Welcome to Pre-School

St James’ Community Pre-school is a small, vibrant and happy setting.

We are part of St James’ CofE School and follow the same high standards and school ethos. As the preschool is in a school setting, we open in term time only. We have a team of fully qualified, nurturing and supportive practitioners; ready to help your children on their way to reaching their full potential and transition into school.

Communication and Language

Supporting your child’s communication and language development is a vital part of what we do in Preschool. We have recently achieved ‘Communication Friendly Setting’ status after completing Elklan training as an Early Years team. This has given us the tools to build your child’s skills to their full potential.

If you feel your child needs additional support with their speech and language, we have resources which can help.

Phonics

In Preschool we use listening an attention games to build up the ability to learn. We later use Read, Write Inc. to teach the initial sounds before the children move on to Reception.