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.
Gold Medal and Overall Winner for our garden
We are delighted to announce that we were the overall winners in the Bristol in Bloom's School Garden Competition. The judge had the following to say about our garden: "The Commitment of the Head Teacher is reflected in his members of staff; parents are kept up to...
Bristol Post’s ‘win a minibus’ competition
We have entered the Bristol Post's 'win a minibus' competition. The minibus will be won by a group drawn at random from all completed entries. We will need to collect 100 tokens per entry. The more tokens we collect, the more entries we can make and therefore the...
Releasing our butterflies
To fit in with our themes of ‘changes’ and ‘patterns’, the children learnt about the life cycle of the butterfly. The children observed them grow from tiny caterpillars to large caterpillars and change into pupa (chrysallis). At this stage we transferred them to...
Our exciting first adventure to Forest School
On Wednesday 25th June we had our first adventure to Forest School. On arrival the children were able to do butterfly drawings as registration took place. We then had a 'welcome time' of songs and a game, followed by the important head count and 'buddy allocation'....
Photo competition draws high standard of entries
Thank you to all the children, parent/carers and staff who entered this year's photo competition. This year's categories were patterns, colour and light and celebration. We had some amazing entries. This year's photography competition was judged by Dr Shawn...
Forest School at Arnos Vale Cemetery
We are offering children the chance to attend Forest School at Arnos Vale Cemetery on Wednesday 25th June (from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon). Dropping off and collection will be at The Spielman Centre (café building) at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road. Members of staff...