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Nursery at Priory Rise 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.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 new book each week, daily Dough Disco and trips to the school library give Priory Rise’s nursery a recognisable rhythm. This is provision for children aged 3 and 4 within the school’s Foundation Stage, with indoor and outdoor areas for learning through play.
Children can join in the term after their third birthday. There are currently 16 morning places, 16 afternoon places and 26 extended care places for full days, subject to changes in demand. A full-time teacher works alongside three nursery nurses and a teaching assistant, with links to colleagues across the Foundation Stage.
At the Ofsted inspection on 24 and 25 June 2025, early years provision received an Outstanding judgement. That judgement covers the school’s early years provision, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Books shape the learning. A fresh title becomes the weekly focus, chosen around children’s interests, a season or festival, a moral theme or a traditional story. Activities build vocabulary and give children practice in listening and paying attention. Play sits alongside adult teaching, including numbers and patterns, music and movement.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) organises learning across seven areas. Here, children explore resources indoors and outside, while adults use observation and questions to develop learning from their interests. The practical implication is a day combining opportunities to investigate independently with teaching led by adults.
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised provides the foundations for phonics. Daily adult-led sessions explore sounds in the surrounding world, children’s names and spoken words. Daily Dough Disco helps develop the finger grip needed for writing; children also make marks and learn letters from their names. The preparation starts with listening and movement.
Beyond the nursery areas, children use the small hall for PE once a week and borrow books from the library. Music and movement also take place in the hall. These visits make the wider school familiar. Weekly Jigsaw activities introduce personal and social learning, including themes such as Healthy Me and Relationships. In June 2025, early years children played together cooperatively, changed activities smoothly and developed strong emotional and social skills.
Settling begins before the first independent session. Parents attend a summer induction meeting, meet staff and look around the setting. A home visit follows in September, or in the week before a later start, giving families private time with their child’s key worker. The following day brings an hour of Stay and Play, with nursery beginning at the next session. It is a clear sequence for preparing both child and parent.
Tapestry, an online learning journal, records learning and progress. Parents can contact the nursery team at nursery@pr5d.com. For additional needs, the school’s SEN team coordinates resources and specialist agency advice; an Early Years learning mentor helps with induction and provides individual and group support. The school site is wheelchair friendly.
Children staying for the full day bring a packed lunch or have an ordered hot meal. Hot lunches are charged separately, so meals need to be included in the family’s planning.
Separate application. Nursery attendance gives no priority for admission to the school and does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must apply again through the normal Reception process, meeting its deadline. Milton Keynes Council coordinates school admissions, with online applications through the council for children starting school for the first time.
Familiarity is a separate benefit. Nursery visits to the library and small hall help children get to know the school. For children starting school, transition arrangements include time in their new classroom, a summer meeting for parents and a home visit before starting.
The nursery operates during term time. Fifteen funded hours are taken as five mornings, 8:40am to 11:40am, or five afternoons, 12:10pm to 3:10pm. Eligible families can use 30-hour funding for Monday-to-Friday sessions from 8:40am to 2:40pm; additional full-day hours are charged for families using only 15-hour funding.
Collection and childcare. Children attending five full days can use charged supervision from 2:40pm to 3:10pm. Nursery-age children cannot use before-hours or after-hours childcare, so this timetable matters for working parents. Ask the school for current charges.
Enquiries and waiting-list requests go through a nursery application form returned to the school office. Uniform consists of a royal blue sweatshirt, a white polo shirt and plain dark bottoms; logos are optional on the sweatshirt and polo. Name each item.
Children aged 3 and 4 can attend, starting in the term following their third birthday.
Five morning sessions run from 8:40am to 11:40am, or five afternoons from 12:10pm to 3:10pm. Full days run from 8:40am to 2:40pm, Monday to Friday, with limited extended care places.
There is a parent induction meeting, a home visit with time to talk to the key worker, and an hour of Stay and Play before the first nursery session.
They can bring a packed lunch or have a hot lunch ordered for them. Hot meals carry a separate charge.
No. It gives no admission priority and does not guarantee a place. A separate application is required through Milton Keynes Council’s normal school admissions process.
