{"id":1492,"date":"2014-10-17T10:11:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T09:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/?page_id=1492"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:43:05","slug":"jwshome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Wheatley Nursery School Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nursery-lgo-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nursery-lgo-1024x398.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nursery-lgo-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nursery-lgo-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nursery-lgo-1536x598.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nursery-lgo-2048x797.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><\/h3>\n<h2><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Welcome<\/strong> to <b>Wheatley Nursery School<\/b>. We put the children and families needs at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves in meeting the needs of all of our children on their individual journey.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>We are a welcoming and inclusive school.\u00a0<\/b>Governors, staff and families are committed to working together to provide a high quality approach to education and care for young\u00a0 children. We believe every child matters and strive to provide rich experiences that support each child\u2019s unique\u00a0 development based on early childhood principles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>At Wheatley Nursery School our vision\u00a0is that through everything we do we are:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b> \u00a0 \u2018 Igniting the spark to become inquisitive learners for life\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2018To know more, to remember more, to achieve more\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We are very proud to be one of the six maintained N<strong>ursery Schools<\/strong> in \u00a0Oxfordshire. We are led by a \u00a0governing body, a Headteacher and Early Years teachers\/practitioners, all specialists in the Foundation Stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shotover Nursery Schools Federation<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/544d64d6-ea31-4ff8-b9b4-b3669bfda626-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/544d64d6-ea31-4ff8-b9b4-b3669bfda626-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/544d64d6-ea31-4ff8-b9b4-b3669bfda626-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/544d64d6-ea31-4ff8-b9b4-b3669bfda626-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/544d64d6-ea31-4ff8-b9b4-b3669bfda626-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/544d64d6-ea31-4ff8-b9b4-b3669bfda626.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our school is part of the Shotover Nursery Schools Federation and is federated with Headington Quarry \u00a0Nursery School, the two schools share a headteacher and a governing body.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.headingtonquarry-nursery.org.uk\">Headington Quarry Nursery School<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We offer government funded places of either <strong>15 or 30 hours<\/strong> (according to the government criteria and with an appropriate eligibility code), for children the term <strong>after their 3rd birthday<\/strong> \u00a0in our Nursery school provision. In Little Windmills our provision for <strong>2 year olds,<\/strong> we offer funded places and fee paying places.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recognise that starting nursery is a child&#8217;s first experience of education and that children\u2019s earliest experiences of learning lay the foundations necessary for them to become confident in themselves as learners for their whole lives. There are many opportunities\u00a0to ensure that while your child is at nursery, we get to know them and you and everyone else who is important to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to come and look around our high quality learning environment then please contact Anna on the email address below to arrange this. We look forward to welcoming you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Wilson<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to have a paper copy of anything on this website, please contact the school office on admin@wheatleynurseryschool.com<\/p>\n<p>If there is anything else you would like to know, please do not hesitate to ask our staff who we will be happy to help.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>2025\/2026 Term dates <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WNS-Calendar-25_26.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of WNS Calendar 25_26.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0b17a819-9916-4e5c-8d8f-12c117eef925\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WNS-Calendar-25_26.pdf\">WNS Calendar 25_26<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WNS-Calendar-25_26.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0b17a819-9916-4e5c-8d8f-12c117eef925\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mag.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mag-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Wheatley Nursery School. 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