Pre-School

Welcome to Pre-School

The beginning of your Penwortham Journey...

Meet the team (left to right)

Mrs Barlow- EYFS Lead Teacher

Mrs Weeks- TA

Mrs Moncrief- TA

Miss Wilson TA

Our Pre-School is a happy, friendly and welcoming place where we pride ourselves on developing close relationships with our children and their families. 

In Pre-school, we aim to develop the whole child and offer children a wide range of learning experiences whilst also tailoring learning to their individual needs, interests and in the moment engagement. Our team have a great awareness of child development and have the ability to implement any area of learning to children’s in the moment play, which will follow any individual next steps to scaffold play and extend learning. 

We believe that children learn at their best when they feel safe, secure, confident and happy. We wish to provide fun, exciting learning experiences whilst also offering a calm, caring and nurturing environment for children to develop a sense of community and build a secure foundation. Our pre-school children have access to the indoors and outdoors and exposure to our wider curriculum, meaning they’re very much a part of our school community. 

Here is our lovely classroom

Throughout our curriculum our team will concentrate on the depth of learning and provide opportunities for children to develop a deeper understanding in all areas. We will use our professional judgements to monitor when to ‘move on’ through our curriculum. We will also re visit learning experiences and offer challenge as the children develop their skills. Repetition is great for young children and embeds sticky learning and memory skills. 

Download our curriculum plan here

It’s the perfect foundation for pre-school years, and attendance can support admission into our Reception class intake. 

Places and funding information 

Children can join us in our pre-school in the academic year before they are due to start school. Every 3- 4 year old is entitled to 15 hours of funded pre-school education from the Government the term after their 3rd birthday. 

Working parents of 3 and 4 year olds may be entitled to 30 hours free childcare. Eligible parents are welcome to use their entitlement flexibly throughout the day between 7.45am - 6pm. Please see our parent guide to 30 hour funding to help check your eligibility:

Parents can choose the sessions they would like their child to attend. There is also a breakfast and afterschool club which operates outside of our school hours.  

Download our Pre-School prospectus here 

Visit Us 

Our door is always open and we’d love to welcome you to visit the Pre-School, our teachers and our amazing children in the Pre-School. 

Useful documents