All Saints' CofE Primary School Nursery Review

At the inspection on 24 and 25 January 2023, phonics began with nursery entry at All Saints' CofE Primary School in Trysull. That gave this school nursery a clear educational starting point: children began learning about sounds before the move to Reception. For parents interested in the beginnings of reading, this finding provides a concrete picture of the provision at that time.

The school’s age range starts at three, and its nursery forms part of a Church of England primary school. Ofsted graded the school’s early years provision Good at the inspection on 24 and 25 January 2023. That judgement covers early years within the school; it is not a separate nursery rating.

Early reading provides the clearest picture of nursery learning here. In January 2023, children began phonics when they joined nursery. At that time, learning about the sounds used in reading started during the nursery stage, rather than waiting for the next classroom. It is a specific starting point for families weighing up a school nursery.

The January 2023 findings also connect that nursery starting point to the school’s approach to reading: staff had received training in the phonics programme, reading books corresponded to the sounds being taught, and pupils needing additional phonics help were identified promptly. These are findings about the school’s reading provision, rather than a description of a nursery session timetable. Their relevance is the connection between introducing sounds and the reading support that follows.

For a parent, the useful distinction is between starting phonics and expecting a child to read independently. At that inspection, nursery entry marked the beginning of the teaching described here. It should be understood as an introduction to reading, rather than evidence of a particular reading milestone for every nursery child.

Movement around school was a positive feature in January 2023: the finding that children moved safely and sensibly through the building explicitly included early years. For nursery families, this is a relevant detail about children managing the shared school environment. It offers a concrete picture of everyday behaviour beyond the reading curriculum, while remaining a finding from that inspection period.

Attending this nursery does not guarantee a Reception place at All Saints'. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline.

This distinction matters when choosing a nursery attached to a school: beginning phonics there and securing a later school place are separate questions. Choose the nursery for the provision your child will receive during those early years, and treat the Reception application as another necessary step. The January 2023 early years judgement does not change that admissions separation.

The school is on School Road, Trysull, Wolverhampton, WV5 7HR. Its telephone number is 01902894452, providing a direct contact route for a nursery enquiry.

For families considering this provision, that school contact is the practical starting point for an enquiry about joining the nursery.