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Nursery at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery
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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Shared stories, songs and Catholic celebrations give this nursery a recognisable character. Parents have joined children to read Spot’s First Walk and sing rhymes at Stay and Read, while a June 2026 Celebration of the Word brought families together for worship and key-making. Faith is part of children’s activities, with something concrete to make and discuss.
SS Peter and Paul has two nursery classes, with morning and afternoon provision offering the 15-hour entitlement. Its 2025-26 offer also included a number of 30-hour places for children aged 3 and 4, subject to review for September 2026. That dated offer should not be treated as a continuing arrangement.
Stories and conversation are useful threads through the early years experience. In November 2024, Ofsted found that children made a strong beginning in early years, with learning woven into exchanges with adults. The early years curriculum identifies knowledge, skills and vocabulary for children to develop. In parent terms, learning includes building what children know and the words they can use to explain it.
Stay and Read provides a concrete nursery example: sharing Spot’s First Walk alongside songs gives families an activity they can repeat together. Nursery children have also performed The Sleepy Shepherd as a Nativity, bringing storytelling into a shared performance.
Outdoor exploration has included Caring for Critters with the Wildside Activity Centre. Early years children searched for small creatures and built bug hotels in their garden, encountering woodlice, worms and beetles. This gave them living things to observe and a practical task linked to caring for them.
Curriculum consistency. The November 2024 inspection also identified uneven delivery in some curriculum areas across the school, with some activities failing to build knowledge in sequence. Staff expertise needed further development. This was a wider school concern, rather than a finding assigned specifically to nursery.
Emotions have been an explicit nursery learning topic. During Children’s Mental Health Week 2022, children practised identifying feelings and recognising expressions associated with happiness, worry and anger. The school also introduces Zones of Regulation, using blue, yellow, red and green to help children identify emotional states. Its aim is to make feelings easier to discuss and support children in managing them.
Parents can discuss concerns through an open-door approach. The safeguarding team includes the EYFS lead as a deputy designated safeguarding lead, connecting early years leadership with responsibility for child protection.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate application through Wolverhampton’s coordinated admissions process; choosing nursery and securing a school place are separate decisions.
Preparation advice focuses on growing independence, including handling coats and shoes, washing hands and using cutlery. Families are encouraged to share developmental needs, helpful strategies and possible difficulties with the new teacher. That exchange helps keep preparation appropriate to the individual child.
For nursery applications, collect an application form from school. Enquiries can go through the school office on 01902 556447, at Hordern Close, Hordern Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0HR.
Session choice. Morning and afternoon nursery are the two patterns offered with the 15-hour entitlement. Consider which part of the day fits your family’s routine. The 30-hour arrangement described above belongs to 2025-26 and carried a review condition for the following September.
Morning and afternoon nursery classes offer the 15-hour entitlement.
No. Families must apply separately through Wolverhampton’s coordinated admissions process.
Collect a nursery application form from school. The office can be contacted on 01902 556447.
Parents have joined Stay and Read, sharing Spot’s First Walk and singing nursery rhymes with children.
Nursery activities have included naming feelings and recognising facial expressions. The school also introduces Zones of Regulation to help children identify and discuss emotional states.
