Tiny Treasures at Tarleton Community Primary School

Play, conversation and growing independence shape Tiny Treasures, the nursery class at Tarleton Community Primary School on Hesketh Lane in Tarleton. The school admits children from age three. Nursery teaching is led by the EYFS leader, who also belongs to the senior leadership team, connecting the class directly with the school's early years leadership.

The emphasis is on children's starting points and interests. Adult interaction and exploration sit alongside planned activities, giving children opportunities to practise skills through play rather than relying solely on adult-led tasks.

The Early Years Foundation Stage, or EYFS, brings together seven areas of development. Listening and speaking, relationships and emotions, and physical skills receive particular emphasis. For parents, that means learning includes expressing a need, managing feelings and becoming more independent with personal care, alongside the beginnings of literacy and mathematics.

Development Matters and Early Years Outcomes guide the planning. Staff assess children's learning as it happens and use this to decide their next steps, adjusting challenge and support to the individual. Understanding the world and creative expression complete the curriculum alongside those early language, social and physical foundations.

Books give nursery learning a concrete focus. In October and November 2023, children retold favourite stories to cuddly toys serving as reading buddies. This gives storytelling a playful audience. During the summer term, nursery children take wordless picture books home, allowing families to talk about characters and events together. Tiny Treasures has also explored the Christmas story through the nativity play Whoops-a-daisy-Angel, linking performance with discussion about giving gifts.

Curriculum precision. In October and November 2023, some early years learning still needed clearer decisions about which knowledge children should retain. This matters because revisiting an activity needs a clear learning purpose if understanding is to build over time.

Nursery staff shared song links with families in October and November 2023 so children could sing them again at home. That creates a simple connection between classroom activity and family time. During the same inspection period, children in the early years developed trusting relationships with staff and learned the routines that supported their learning.

For concerns about special educational needs and disabilities, the class teacher is the first contact, with further discussion involving the SENDCo where needed. The school can seek specialist advice, including Speech and Language Therapy and the Inclusion and Engagement Support Team. Children learning English as an additional language have their language skills and needs assessed on admission, followed by support matched to those needs.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. For September 2026 entry, attending Tiny Treasures for a full academic year gave priority ahead of the remaining places allocated by distance. The full-year condition matters; attendance alone is not enough to meet that criterion.

Families still needed a separate application. Lancashire residents applied through Lancashire County Council's online school admissions system; the September 2026 deadline was 15 January 2026 at 11.59pm. That admissions cycle is past.

The AM session runs from 8.45am to 11.45am. Lunch occupies the interval from 11.45am to 12.25pm, and the PM session finishes at 3.25pm. These separate parts of the day matter when arranging collection and family schedules.

Enquiries go through the school office on 01772 812547 or bursar@tarletoncommunity.lancs.sch.uk. Families can arrange a look around by calling the office.