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Nursery at Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.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 Story Snug, a light box zone and a home corner that becomes a hospital or post office give Barwic Parade's nursery its character: children have specific places to imagine, investigate and talk. This is the school's own nursery in Selby, with two nursery managers and an Early Years Leader overseeing nursery and Reception.
Ofsted judged early years provision Good at the inspection on 10 and 11 June 2025. That judgement covers the school's early years provision, including its provision for two-year-olds, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Language has a clear purpose here. In June 2025, staff used play to extend children's communication, supported their investigations and helped them pursue their interests. Learning and the environment were deliberately organised across the early years. For parents, the important detail is the connection between conversation and activity: adults help children put their discoveries into words.
The learning areas make that approach tangible. In the home corner, children draw on family experiences and invent roles, with shops and post offices among its past transformations. Construction gives children opportunities to build together and solve problems. These activities connect physical development with communication and personal, social and emotional development, making early years learning something children practise through play.
Creative work includes mixing colours, experimenting with paint and joining materials for junk models. The Story Snug provides a quieter place to explore books, with core stories added as learning develops. Children can return to familiar characters and invent narratives of their own.
Water play involves carrying, pouring and comparing quantities. Small sensory materials on the light box support pattern making and hand movements, while the tuff tray uses sand, flour, playdough and shaving foam for exploration. There is plenty to manipulate.
The nursery's 2019-2020 routine combined an opening challenge with a grown-up, group learning using movement, sound and images, and more than an hour of uninterrupted play indoors and outside. Sessions finished with stories. That historical pattern illustrates how adult-led learning and children's own choices have been combined here.
Two nursery managers support children's chosen play and can be contacted during school hours. For families raising a concern about development, the first step is the class teacher, who involves the Inclusion Leader; a parent review meeting follows where appropriate. This gives concerns a route into discussion and observation.
Across the school, SEND support can include individual or small-group work and the Thrive approach. Speech and language intervention is delivered by a teaching assistant with direction from a Speech and Language Therapist, linking additional help to children's communication needs.
Lunch also had an independence role in the 2019-2020 nursery routine. Children helped one another with food packaging and drinks; those eating hot meals served themselves and cleared up afterwards. Conversation and practical care were part of the meal, alongside eating.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process; the school directs applicants to North Yorkshire Council Admissions. Treat the nursery choice and the later school application as separate decisions, and submit the Reception application by the normal deadline.
For nursery enquiries, contact the nursery managers during school hours or telephone the school office on 01757 705591. The office can direct questions to the appropriate team.
Additional nursery sessions can be paid for using Tax-Free Childcare. Families who belong to their employer's Computershare or Edenred childcare voucher scheme can also use those vouchers for additional nursery sessions, arranging this through the school office. Edenred paper and electronic vouchers are accepted. Contact the school for current charges.
Early years children must have earrings and ear studs removed before attending. This is a practical detail to build into getting ready for nursery.
No. Reception requires a separate application through the normal admissions process, with North Yorkshire Council Admissions as the route identified by the school.
Early years provision was judged Good at the inspection on 10 and 11 June 2025. This was an early years judgement within the school inspection.
The nursery has a home corner, construction and creative areas, a Story Snug, water play, a light box zone and a sensory tuff tray.
The nursery managers are contactable during school hours. The school office can also direct enquiries on 01757 705591.
Yes. Tax-Free Childcare is accepted, alongside Computershare and Edenred vouchers for families belonging to their employer's relevant voucher scheme. Edenred vouchers may be paper or electronic.
