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Nursery at Malden Parochial CofE Primary 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Listening games, musical instruments and rhyming stories give this nursery a distinct starting point: children explore sounds before moving on to joining them together in words. Malden Parochial’s nursery belongs to its Church of England primary school on The Manor Drive in Worcester Park. Children who have turned three since the start of the academic year can join part-time, subject to available sessions and remaining places.
Ofsted graded early years provision Good at the inspection on 29 and 30 March 2022. That judgement covers the school’s early years provision rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Sound exploration gives the nursery curriculum a clear sequence. Autumn work begins with sounds in the environment and musical instruments, followed by activities involving body percussion, rhyme and voice sounds. Children explore differences between loud and quiet, hear rhyming stories and clap syllables. These are listening and speaking activities with a purpose: helping children recognise how sounds work.
By summer, the nursery phonics plan moves to oral blending and segmenting. In parent language, that means joining spoken sounds to recognise a word, then identifying the separate sounds within it. Toy talk and sound-clapping games make this work concrete. The plan also returns to earlier activities to consolidate learning.
In March 2022, phonics teaching began when children entered Nursery, with checks on their sound knowledge and additional reading help for children who needed it. Curriculum balance. The same inspection identified uneven preparation across the early years curriculum for later subject learning. For families, the useful distinction is between the specific reading work and the broader foundations children need; the early years judgement should be read alongside that concern.
Lunch club provides a choice between a hot school meal and a packed lunch. Full-day provision includes lunch club and a hot meal, making food part of the longer-day arrangement rather than a separate decision halfway through the day.
Support for additional needs sits within the school’s Ordinarily Available Provision framework. Its needs-led approach means support responds to a child’s difficulties rather than waiting for a diagnosis. Assess, Plan, Do, Review is the cycle used to consider whether support is working or whether more specialised help is needed. This gives parents a practical framework for discussing adjustments and reviewing them.
At the March 2022 inspection, children began learning about safety in early years, including how to respond to inappropriate online content. Inspectors also recorded that personal, social and health education began in early years, introducing relationships and consent in ways suited to children’s ages.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through their local council’s online process by the normal deadline. Applications under a Church criterion also require the relevant Supplementary Information Form to be returned directly to the school. Treat that application as a separate task when planning the move from nursery.
Morning and afternoon core sessions each last three hours. For 2026/27, lunch club runs from 11:30 to 12:15; an extended-day option runs from 14:30 to 15:15 for children using government funding for a full day.
Funding covers 15 hours a week over 38 weeks from the term after a child’s third birthday. Eligible working families can receive another 15 funded hours, giving 30 in total. Families outside that eligibility can self-fund the additional sessions. Lunch club and extended-day provision carry charges even when core sessions are funded; contact the school for current charges.
For enquiries, use the Admissions Interest Form or contact the school office. Tours can be booked through the admissions team.
Children who turn three after the academic year begins can join part-time, subject to available sessions and remaining places.
They explore environmental and instrumental sounds, rhyme and body percussion, then practise joining and separating spoken sounds through games.
The funding arrangement provides 15 weekly hours over 38 weeks from the term after the third birthday. Eligible working families can receive 30 hours in total.
Lunch club is always chargeable. It allows a hot school meal or packed lunch; the full-day option includes lunch club and a hot meal.
No. Reception requires a separate online application through the local council. A Church-criterion application also needs the school’s Supplementary Information Form.
