Perton First School Nursery

Little Chicks gives Perton First School’s nursery a character of its own within the school: its staffing includes a room leader, a nursery nurse, teaching assistants and a personal welfare assistant. The provision admits two-year-olds. For families starting school life at that age, the nursery is the starting point rather than a separate childcare setting.

The nursery belongs to Perton First School on Manston Drive in Perton. Its team sits within a wider school structure that brings early years leadership and special educational needs coordination together. That connection matters when considering how nursery care and learning fit into the school around it.

Learning builds from what children already understand. In February 2023, Ofsted found that nursery activities developed existing knowledge and made learning engaging, with children acquiring new knowledge each day. The practical significance is progression: activities have a learning purpose, rather than simply filling a session.

Reading also has a place from the early years onwards. In February 2023, it ran through the curriculum across the school, including early years. This gives the nursery’s learning a connection to the reading emphasis children will encounter as they grow. The nursery-specific finding was positive about children’s start and about how teaching extended their understanding.

For parents, the clearest picture here is of an early start to learning within a school. Building on familiar knowledge allows new ideas to connect with something a child already understands. That is the useful distinction in the nursery’s learning approach: the next activity develops what came before.

Care is represented in the nursery’s team structure as well as its teaching roles. Alongside the Little Chicks room leader and nursery nurse, teaching assistants and a personal welfare assistant form part of the nursery staff. These are distinct roles within the provision, bringing welfare responsibilities into the team supporting young children.

Early years leadership is combined with the school’s SENCO role, which coordinates support for special educational needs. For families considering additional support, this places responsibility for inclusion alongside responsibility for the early years phase. It is a useful organisational connection, rather than a promise about any individual child’s support package.

Attending this nursery does not guarantee a Reception place at Perton First School. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. Choosing the nursery and applying for a school place are separate decisions; nursery attendance should never be treated as confirmation of the next place.

The school office handles general enquiries. Contact it at office@perton-first.staffs.sch.uk or telephone 01902 500450. The school’s address is Manston Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire WV6 7LX, giving families a direct point of contact for their initial nursery enquiry.