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Nursery at Warren Wood 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Rhymes, traditional stories and two morning PE slots give Warren Wood’s nursery a clear early learning identity. This is the school’s own nursery class in Offerton, Stockport, with entry from the term after a child turns three. Its team includes a teacher and a teaching assistant, placing classroom teaching and support within the nursery itself.
Ofsted graded early years provision Good at the inspection on 21 and 22 May 2024. That judgement covers the school’s early years provision rather than a separately inspected nursery. The practical choice is between mornings and patterns containing full days, so families can consider how much time their child will spend at nursery each week.
Development Matters guides the nursery’s use of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework. For parents, this means the guidance shapes early learning rather than serving as a separate subject. Nursery planning covers English, maths and the broader curriculum, bringing different strands of learning into the same provision.
Language has concrete starting points. In May 2024, early years teaching used familiar stories and rhymes to expand children’s vocabulary. The early years curriculum also encouraged curiosity and concentration on activities. These findings give parents something more useful than a general promise of school readiness: attention and language are part of the learning experience.
Tuesday and Friday mornings include PE. Movement therefore has named slots alongside other learning. A morning ends at noon; a full day continues until 3pm and includes a packed lunch brought from home.
The May 2024 school-wide improvement priorities concerned remembering earlier learning in some subjects and checking retained knowledge after units of work. These were whole-school concerns, rather than findings attributed specifically to nursery teaching.
Starting nursery follows the school’s term calendar, with induction dates agreed flexibly with parents and carers. That gives families a directly discussed starting arrangement rather than assuming every child begins on an identical schedule.
The Colour Monster supports emotional understanding in early years. Classroom feelings displays give children a physical place to identify emotions and discuss them. This makes feelings part of classroom conversation, alongside learning activities.
Support for special educational needs and disabilities follows the school’s system. Teachers adapt teaching and learning spaces with SENDCo guidance. SEND Support Plans draw on family and outside-agency contributions and are reviewed each term, giving parents a recurring opportunity to discuss outcomes. Teaching assistants also help deliver individual speech and language plans after assessment by the local authority’s speech therapist.
Food depends on the session: parents supply lunch on full days, while morning places finish before a nursery lunch. Families choosing longer attendance need to build that preparation into their routine.
Attending Warren Wood’s nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal Stockport Council admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. The school directs parents to the council’s online application route. Treat that application as a separate decision from choosing nursery sessions.
Three attendance patterns organise the week. Option A provides 30 extended hours with full days from 9am to 3pm. Option B provides 15 hours across five mornings, from 9am to noon. Option C combines two full days and one morning for 15 hours; parents can indicate preferred days, with allocation depending on availability and the order applications arrive.
Extended-hours eligibility. Parents using Option A must supply the termly code and renew it. Failure to renew can lead to withdrawal of the full-time place, so the code is an ongoing responsibility.
Nursery applications go through Stockport’s maintained nursery admissions route. For school enquiries, contact 0161 456 8171 or admin@warrenwood.stockport.sch.uk. Nursery follows the school’s term dates, making the holiday calendar another practical part of choosing these sessions.
Children can attend from the term following their third birthday. Applications go through Stockport’s maintained nursery admissions route.
Option A is 30 extended hours, with full days from 9am to 3pm. The 15-hour choices are five mornings from 9am to noon, or two full days plus one morning. Preferred days for the mixed pattern are subject to allocation and availability.
No. Families must apply separately for Reception through Stockport Council’s normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline.
Yes, for full-day attendance. Parents provide packed lunches; morning sessions do not include lunch at nursery.
The school uses teaching adaptations, SEND Support Plans reviewed each term, and individual speech and language plans following local authority therapist assessment. Families contribute to SEND planning alongside staff and outside agencies.
