Welcome!
At Parley Pre School, we inspire curious, creative, and confident children. Our days are full of play, exploration, and imagination, giving children the freedom to follow their interests, ask questions, and try new things.
Our unique setting lets children immerse themselves in hands-on experiences. From jumping in muddy puddles barefoot to feel the soil beneath their feet, to strengthening core muscles on the slackline. Every moment sparks curiosity, creativity, and confidence, helping children grow at their own pace and love learning along the way.
OFSTED 2026: Children achieve extremely well at the setting. Children’s progress is particularly strong in communication and language. They engage in rich interactions and learn to express themselves, listen attentively and build a growing vocabulary. Children apply their learning with increasing independence. They are incredibly well prepared for their next stage of learning and show progress across all areas of their development.
Not all classrooms have four walls
Our days are full of play, exploration, and imagination, giving children the freedom to follow their interests, ask questions, and try new things.
We’re lucky to have an incredible outdoor space. Our room opens onto a safe, fenced area where children can play whenever they like, with a sports field and woodland beyond to explore. We don’t just tell children about the world — we want them to experience it. When it rains, we jump in muddy puddles! We encourage children to smell the earth, feel the wind, watch things grow, and see the seasons change. From balancing on the slackline to getting messy in the soil, every moment sparks curiosity, creativity, and confidence. Learning outside is fun, memorable, and full of discovery.
ART STUDIO
Creativity runs through everything we do. We love messy play, sensory experiences, and hands-on learning. Our dedicated Art Studio gives children the freedom to immerse themselves. This means painting boldly, exploring materials, and sometimes even painting themselves! It’s all about the joy of creating, not the finished product.
Children’s interests genuinely guide our day. If a child shows curiosity, we roll with it. Whether that means a child asking to make slime at 1pm and being covered head to toe by 1.10pm. We don’t follow themes that can limit imagination; instead, we go with the flow and let learning unfold naturally.
Our Pre-School. Our Family. Our Community
The local community is at the heart of everything we do. Children learn best through real-life experiences, so we’re always out and about, hopping on a bus to the library, racing around the skate park, visiting the fish at the garden centre or picking up ingredients for our snack bar. These experiences help children feel connected, confident, and valued. Based at West Parley Community Hub, we’re lucky to have such a vibrant community that offers endless opportunities for learning, social growth, and memorable adventures.
Curriculum
Also known as what they learn!
We have an ambitious curriculum where we take a holistic approach with each child. With our knowledge, from both parents and your child’s keyperson, we look at what we can focus on to help your child flourish. For us it is so much more than just academic acheivements that we focus on. We want every child to have the best possible language skills, ability to be creative and a critical thinker, high emotional well being and the confidence to take risks and try new things. We believe this gives every child the skills and knowledge they need to be ready for school and for life.
CREATIVE
- Be imaginative and expressive
- Engage in imaginative play
- Experiment with colour mixing
- Create and use resources to support play
- Be a problem solver
- Try out different methods
- Have a desire to investigate
- Express thoughts and feelings
- Enjoy mark making
- Write for purpose
CURIOUS
- Take risks and try new things
- Enjoy exploring and looking after the natural world around them
- Find solutions
- Explore mathematical concepts
- Have a desire to explore
- Test new ideas
- Investigate how things work
- Have a love of books
- Question why things happen
CONFIDENT
- Be able to communicate thoughts and ideas
- Have confidence in their own abilities
- Have a ‘can do’ attitude
- Develop self care skills
- Be healthy and active
- Play alongside peers
- Be able to negotiate and compromise
- Show resilience
- Become more independent
Parley Pre-School
It’s great to be back after half term and to have most of the day with no rain!
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Can you help? We need a huge cardboard box ideally 70cm x 70cm by 100cm. Or 2 boxes we can tape together. 🤞
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We are absolutely thrilled to share that our Ofsted report has now been published. We are incredibly proud to be the first setting in Dorset
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Mini party hats for a mini dog party. 🥳 💜
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The new OFSTED inspection grading system explained for parents. We are expecting our OFSTED report to be published by the end of the week so
New Ofsted report cards and grades: a guide for parents
Ofsted has improved how we report the findings of education inspections. We’ve designed our new-look report cards with parents and carers in mind, to give y...
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A roundup of our week. 💜
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The plan was to head out for an afternoon walk… So we just put on our wellies and coats. No waterproofs needed for ‘just’ a
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When the clean up is just as important as the play. It may look as though we just like to get messy but there is