St Margaret's Nursery School

Children enter the school between the ages of 3 years 1 month and 3 years 9 months and, because of local arrangements for admission to primary schools, spend between three and five terms in the school. Half of the children attend on a part-time basis; the remainder attend for an extended day. Children come from a wide range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds and a higher proportion than usually found are learning English as an additional language. A small percentage have learning difficulties and disabilities. The school is subject to reorganisation: plans are underway for it to become a children's centre in September 2008. It already provides a weekly parent and toddler group and a toy library for parents, carers, childminders and other pre-school providers.