Allscott Meads Primary Academy Nursery

Fifteen or thirty hours of childcare for working parents, with additional hours that parents can buy: Allscott Meads offers a nursery starting point within its primary academy in Telford. Children can join after the term in which they turn three. That term-based starting point matters when planning the move from home or another childcare arrangement.

The nursery belongs to Allscott Meads Primary Academy, part of the Learning Community Trust. It has no Ofsted graded rating yet.

Term-time attendance sets the rhythm here. The academy opens during school terms only, so families need to plan childcare around its holiday calendar as well as their working week.

The nursery offers working parents 15 or 30 hours of childcare each week, alongside the option to purchase extra care hours. This gives families a choice of weekly childcare hours; additional paid hours can supplement that arrangement where needed.

Support for additional needs sits within the academy’s SEND arrangements. Teachers work with the special educational needs coordinator, adapting resources and teaching methods to individual children. Tailored interventions and personalised support are part of that approach. For a family whose child needs help accessing learning, the useful detail is this link between classroom staff and the coordinator.

The academy aims to identify needs early. Its approach covers difficulties with communication and social interaction, learning, emotional wellbeing, and sensory or physical needs. Speech and language difficulties, anxiety, hearing impairment and physical disabilities are among the examples it recognises. These categories allow different needs to be considered rather than treating additional support as one single issue.

Parents, outside agencies and the local authority are involved in the academy’s support arrangements, while staff receive regular SEND training. Accessibility planning includes ramps, accessible toilets and specialist resources for sensory or physical needs. These are elements of the school’s planning, rather than a nursery-specific assessment of provision.

Parents Opening Doors (PODS), Autism West Midlands and the Independent Advice and Support Service (IASS) are among the support resources signposted to families. They give parents named starting points for advice alongside conversations with the academy’s SEND coordinator.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process, meeting the applicable deadline.

For Allscott Meads, primary applications go through Telford and Wrekin Council’s school admissions portal. A My Telford account is needed to complete the application. Keep that application separate from the nursery expression of interest: choosing nursery childcare is one decision, applying for a school place is another.

Nursery enquiries begin with an expression of interest form collected from the school office; an online nursery application route is also offered. Parents can buy additional care hours and should contact the school for current charges.

The office telephone number is 01952 951402. During term time, office hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, giving families a direct contact route for nursery applications and enquiries.