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Nursery at Glen Park 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
A mud kitchen, woodland walks and a place to nap give Little Buddies its own preschool character within Glen Park Primary School. Based in Plympton, it combines a room arranged for play with outdoor spaces that support both energetic activity and quieter exploration. This is provision shaped around young children’s learning and care.
A qualified teacher manages the preschool, while the other staff have early years qualifications at National Vocational Qualification level 3. That team structure brings teaching and early years training together in the same setting.
Play provides the starting point for learning. Children can choose creative materials for their own projects, invent situations in the role play area and explore how things work in an investigation area. The early years curriculum is made practical through these choices: imagining, experimenting and developing the hand control needed for later writing.
Books sit alongside music and movement. Puppets and story bags help children tell stories themselves, while singing gives them another way to participate. Construction uses resources that can be combined in different ways. Sand, play-dough and water add sensory experiences, with gloop and slime bringing different textures into play.
Outside, a covered area connects indoor and outdoor activity, allowing access in wet weather as well as dry. The playground has room for trikes, climbing equipment and group games, plus the mud kitchen. Children also explore the field and woods on walks. These spaces give physical movement and investigation a place alongside imaginative and creative play.
Rest has a space of its own. A calming sensory area contains mats for children who need a nap; staff comfort them as they settle and wake, check them regularly during sleep and tell parents how long they slept. Families can therefore keep track of daytime rest when planning the evening routine.
A Parent Support Adviser works with both Glen Park and Little Buddies, with appointments arranged through the school office. For special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the school aims to remove obstacles to participation and treats parents’ knowledge of their child as an essential part of support. Its SENCO can be contacted through the school, giving families a route for discussing additional needs.
Attending Little Buddies does not guarantee a Reception place or confer admissions priority. Families must make a separate Reception application through the local authority’s common application process and meet the normal deadline. Choosing the preschool and applying for school are separate decisions.
Once the local authority confirms the new Foundation intake, transition activities include classroom visits on two open afternoons, home visits and Active Storytime. A school readiness workshop and an evening to meet the teacher also help families prepare. These activities support the move into school after allocation; they do not change who receives a place.
Little Buddies operates during school terms, with sessions from 9:00 to 11:30 and 12:30 to 15:00, plus a lunch club between 11:30 and 12:30. Funded and non-funded places are offered. Sessions cannot be swapped; additional bookings depend on vacancies and carry a charge. Non-funded sessions are billed in advance each month.
For children aged 3 and 4, the funding arrangement is 15 hours each week for 12 weeks per term. Families eligible for 30-hour funding must supply their eligibility code before their child starts. Contact the school for current charges.
To enquire or arrange a preschool visit, call the school office on 01752 339073. This is also the contact route for the Parent Support Adviser.
Children have a covered area for outdoor access, a playground with climbing equipment and space for trikes, a mud kitchen, and opportunities to explore the field and woods.
Yes. A sensory space has sleep mats. Staff comfort children, check them regularly while asleep and tell parents the duration of their nap.
Sessions run from 9:00 to 11:30 and 12:30 to 15:00. Lunch club runs between 11:30 and 12:30. The preschool operates during school terms.
No. Nursery attendance does not confer priority or guarantee a place. A separate application must go through the local authority’s common application process by the normal deadline.
Call the school office on 01752 339073 to arrange a visit to Little Buddies.
