St Mark’s Nursery school operates from a church hall and includes an exciting outdoor area with a playground, lawn and wooded area. It was set up by Sheila Parsons and has historically gained an outstanding in all areas for the last three Ofsted inspections. The old headmistress also gained an OBE for services to nursery education, however she stepped down in 2016. Her deputy head has now taken over the nursery and has been running it since September 2017. He is running it along roughly the same lines but has renovated the outside area and internal parts of the nursery. The school has been highly regarded for the quality of teaching and creative learning experiences and school activities include: yoga and meditation, drawing and painting, cooking, handicrafts, modelling, collage, movement, music, violin and dance. While the school does introduce phonics and mathematics, more formal subjects are only introduced when a child is considered developmentally ready: the emphasis is on the teaching being constantly adapted to fit children’s needs. Children are always taught in small groups, allowing for individual attention and all staff members are Early Years qualified. The classrooms are in the basement of a church building with a good amount of space suitable for this age group. Children go onto a range of state and independent schools including Connaught House, Northbridge House and Devonshire House
Address: St Mark’s Church St Mark’s Square Regents Park Road NW1 7TN
Phone number: 020 586 8383
Website: www.stmarkshall.co.uk
