Welcome to St Philip’s Marsh Nursery School

We are a lively, flourishing Local Authority Nursery School in Bristol, serving children from 2 to 5 years old and their families. Our school has become the heart of our community, welcoming families who travel from many areas across Bristol to join us. What makes us special is our deeply inclusive ethos – we celebrate the diverse cultures, languages and life experiences that every family brings, creating a vibrant community where everyone belongs.

Our experienced team includes a Headteacher, Deputy Head, qualified teachers, Early Years Practitioners and support staff who are passionate about early years education. Each child is supported by a dedicated key person who gets to know them and their family well. We place children firmly at the heart of everything we do, using their interests to guide our activities and helping them develop language, social skills, self-confidence and independence. Through our broad, balanced curriculum, creative indoor spaces and wonderful outdoor garden, we give children the security and freedom they need to explore, learn and thrive. Whether your child needs support through visuals, Makaton, or early intervention groups, our skilled team ensures every child makes progress from their own starting point, building a strong foundation for their future learning journey.

We won the cup

We won the cup

In June 2014 the School entered Bristol in Bloom's School Garden Competition 'Learning Through Gardening' which is run in conjunction with Bristol City Council Allotment Section.  We were thrilled to be judged 'Gold Medal Overall Winner'. On Friday 3 October, Mr...

New vegetable beds

Over the summer our vegetable beds were replaced with permanent concrete ones.  Pat Fitton (who was a teacher and Deputy Head at the School for many years until she retired) has been very busy over the last couple of weeks painting the vegetable beds and is currently...

Come to our Apple Pressing Tour

Come to our Apple Pressing Tour

Apple Day is an annual celebration, held in October, of apples and orchards in the UK.  As we grow apples here at St Philip's Marsh Nursery School we are holding our own apple celebration on Friday 17th October.  The children will be taking part in apple-related...

ZooLab visit the Nursery

ZooLab visit the Nursery

On Tuesday Georgie from ZooLab came to introduce us to some of her special friends.  ZooLab deliver exciting, memorable and high quality animal handling experiences within the education sector. ZooLab's classic Minibeasts Workshop is designed for nursery age children...

Our second exciting adventure to Forest School

Our second exciting adventure to Forest School

Our second Forest School adventure took place on 9th July and, again, it was an amazing day.  This time, as we had morning children, all day and afternoon children the logistics were quite complex but we were helped out by Tony Turner's Coaches who provided a coach to...

African Caribbean Day a roaring success

African Caribbean Day a roaring success

The sun shone for our annual African Caribbean Day.  The children enjoyed a day of workshops including making (and eating) fruit kebabs, necklaces, shakers, flags, clay models, palm trees and collages, listening to music and stories from Africa and the Caribbean and...

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