About us
Who we are
Welcome to Purley Nursery School
Welcome to the Purley Nursery Website. Inspired by our vision ‘Achieving and Growing Together’, we at Purley Nursery celebrate diversity and the unique strengths and talents within every member of our school community. We strive to ignite independence and a ‘love for learning’ in all our children through our dedicated and passionate staff. Our mission to create ‘happy and confident learners’ is fundamental to our ethos.
As Head of School, I welcome you to visit us to see ‘learning in action’ and find out about all the opportunities we can provide for your child and family. Staff are always happy to provide support and information for all aspects of family life and child development. We look forward to seeing you
Our vision - 'Achieving and Growing Together'
At Purley Nursery School we are passionate about all our school community working together to inspire, strive, grow and achieve. We are relentless in our drive to inspire every member of our school community to develop a love for learning and to be proud of all achievements great or small.
Our mission - 'Happy confident learners'
At Purley Nursery School we are passionate about all our school community working together to inspire, strive, grow and achieve. We are relentless in our drive to inspire every member of our school community to develop a love for learning and to be proud of all achievements great or small.
Our values - 'Caring, Independence, Respectful'
As a school we are passionate and proud to ensure at every member of our school community knows that they are cared for, respected and valued. Our values are reflective of our approach in developing learners throughout our lifetime, celebrating each child’s uniqueness across our rich diverse school community. We live these values in all areas of our school and strive to form strong supportive partnerships with parents/carers to do so.
Research has shown that children learn more in the first five years than at any other time in their lives. We will:
1. establish strong links with parents/carers, involving them in their children's progress and the ways in which they learn, recognising the crucial role of parental involvement in their child's education.
2. ensure that the transition from home/other nursery settings to this nursery and later from Nursery on to Reception Class is a happy time.
3. value and promote the diversity of race, culture, beliefs and faiths which the children and their families bring.
4. provide high quality teaching and learning experiences which will enable every child to become a happy and confident learner, recognising that each child will develop at their own pace and in their own way physically, intellectually, socially and emotionally.
Equality & Inclusion
We have a very high commitment towards Equal Opportunities across the whole Centre in order to ensure the highest levels of achievement for everyone. We all support this through planning to create an enviroment full of opportunities for everyone who attends.
We are opposed to stereotyping, racial prejudice or harassment and will take firm action to prevent this at all times. We will challenge any incidents that show discrimination or prejudice.
Special Educational Needs
We strongly promote an inclusive ethos across the whole school and aim to meet the needs of all children. We identify and prioritise those children whose needs can be better supported through carefully planned specific intervention.
The advice and support of other professionals: Nursery Support Teacher (LA Inclusion Team), Speech and Language Therapist and Educational Psychologist is given on a regular, planned basis.
If you have any concerns regarding your child's learning and development, come and speak to Polly Jones - SENCO.
Admissions form
For more information and to apply for a nursery place, complete an application form and return it to the office, by post or email it to:
office@purley.croydon.sch.uk.
