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Nursery at St Edward's Catholic Academy
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Learning to listen is a concrete starting point at St Edward’s: nursery staff help children give their attention to what they hear. In January 2025, children were making a positive start here, with attentive listening singled out as part of that early learning.
This is the nursery provision within St Edward's Catholic Academy, a state Catholic primary school on Newhall Road in Swadlincote. The school’s age range begins at 3. For parents considering a school nursery, the distinction between joining nursery and securing a later school place matters from the outset.
Attention comes before the more demanding work of learning to read. Staff support nursery children with listening, giving families a specific picture of the early skills being developed. The January 2025 findings also recognised that children across the early years were achieving well.
Learning has a planned sequence beginning in the early years, with connections between subjects. For parents, that means the nursery’s learning sits within a longer educational programme: early experiences form the beginning of subsequent learning rather than a separate strand.
Staff help nursery children develop attentive listening. That adult support is the clearest concrete example of how children are guided in their early learning, and it was associated with a positive beginning in nursery in January 2025.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place at St Edward's Catholic Academy. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. Treat the nursery decision and the Reception application as two separate steps.
The St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is the admissions authority for its schools. The relevant local authority coordinates admissions on the trust’s behalf, while the school’s Local Governing Body takes decisions on applications. St Edward’s is in Derbyshire, so local authority coordination is the relevant starting point for the Reception process.
The school’s address is Newhall Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BD. Its telephone number is 01283216721, providing a direct school contact for a nursery enquiry.
Keep the Reception application separate from any nursery arrangements. Joining the nursery does not remove that later application step, even though both stages belong to the same school.
Yes. It is the nursery provision within St Edward's Catholic Academy, a state Catholic primary school in Swadlincote.
Staff help children develop attentive listening. In January 2025, nursery children were making a positive start.
Children in the early years were achieving well, and nursery staff supported attentive listening. These are findings about learning, rather than a separate nursery grade.
No. Families need to submit a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process by the applicable deadline.
Telephone 01283216721. The school is on Newhall Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BD.
