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Nursery at Sunnyside Academy
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Rhymes provide a concrete starting point for nursery learning at Sunnyside Academy. Children learn them and repeat them, beginning the school's approach to early reading through spoken language. For parents, this gives a specific picture of one activity in the nursery day: practising language aloud before later reading lessons.
The nursery forms part of Sunnyside Academy in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough. Ofsted judged early years provision Good at the inspection on 29 and 30 November 2023. That judgement covers the school's early years provision; it is not a separate nursery inspection outcome.
Learning and repeating rhymes is the clearest nursery activity here. The emphasis places spoken repetition within the school's early reading approach, giving children an introduction to language through material they can say again. This is a concrete starting point for families interested in how reading begins before formal reading lessons.
Additional provision sits within the wider school. In November 2023, Sunnyside ran seven additionally resourced provisions for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and employed specialist teachers. Those are school-wide arrangements rather than a description of an individual nursery child's support.
The needs supported across the school included autism, moderate learning difficulties and social and emotional needs, alongside blindness, visual impairment, deafness and auditory impairment. For a family considering the nursery, this establishes the wider school's experience of these needs without implying a particular placement or support arrangement for their child.
Attending the nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions route and meet the normal deadline. Treat choosing a nursery place and applying for Reception as two separate decisions: nursery attendance cannot be relied on to secure the next place.
Sunnyside Academy is on Manor Farm Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0RJ. The school's telephone number is 01642596422, providing a direct contact point for nursery enquiries.
Yes. This is the nursery provision within Sunnyside Academy in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough.
Children learn and repeat rhymes as the starting point of the school's early reading approach.
Early years provision was judged Good at the school inspection on 29 and 30 November 2023. This was not a separate nursery inspection.
No. Families must apply separately for Reception through the normal admissions process and meet the normal deadline.
Call Sunnyside Academy on 01642596422. The school is on Manor Farm Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0RJ.
