Our Nursery

Hello & Welcome

At Langley, our Nursery provision is the start of a child’s journey with us so we are passionate about getting this right.

We know that there are lots of things to consider when choosing a Nursery for your child and hope that any questions you may have will be answered in the information below.

When you’ve read through everything please feel free to give us a call (0191 6432026) or drop us an email if you have any further questions.

Mr S Ward - Headteacher

Nursery provision at Langley

We would love for your child to join our happy, welcoming Nursery. We aim to provide the children with a home-from-home experience with lots of exciting and new opportunities to express themselves, whilst also nurturing your child’s individuality and interests. We have two Nursery classes, led by qualified teachers. Your child can attend for three days from 8.55am - 3.15pm, Monday - Wednesday or Wednesday - Friday. We offer further hours of free nursery provision and paid-for hours, in conjunction with our on-site childcare provider Schools Out. All the information can be found below. If you have any questions once you have reviewed our site please do not hesitate to contact school.

Our Nursery curriculum

The children in our Nursery are taught by fully-qualified teachers and highly skilled early years teaching assistants.

We plan a balanced curriculum offering the children learning opportunities based on new experiences as well as those based on the children’s individual interests. The children have access to both our indoor classroom and outdoor area.

We focus on the Prime Areas and Characteristics of Learning of the EYFS to give your child the best start to their education. We will encourage them to develop and use a rich and wide range of vocabulary, we nurture and help them develop their social and emotional skills and we provide a mountain of opportunities to practise their gross and fine motor development.

As well as this we put a huge emphasis on developing a love for reading; enter our Nursery classroom and you will find children reading stories, re-telling and acting stories out, asking a grown-up to scribe a story for them and painting or creating characters and props for stories in our creative area. We develop children’s interest in maths through play and planned activities, and we challenge them to extend their mathematical thinking. We have a passion for teaching early phonics skills and we do this through games, songs and activities.

Our Nursery environment

We are very lucky to have a wonderful space for our children.

The Nursery classroom is large yet welcoming and we aim to provide a stimulating environment full of authentic resources that inspire the children to be curious and creative. Our outdoor area provides the children with a great space to run, jump, dig, climb and imagine.

We provide many open-ended resources throughout our Nursery and we enhance areas of the classroom and plan activities around the children's interests. In addition to this we plan specific activities and themes ourselves to spark interest and develop your child’s awe and wonder about the world around them.

Nursery sessions

We have two Nursery classes that each attend for three days. When you apply for a Nursery place you can choose which pattern of attendance you prefer (subject to availability)

Beginning of the Week 'Caterpillar' Class

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

8.55am - 3.15pm

End of the Week 'Butterfly' Class

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

8.55am - 3.15pm

Langley Nursery offer 19 hours of education (3 full days) within the school Nursery setting. This comprises of 15 hours of free nursery education, plus our 'Langley Explorers' session.

Langley offers children 15 hours of free nursery education from the September after they turn 3 years old. We also offer our 'Langley Explorers' session which is free for those entitled to 30 hours free childcare or £18 per session for those who are not eligible.To check your eligibility please click this link https://www.gov.uk/free-childcare-if-working/check-youre-eligible

Our on-site privately ran provider, School's Out, are able to offer further hours of free nursery provision and paid-for hours. They offer the additional hours between 7.30am-5.45pm.

What is Langley Explorers?

‘Langley Explorers’ is a session where exploration, challenge, and imagination leads the way! We will spend the Langley Explorers sessions developing your child’s resilience, problem solving and team-work through building dens, whittling sticks, having campfires and completing challenges; this will provide additional experiences to support your child’s holistic development, fostering growth in physical, cognitive, social, and emotional areas.

Apply now for September 2025!

We have places available in Nursery for a September 2025 start. Please get in touch with the school office to request a place.

If you are interested in our offer for 2026/27, please email the school office.

School office contact details:

0191 6432026

office@langleyfirst.org.uk

30 hour offer

In order to receive over 15 hours of free childcare you must be eligible and provide us with an eligibility code. This code can be used for 'Langley Explorers', Schools Out and any other private provider.

To access the governments 30 hours free entitlement please watch the video, check eligibility and complete the online application, a link for which can be found here.

For more information concerning our on-site childcare provider click here