Our Ethos

The Reggio Inspired Approach

Our Environment

Our Reggio Inspired approach to learning uses the natural environment as a third teacher, creating a welcoming and homely space in which children can play and investigate, building and developing key skills for later life.

Having carefully thought out and crafted our unique and inspiring environments, we are confident that our approach supports children during their transition to starting and settling into nursery, to our safe and welcoming spaces, as well as providing children with the fundamental skills and confidence for their all important move to school.

Providing natural and opened ended resources in our children's rooms within the nursery, has built an environment rich with awe and wonder, ignites their natural curiosity to explore and discover, allowing our children to freely choose to participate in their own learning and development.

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A school needs to be a place for all children, not based on an idea that they are all the same, but that they are all different
- Loris Magaluzzi
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Why Choose Our Walmley Nursery?

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Our Services

We provide a service all year round, closing only on bank holidays and between Christmas Day and New Years Day.

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Our Quality Childcare

Providing premium quality care through our home from home environments, offering unqiue and quality experiences to all of our children, we pride ourselves on being the best!

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Parent Partnership

Our caring, friendly and experienced team of early years practitioners are dedicated to building strong bonds and relationships with all parents, working together to provide the best start in life for all children.

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Promoting Health & Wellbeing

All of our fresh and nutritional meals and snacks are catered for on site daily, by our trained chef.

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Children's Learning Journal's

At The Old School House Nurseries we understand its important for parents to be kept up to date on where their child is in their development. Our handy online learning journal allows our parents too see what their child is working towards and learning goals they have achieved!

Your Child

Our Child Led Environments

The Reggio Emilia Approach is an innovative and inspiring approach to early childhood education which values the child as strong, capable and resilient; rich with wonder and knowledge.

Every child brings with them deep curiosity and potential and this innate curiosity drives their interest to understand their world and their place within it.

The approach we embedded through our nurseries, gives us as practitioners the fundamental principles, which we have adapted to our nursery environments and daily practice.

Our environments have been pieced together with our children at the centre of everything, designed to inspire our children, encourage our children to explore with the freedom to be creative, whilst learning fundamental skills through play.

We have chosen the unique and exciting approach for children at our nurseries as we believe this has created a warm and welcoming place that gives our children a sense of belonging in an environment in which they can thrive and grow.

Our Practitioners & Parent Partnerships

Our practitioners value and allow our children to use their own natural curiosity and creativity to help guide their development and reach their potential, with the support of our passionate and knowledge practitioners and key workers.

Here at The Old School House Day Nurseries, we are one big family! We believe that the key to children’s developmental success is working in partnership with families and parents.

Our team of friendly and welcoming practitioners are on hand to support children, parents and families with such events are potty training, eating and much more both in and out of nursery.

Key benefits of the Reggio Inspired approach

Take a look at our prospectus

You can find more information about our ethos, how we support children's development and our environments in our prospectus

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A Word From Our Parents


"Such an incredible nursery, never seen any nursery similar or take the same approach. The staff always go the extra mile, to make parents and children comfortable and happy with their experience. Really love my daughter attending this nursery. Highly recommend!"

- Beau's Mom, Walmley
The team are so lovely, helpful and knowledgeable. I love that they always have new and fun activities going on like sing and sign and there is never a dull day.

- Adeline's Mom, Walmley
Dolly's development has really come on since being at the nursery. The staff are really caring and understand her needs. She absolutely loves it there!

- Dolly's Mom, Middleton