All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School Nursery

Caterpillars gives the nursery at All Saints its own identity, with a nursery teacher and an early years assistant forming the class team. It sits within All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School in Elston, where the school’s age range begins at three. For parents, the useful distinction is between this nursery class and the wider primary school: Caterpillars is the provision to consider for the first stage of school life.

Love, Support, Trust and Challenge are the school’s core values. The school presents these as the basis for children’s development, combining encouragement with expectations of learning.

Across the wider school, Maths No Problem extends from Foundation onwards, with daily teaching matched to children’s needs. Its approach moves from handling objects to working with pictures and then abstract ideas. Beads, counters and Numicon are among the resources used across the approach, making number something children can explore physically before tackling written representations.

The wider school’s Foundation-stage reading provision begins with Read Write Inc. Phonics. Children work in groups organised around their reading progress, with reassessment each half term. Foundation sessions run for 20 to 45 minutes. Sounds and words can be revisited at other moments through Pinny time, so practice extends beyond the main teaching session.

Within the wider school’s Foundation-stage writing provision, preparation includes work on pencil grip and sitting position, alongside activities that develop both larger movements and fine finger control. ReadWriteInc supplies the handwriting approach from Foundation onwards. These are practical foundations for putting ideas on paper.

The wider school’s computing programme, Purple Mash, extends from Foundation onwards, while singing and listening feature in daily collective worship for the early years. Beyond the classroom, the school site includes a forest school led by a trained practitioner. These are elements of the wider school setting, distinct from a promise about how often Caterpillars uses each space.

The Caterpillars teacher works alongside an early years assistant. That gives parents a defined class team rather than simply a whole-school staffing picture.

Across the wider school, emotional learning uses the church-school version of Heartsmart from Foundation onwards. The programme focuses on understanding feelings, responding to other people and developing resilience. The school’s aim is to help children accept themselves and show care towards others, giving emotional development a place alongside early reading, writing and number work.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal school-admissions process; choosing Caterpillars should therefore be a decision about the nursery experience itself.

For September 2026 entry, the application route was through Nottinghamshire County Council and the closing date was 15 January 2026. That deadline is now past. Treat the nursery decision and the Reception application as separate pieces of family planning, rather than assuming that joining one completes the other.

The school is on Top Street in Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP. Nursery enquiries can begin with the school office on 01636 525324. Caterpillars is the nursery class name, making it the useful name to use when contacting the office about this provision.