INSPIRING CURIOSITY, INDEPENDENCE & A LIFE-LONG LOVE OF LEARNING
Blackhall Nursery
ABOUT US!
We are a voluntary sector nursery with charitable status, working in partnership with the council to provide pre-school education in the Blackhall Primary School catchment area. We have a close relationship with Blackhall Primary School as well as other schools and businesses in the community.

CHAIR
LISA NETTLETON
With a long-standing career in early years and primary education, across both the local authority and independent sectors, I am passionate about creating nurturing, inspiring environments where every child can flourish during the crucial early and primary stages of their education and development.
The more I have learned about Blackhall Nursery, the more impressed I have become by its strong sense of community, underpinned by the professionalism and dedication of the management team and early years practitioners.
I am a firm believer in the importance of partnership between parents and educators, and I have been particularly drawn to Blackhall Nursery’s excellent parent and Carer Committee and Board members, who give their time so generously to ensure every child enjoys an exceptional early years’ experience.
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Becoming more involved with Blackhall Nursery has been a real privilege. This nursery provides an outstanding start for young learners - one rooted in joy, curiosity, and genuine partnership with families. This is evident every day in the way children are empowered to explore, feel curious and lead their own learning safe in the care and expertise of adults who know them well.
Blackhall Nursery is a place where children, families, and staff learn alongside one another, and it is a privilege to be part of such a vibrant and forward-looking community.
OUR STAFF
Our Nursery is run by qualified childcare professionals with support from a voluntary Board of Directors and a Parent and Carer Committee. We have a higher than required ratio of staff to children as research has indicated that this is the most important factor in early years education.
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Our staff are dedicated to providing the very best learning and nurturing experience for each child in our care.
OUR VALUES
At Blackhall Nursery our aim is to inspire curiosity, independence and a life-long love of learning that enables our children to fulfil their potential and be active contributors to our community and the wider world. Our values are woven through everything we do. Our values are:
Kindness is doing something for someone else, not because they can’t, but because you can.
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Inclusion is knowing and showing that everyone belongs, no exceptions.
Respect is speaking and acting in a way that shows you care -about yourself, other people and the world.
Responsibility is making your own decisions and accepting the consequences of your actions.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even if it is the harder thing.
Confidence is not always being right but knowing that it is okay to be wrong.
Click to read more about our Visions, Aims and Values.
WHAT OUR FAMILIES THINK

Click here to read some of the fantastic feedback we received from parents.
BLACKHALL COMMUNITY TRUST
Blackhall Community Trust (BCT) was formed in 2016 to enable the Blackhall community to take ownership of the current nursery building ‘Ravelston Park Pavilion’ and to redevelop it into a community-run building housing Blackhall Nursery and a new space for community use. Please visit the Trust’s website www.blackhallcommunitytrust.org.uk to learn more about the journey to date, and if you would like to show your support, or to get involved, please apply for Trust membership (free) by completing an application form on their website. The more members the better!
Blackhall Nursery and its families support the work of BCT and we work with them towards the shared goal of a wonderful, new nursery building in the future.
