Welcome to St. Paul's Early Years Foundation Stage

Our school vision.

 Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me' Matthew 19:14.

We are all equally important, listened to and loved by God.

We are a Christian school and we value  being

-encouraging and challenging

brave and kind

thankful and thoughtful

Our EYFS Unit

Our EYFS unit combines our 30 place (15 per session) Nursery provision as well as a Reception intake of 45 children. 

There are two classes in our Early Years. Each class is led by a class teacher. During their time in our unit, all pupils will work with both class teachers as well as all of our teaching assistants and our Senior Early Years Educator on a range of child-initiated and adult-led activities.

All children are allocated a named Key Person prior to their start with us in EYFS. 

Entry into EYFS (Nursery or Reception)  September 2025

Parent's Information Meeting

If your child will be with us in EYFS (Nursery or Reception) in September 2024 you are  invited you to a meeting about starting life at St Paul's on Tuesday 25th June at 2pm beginning with refreshments served by the PTA in the front playground and then an informative talk starting at 2.30 in the school hall.

This meeting is not suitable for children to attend (we will hold taster sessions at a later time for them)

Individual Meetings

For Reception children who have not been to our Nursery provision there will be an opportunity for you to come into school to meet their class teacher. This will be instead of a home visit. These meetings will take place during the week beginning 30th June. Times will be allocated in 30 minute slots  due to teacher commitments

For all Nursery children who are not already in our Nursery provision there will be an opportunity for you to come into school to meet their class teacher. This will be instead of a home visit. These meetings will take place  during the first week in September. Times will be allocated in 30 minute slots  due to teacher commitments

Taster Sessions

We will hold some short taster sessions. These will be in July for Reception aged children and in September for Nursery aged children.

You will be notified of this information in your started pack. (via email and in paper at the information meeting)

Please note that we will not have the capacity to change the date or time of the allocated session should your child not be able to attend. 

A 'Staggered Start'

To be able to get to know all of the children joining us as well as those who are making the transition from Nursery to Reception, we have a 'staggered start for all our children including those who already attended our Nursery provision.

Individual dates and times will be given to you via email and at the Parent's Information Meeting on June 24th.

Reception children attend full time from Monday 15th September.

Meet the Team

Our adults in EYFS  are committed to enriching your child’s learning and to provide your child with a secure foundation to support them as they move through school. We promote positive learning behaviours, in line with the Characteristics of Effective Learning which consists of creativity, activity, persistence, resilience and independence, as we explore, problem solve and collaborate within the Unit.

Your child will experience a balance of child initiated opportunities and challenges and adult directed focused learning sessions.

For further information, please read our Early Years ‘Intent’ document.

During there time in EYFS all our adults will work with the children.

Our support staff are:

Mrs Saunders  ~ Senior Early Years Educator, Speech and language support,  (full time )

Mrs Kalsi ~ Teaching Assistant, speech and language support, Lego Therapy. (Monday to Thursday)

Miss Gilbert ~ Teaching Assistant, lunch time support (full time and lunches)

Mrs Arora~ Teaching Assistant, lunchtime support (full time and lunches)

Miss Rowley ~ Teaching  Assistant  ( full time)

Mr Barnes ~ EYFS PE teacher, teaching assistant (Thursday and Friday afternoons)

Visit Us

If you would like to have a personal tour of our EYFS unit and the school please contact the school office to arrange a visit.

Tel: 01926 425361

Email: admin3371@welearn365.com

We look forward to seeing you soon.