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Nursery at Hennock Community 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
An early start within a village primary school defines Hennock's nursery provision: its pre-school takes children aged two and above and forms part of Hennock Community Primary School in Hennock, near Bovey Tracey. This is school-attached provision within Link Academy Trust. For families choosing it, the distinction between the pre-school experience and the later school application matters from the outset.
Numbers to five provide a concrete starting point for understanding the learning here. In June 2024, children in the pre-school were being helped to develop their understanding of those numbers, with mathematics organised to prepare them for subsequent learning. That gives the youngest children a specific foundation to work on.
The wider curriculum needs closer attention. In June 2024, the knowledge children should learn was insufficiently defined and ordered in some subjects, beginning in the early years. Children were consequently not developing secure knowledge. For parents, the issue is how individual activities connect into a sequence of learning, rather than simply which activities children undertake.
Link Academy Trust gives school teams responsibility for local curriculum decisions within its shared model. The trust aims to develop curiosity, respect for other viewpoints and children's ability to make informed choices. These are intentions for its schools, alongside local decisions about how learning is organised.
Support for additional needs extends beyond the individual school team. Link Academy Trust's Inclusion & Improvement Hub works with its academies to support children and families with additional needs. Its structure includes a Director of Inclusion, a Trust SEND Lead and a Therapeutic Lead, providing several routes for specialist advice within the trust.
The Trust SEND Lead works across Link schools, offering advice and support. The hub also helps schools with education, health and care plans, external expertise and applications for support and funding. This gives school teams assistance with the practical work involved in arranging provision for a child who needs more help.
Plymouth MAST is a partner in that support, bringing educational psychologists and specialist counsellors. Hub support involves discussion with the school leadership, followed by agreement about the provision to arrange; liaison with parents forms part of deciding the next steps. Families therefore have a role in those discussions.
Some therapeutic programmes take place away from the child's school, including in woodland facilities at Link Academy sites. Families and school staff can be involved so that the approach connects with the child's wider support. These are trust-level arrangements, rather than a description of the nursery's daily activities.
Attending Hennock's nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. Treat the nursery choice and the Reception application as separate decisions: choosing this pre-school does not remove the need to apply again for school entry.
The school is in Hennock, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9QB. For nursery enquiries, contact Hennock Community Primary School on 01626833233. Keep the separate Reception application in your family planning alongside the decision to enrol in pre-school.
The pre-school takes children aged two and above.
Yes. It is the school's own pre-school provision, within Link Academy Trust.
No. Families must apply separately for Reception through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline.
In June 2024, children were supported to develop their understanding of numbers to five. Curriculum sequencing from the early years also needed attention in some subjects.
Call Hennock Community Primary School on 01626833233.
