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Nursery at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery 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 If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Curious Creators brings nursery and Reception children together in one class, giving Haggonfields’ youngest children a shared early years setting within the primary school. The nursery is part-time, at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School on Marjorie Street in Rhodesia, Worksop. The school’s age range starts at three.
Imagination and independence are the nursery’s stated aims. The nursery describes an approach based on play, exploration and discovery. At the inspection on 7 and 8 January 2025, Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Good. That judgement covers early years within the school; it is not a separate nursery rating.
Language gives the early years day a clear focus. In January 2025, adults demonstrated how to pronounce words, giving children opportunities to practise. Stories and reading together helped children develop their language, while activities gave them opportunities to use what they had learned. For a child developing speech, this connects adult examples with their own participation.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the framework for children’s learning, development, health and safety. Its seven learning areas bring language, physical development and emotional and social development together with literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts. This means early education extends beyond letters and numbers to how children communicate, move and relate to others.
Play has a purpose within that framework. Exploring, persisting with an activity and developing ideas are its three characteristics of effective learning. These help explain why trying something, returning to it and working out a solution matter alongside the finished result.
Prospective parents are encouraged to visit and discuss their child’s needs and the hopes they have for them. That conversation gives families an opportunity to explain the child behind the application. For special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the school’s SEN coordinator can be contacted at hps-senco@hps.snmat.org.uk.
SEND support. In January 2025, curriculum adjustments across the school were inconsistent, and staff needed further expertise and resources to make them appropriate. This was a school-wide concern rather than a finding confined to nursery. Families of children with SEND should make the discussion of individual learning needs a priority.
Food is prepared daily in the school’s own kitchen using produce sourced locally. This describes the school’s meal provision, rather than establishing a nursery meal entitlement. Meal questions go to the school office.
Attending the nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal school admissions process. Haggonfields directs school-place applications through Nottinghamshire County Council.
Sharing Curious Creators with Reception children is a classroom arrangement, not an admissions entitlement. Keep those two questions separate when planning the next stage: familiarity with the class does not secure a place.
Nursery enquiries go through the academy office: telephone 01909 473992 or email office@hps.snmat.org.uk. Visits are encouraged before families decide, with an opportunity to talk through their child’s needs.
For a visit, parking is possible in the school car park or along Marjorie Street. The address is Marjorie Street, Rhodesia, Worksop, S80 3HP.
Yes. Curious Creators includes both nursery and Reception children.
The school’s early years provision was judged Good at the inspection on 7 and 8 January 2025. This is not a separate nursery inspection grade.
No. A separate Reception application is required through the normal school admissions process. School-place applications go through Nottinghamshire County Council.
Yes. Visits are encouraged, including discussion of your child’s needs and your aspirations for them.
Contact the academy office on 01909 473992 or at office@hps.snmat.org.uk.
