Nursery
Our facilities and ethos
The Nursery is self-contained, with its own entrance, three spacious rooms, toilet facilities and an outdoor area. We aim to develop a love for learning, creativity and problem solving, encouraging children to become independent learners through playing and exploring as well as through fun, adult-directed activities that aim to further support or extend their learning. The children have opportunities to practise and consolidate new skills and to apply their learning in different contexts in a stimulating environment with a wide range of resources that are easily accessible for child initiated learning both inside and outside.
We provide the children with opportunities to enable them to understand how to be responsible, respectful, active citizens through an understanding of our Belmont Values: Be Safe, Be a Learner and Be Respectful.
The induction period for children in the Nursery is carefully planned to develop the relationships between home and school and to allow each child to become known as an individual and to feel confident and secure within the setting. Early in the autumn term, the class teacher and another member of the nursery team make a home visit to each child. Children and their parents are also invited for a drop-in morning or afternoon with the other children due to attend the same sessions. This enables staff, children and parents to begin to get to know one another and gives parents the opportunity to ask questions. In their first two weeks, children attend for half their sessions so that group sizes are kept small.
If you have any queries about Belmont nursery, please contact the school office, who will be glad to assist.
Nursery Admissions September 2026
Children born between 1st September 2022 and 31st August 2023 are eligible for a nursery place in September 2026. Applications will open in January 2026.
Our nursery has 52 places for 15 hours per week and we also offer additional paid for sessions for up to another 15 hours per week.
Parents can apply for a nursery place directly to the School by completing an application form and returning it to the School Office. “Starting in a Hounslow School Nursery in September 2026” is available on a PDF on the Hounslow website www.hounslow.gov.uk/nurseryadmissions. Forms can be requested from the Office or downloaded from the Hounslow Council website (address above) from January. All applications must be submitted no later than March 2026 to the school either via email (messages@belmont.hounslow.sch.uk) or by bringing a physical copy of the form to reception.
Where the number of children applying by the published closing date exceeds the number of places, applications are considered in the following order of priority:
1. Looked after or previously looked after children
2. Exceptional Medical and Social Need
3. Sibling
4. Children of staff – children of any member of staff
5. Distance
Once a child is accepted, parents will be given the opportunity to pay for additional sessions, so their child can come for a full day. These additional places are subject to availability and allocated on a first come, first served basis. For more details, click the link below.
Open Days
Please see our admissions page for open day dates and sign ups. There will be additional open days for Nursery later in the year which will be specific for nursery but you are very welcome to come along to the general ones taking place this term.
https://belmontprimaryschool.org.uk/school_info/admission-open-days/
Early Years Foundation Stage
Intent
At Belmont Primary School we are committed to providing a high quality Early Years education which gives children a secure and confident start to their school life and nurtures a lifelong love of learning. We offer the children a broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life. All children begin school with a variety of experiences and learning. It is the privilege of the Early Years practitioners to build upon that prior learning and experience. This is done through a holistic approach to learning, ensuring that parents, carers, and teachers work effectively together to support all children’s learning and development. We aim to ensure there are regular opportunities for children to participate in activities that provide pupils with meaningful opportunities to understand how to be responsible, respectful, active citizens who contribute positively to society and enrich Cultural Capital. Children acquire a wide vocabulary and secure knowledge of phonics through focused teaching.
Implementation
Children have access to a stimulating and inspiring indoor and outdoor learning environment with resources chosen to meet the children’s needs and promote learning. We encourage confidence, independence and a desire to learn. Books are used to support learning in all areas of the indoor and outdoor learning environments and stories/poems and rhymes are read/sung aloud frequently. Children have opportunities to develop and embed maths skills in a wide range of contexts. Parents/carer’s feel equipped to support children in all areas of the curriculum.
Impact
Children develop detailed knowledge and skills across the seven areas of learning in an age-appropriate way. The majority of children achieve the early learning goals, particularly in mathematics and literacy. Children use their knowledge of phonics to read accurately and with increasing speed and fluency. Ensure children’s vocabulary and understanding of language develops across the all areas of learning through appropriate labels, texts, poems, rhymes and songs.
Policies
Please find the EYFS policy in the Policy and Procedures page on the website.
