Boughton Leigh Infant School Nursery

Stories, daily Maths Meetings and outdoor play give Boughton Leigh’s nursery day its shape. This is the school’s own nursery in Brownsover, Rugby, welcoming children from the age of three during term time. Morning places and full days are linked to different funded entitlements, so the session pattern is a practical part of choosing this provision.

The emphasis is on learning through play alongside teaching. Children have indoor and outdoor provision, with language, physical development and learning to manage feelings woven into their early education. Familiarity with school life begins here; admission to Reception remains a separate matter.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) combines early literacy and mathematics with communication, movement, relationships, creativity and discovering the world. At Boughton Leigh, children choose play activities as well as joining teaching and activities guided by adults. Half-term themes include Me, Myself and I and Once Upon A Time, giving learning a recognisable focus.

Reading begins with repeated stories, songs and rhymes, including actions children can join in with. Read Write Inc. provides the approach to early reading. Daily Maths Meetings revisit counting and recognising numbers through songs and discussion; elements of Maths Mastery are introduced in Nursery. These are repeated opportunities to practise, rather than learning confined to a single lesson.

Outdoor learning uses OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning), alongside exploration indoors. The school’s play activities include making dens, imaginative games and loose-parts play, giving children ways to collaborate and test ideas physically. Books have a distinctive home too: each class can visit the Library Bus weekly and choose a book to share at home. That connects choosing books with family reading.

Before starting, families can meet staff, explore the learning spaces and share information about their child. The first weeks focus on relationships, routines and independence alongside communication and physical development. Where extra transition support is needed, arrangements can include visual prompts, further visits or individual meetings. Settling is treated as an individual process.

Daily conversations and informal updates sit alongside parent consultations. Staff use WellComm Language Assessment to identify communication needs, while the Leuven Scales of Wellbeing and Involvement help them consider children’s engagement and emotional wellbeing. Additional SEND support can involve the EYFS SEND and Inclusion Team or Speech and Language specialists. These provide routes for responding to needs beyond ordinary classroom support.

For full-day children, lunch can be brought from home or purchased as a hot meal supplied by Educaterers. Families therefore have a choice about the midday meal.

Attending the nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions route and meet the applicable deadline. Warwickshire County Council Admission Service is the contact for school admissions. Treat the nursery decision and the Reception application as two separate tasks.

Transition preparation is useful in its own right. Children moving into the school’s Reception become familiar with its adults, routines and learning spaces during the year. Nursery and Reception staff exchange information about development and next learning steps, helping the receiving team understand the child. This preparation does not secure admission.

Morning sessions run from 8:45 to 11:45 for children using 15 funded hours. For those eligible for 30 funded hours, full days run from 8:45 to 2:45, with a charged extension to 3:15. Funding begins in the term after a child’s third birthday. Families using 30-hour funding need a valid eligibility code, kept up to date; funding forms must be returned on time each term.

Oasis accepts nursery children for additional paid care before and after school. Its term-time weekday hours are 7:30 to 8:45 and 3:15 to 6:00. Joining forms come from the school office. Ask the school for current charges for extensions, Oasis and hot meals.

Nursery enquiries can be made through the enquiry form or at the office between 8:30 and 4:00. Prospective parents can arrange a visit by calling 01788 571679 or emailing admin2598@welearn365.com. Morning collection is at the nursery’s external door beside the bike shelter; collection must be by a parent or an adult the teacher knows.