Filton Avenue Nursery School opened on August 31st 1939. The school was closed again at 3.30pm on September 1st because of the outbreak of World War II.

Following a meeting with parents the school re-opened six weeks later, and stayed open throughout the war, only closing for public holidays and lack of coal to heat the building. In those days there were four separate nursery classes with an air-raid shelter in the back garden.

‘An air-raid practice was conducted, with older children collecting their own gas masks. The children were all in the shelters in two and half minutes and there were no tears’.

Our provision has evolved and developed over time to meet the ever-changing needs of our community.