Greswold Primary School Nursery

A Foundation Key Stage Outdoor Area and holiday childcare accepting children from nursery age are two concrete features of Greswold’s early-years setting. The nursery belongs to Greswold Primary School on Buryfield Road in Solihull. It is school-attached provision, with the school’s own nursery section sitting alongside its wider primary provision.

For families, the distinction between nursery education and additional childcare matters here. Greswold Greyhounds runs holiday sessions that accept nursery-age children, giving parents an option to consider beyond the nursery itself. Those sessions cover some main school holidays. They should be treated as a separate part of the family’s childcare planning.

Early reading has a specific place in the early-years day. At the inspection on 14 and 15 February 2023, Ofsted found that daily phonics helped early-years children acquire sounds rapidly. This means regular practice with the sounds used in reading, giving children repeated opportunities to build that first reading knowledge. The finding concerns early years across the school.

The Foundation Key Stage Outdoor Area provides a physical outdoor feature alongside the nursery provision. For a parent considering the setting, that early-years space belongs in the picture of the school environment as well as the classroom.

Food arrangements are explicit for holiday childcare. Children attending Greswold Greyhounds holiday sessions can have a hot lunch or bring a healthy packed lunch. That choice lets families plan the holiday meal around their child’s preferences and their own routine.

The holiday activities are designed to suit different ages and developmental stages. Toys and games are available for children to choose, alongside craft activities. For nursery-age children attending these sessions, the emphasis extends beyond keeping occupied: play and making things are named parts of the provision. These arrangements relate to holiday childcare rather than the ordinary nursery session.

Attending Greswold’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. Choosing the nursery and applying for school are separate decisions; a nursery place should never be treated as confirmation of a later Reception place.

Holiday childcare includes outdoor play using the school’s field, playground and trim tracks. This gives the holiday programme both indoor activities and access to school grounds. Coverage is for some main holidays, so families should plan around the sessions offered for their chosen period. Refer to the school’s current charges for holiday childcare.

Greswold’s uniform suppliers include Midland Schoolwear and Monkhouse Schoolwear. There is also a route to reused clothing: parents can request pre-loved uniform through the school office, and the PTA runs uniform sales during the year. That provides another way to obtain school clothing alongside buying from a supplier.