Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale Nursery

Den building, pretend phone calls and a home corner featured in Meon Vale’s autumn 2025 nursery plan: examples of learning through things children can handle, imagine and try for themselves. This is the nursery within Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale, on Bailey Avenue, with a nursery teacher and an Early Years Lead in the school team.

In February 2024, Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Good. That judgement covers early years within the school; it is not a separate nursery rating.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) combines early learning with personal development. Here, play gives children opportunities to practise talking, moving, making friends and becoming more independent. Staff follow children’s interests, with time for extended play alongside activities they have planned. Stories, singing and imaginative play are part of the nursery experience, as is learning outdoors.

The autumn 2025 nursery theme was All About Me. Jigsaw activities explored belonging, while Little Wandle introduced rhymes. Sing Up’s This is me unit brought music into the theme. These planned approaches offered children several ways to participate: through conversation, movement or song.

Physical learning in the autumn 2025 plan included daily Wake up and Shake up sessions. Outdoor activities involved building dens and exploring spaces of different sizes. Smaller movements received attention too, through playdough, scooping materials and using tweezers. These activities provide practice for handling everyday objects and tools.

The same plan used a home corner for familiar pretend scenarios, while small worlds included farm play and a doll’s house. Shape puzzles and loose parts brought early maths into practical activity. The emphasis was on doing and exploring, with materials for children to move and combine.

Adult interaction. In February 2024, adults’ work with individual children and small groups was uneven, including how they encouraged language development. Staff training to strengthen these interactions was an improvement requirement. For parents, the useful focus is how adults extend a child’s conversation during play.

Settling was a strength of early years in February 2024: children became comfortable promptly and picked up familiar routines. The autumn 2025 nursery plan also included practising separation from a main carer, with adult help where needed. Independence develops through ordinary tasks as well as play.

For additional needs, the school uses an assess, plan, do and review cycle. The SENCo and senior leaders review support, giving families a process through which provision can be adjusted. Parents can contact senco@meonvale.tgacademy.org.uk with SEND concerns. An EYFS Deputy Safeguarding Lead forms part of the safeguarding team.

Meals require planning ahead. Hot dinners must be ordered through MyChildAtSchool by 5pm on Thursday for the following week; children need a packed lunch if no meal has been booked. Pre-school meals are charged and paid for in advance unless the child qualifies for benefits-related free school meals.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal school admissions process, managed by Warwickshire County Council at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/applyforschool. Apply by the normal deadline for the relevant intake. Choosing nursery and applying for Reception are separate decisions.

Morning sessions run from 9am to noon, and afternoon sessions from 12.15pm to 3.15pm. Funded early education hours are free at delivery. Hours beyond a child’s funded entitlement are optional, charged and agreed beforehand; additional non-funded sessions can be booked through Child Care Bookings for School. Contact the school for current charges.

Nursery enquiries go to the school office. Call 01789 721 060 or email office@meonvale.tgacademy.org.uk to discuss an application.