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Nursery at Gerrans 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
A mud kitchen, woodland play and a book nook give Gerrans School’s nursery a day built around making, exploring and stories. Tatams Nursery is part of the school in Portscatho, on Tregassick Road. Its early years provision combines activities directed by adults with choices children make themselves, leaving room for their interests to shape what happens next.
Play has a clear purpose here. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings together learning to communicate, manage feelings and relationships, and develop physical skills, alongside early literacy, mathematics, creativity and understanding the world. Adults observe children’s interests and development, then plan activities that build on what they can already do. That gives children both choice and a next step.
Stories sit alongside practical exploration. Talk for Writing, singing and daily stories support early literacy; Read Write Inc. is the phonics programme. Mathematics uses Master the Curriculum, linked to White Rose Maths, with opportunities to count, explore numbers and investigate shape and measurement. In June 2024, nursery children could talk about favourite picture-book characters, showing how familiar stories gave them something to discuss.
The book nook provides a place for sharing books. Elsewhere, children can invent role-play games, choose drawing and early-writing materials, or make models with construction toys. Sand and water invite investigation; dough, collage and junk modelling give ideas a physical form. Sensory play includes gloop and shaving foam, while painting and printing let children experiment with textures and colour.
Outside, loose materials become dens and structures. Trikes and scooters travel along roads children make in the garden, and the woodland area, climbing bars and walls add opportunities for movement. The mud kitchen supplies another setting for imaginative play. Waterproof trousers are provided, with children also able to bring their own, and families are encouraged to supply wellies for outdoor activity across the year.
Morning snack brings fruit and milk, and children bring water bottles that can be topped up in the classroom. Healthy eating, exercise and cleanliness are part of the early years teaching, connecting everyday care with children’s growing independence.
Tapestry shares achievements, photographs and videos with parents, giving families a way to follow learning beyond the classroom. Staff assess progress through their interactions with children and identify barriers when development stalls, then put support in place. The school says it supports inclusion in activities and draws on outside expertise where appropriate. A Special Educational Needs Coordinator provides a contact for families to discuss needs.
Staffing includes an EYFS lead and a higher level teaching assistant attached to Tatams Nursery. Gerrans also shares senior leadership with Tregony. This places the nursery within a wider school team.
Reception admission. Attending the nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Nursery and Reception admission are separate processes: families must apply again through the normal Reception route by the normal deadline. Treat choosing nursery provision and securing a school place as separate decisions.
The early years approach includes preparing children for Reception. That educational preparation should be considered separately from admission.
Nursery enquiries and visits can be arranged through the school office. Contact secretary@gerrans.cornwall.sch.uk or telephone 01872 580442 to enquire or organise a visit. For outdoor learning, bring wellies and a refillable water bottle; waterproof trousers can be supplied by the school.
They can use the mud kitchen, build dens with loose materials, ride trikes and scooters, and play in the woodland area with climbing walls and bars.
Early years teaching includes Talk for Writing, Read Write Inc., daily stories and singing. Mathematics uses Master the Curriculum, linked to White Rose Maths.
Children can have fruit and milk at morning snack. They bring their own water bottles, which can be refilled in the classroom.
No. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal route by the normal deadline.
Contact the school office at secretary@gerrans.cornwall.sch.uk or on 01872 580442.
