecting numbers with things they can handle.
Creative work includes painting at an easel, mixing colours and inventing stories with small world equipment. Nursery children also investigate natural materials and learn about plants and living things. There is room for their own ideas: they choose materials for creative work and use conversation to organise play.
Getting to know children individually is part of the early years approach. Adults help them recognise emotions, manage frustration and work through disagreements. Early nursery learning includes becoming comfortable separating from a main carer; later goals include sharing resources and taking turns. Settling therefore connects with the social skills children practise during play.
Independence develops through ordinary care tasks. Children learn to put on a coat, wash their hands and work towards using the toilet independently. Learning about healthy food, drinking water and exercise sits alongside these routines. The emphasis is on helping children understand and gradually manage their own needs.
Parents are encouraged to tell the class teacher about changes at home that could affect their child. Across the school, support can include social stories, games and conversations about worries. This gives families a direct way to explain what might be affecting a child's feelings or behaviour.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must apply separately through the normal Reception admissions process and meet its deadline.
Preparation for that change is a separate matter. Nursery learning includes exploring the early years environment and recognising that Reception is the next stage. That introduces the idea of moving on; it does not secure admission.
English Martyrs' has nursery places available for three and four year olds. Enquiries can be made to the school on 01617487257. The school is on Wycliffe Road in Urmston, giving families a concrete location for planning their nursery journey.
The Nursery Class is for three and four year olds.
The early years provision has a large outdoor learning area. Nursery learning includes riding scooters and tricycles, balancing, hopping and ball activities.
Children share books daily and develop awareness of sounds through nursery phonics activities. Pathways to Write uses stories for conversation, retelling and early mark making.
Speak to the class teacher about worries or changes at home that might affect your child. The school encourages this communication so staff can understand the child's circumstances.
No. Nursery and Reception admission are separate processes, and families must make a separate Reception application through the normal route.
