Lift Hazelwood Primary School will introduce an additional 15 nursery places for three-year-olds from September, after securing funding from the Department for Education and Lift Schools.
The investment will fund internal remodelling work over the summer holidays to create extra nursery space ahead of the new academic year.
The school has gone out to tender for the project and aims to complete the work before pupils return in September.
Lift Hazelwood already provides nursery places for two and three-year-olds. However, rising demand in recent years has led to waiting lists forming.
The expansion is also expected to benefit children already enrolled, enabling more two-year-olds to continue at the school as they progress through early years education with familiar staff and routines.
Suzanne Lloyd, Principal of Lift Hazelwood Primary, said: “This expansion means we can build on the strong relationships we already have with families and ensure that more children can benefit from a settled, high-quality start to their education close to home.”
Karl Sampson, Regional Education Director for Lift Schools, said the investment was a response to local need and would help more children access high-quality early education in a trusted setting.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said school-based nurseries were helping fill gaps in communities where childcare is hardest to find, while supporting parents with access to childcare close to home.
