Are you looking for an outstanding nursery place for your child?

We are a pre-school nursery setting, serving the Horfield, Lockleaze, Ashley Down and Filton communities of North Bristol and we offer term time educational provision including day care.

Register Your Interest

Places available for 2-4 year-olds. Please register your interest to receive further information about our Nursery School.

Book a Tour

Tours of Filton Avenue Nursery School take place on Tuesdays from 3:45pm. Please call ahead on 0117 3772680 to book a space.

Ofsted Outstanding

We are an outstanding school. Please click below for the full Ofsted report.

Vision and Values

We are a positive, happy, caring, learning community that is committed to providing high quality learning opportunities for everyone.

Promoting Creativity

At Filton Avenue, we place a special emphasis on encouraging creativity and creative thinking. This encompasses all areas of learning and exploration and is very much at the heart of our practice.

Welcome from our Headteacher

I’m delighted to welcome you to Filton Avenue Nursery School (FANS) and our website, which I hope you will find useful, informative, and inspiring. Here at FANS, we are proud to have served our local community for over 80 years.

As I embark on my journey as the Headteacher here, I am confident this is a special place for your child and you to thrive. I am passionate about Early Years and Early Childhood Education, believing that these are some of the most important experiences your child will have to nurture their love of learning and their development now and in the future – laying the foundations to set them up for life.

The team here are dedicated to providing your child with an outstanding teaching and learning environment to foster their learning, skills and development in a fun and friendly setting.

Please don’t take my word for it, come and see for yourself – I promise you won’t be disappointed!

We look forward to welcoming you all to our outstanding Nursery School, whether you are returning or totally new to us – it is an exciting time for your child and you.

With very best wishes,
Kate Tector
Headteacher

News from Filton Avenue Nursery and Children’s Centre

Newsletter – February 2025

Newsletter – February 2025

Dear Parents and Carers, We’ve had a busy but successful term three. The children welcomed new friends to play with, bird-watched, celebrated Chinese New Year and started to get ready for spring by weeding, digging, and collecting seeds. Take a look at the website for...

The RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch

The RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch

The children from Beech Room and the children from Willow Room have been awarded a certificate from the RSPB for their amazing bird spotting and counting skills! Filton Avenue Nursery School signed up to partake in this nationwide event back in the autumn term, and...

Acorns Room Book Share!

Acorns Room Book Share!

In Acorns, the children love to read and look at books. We thought we would share this joy with their families by creating our Acorns Book Share! We want to encourage families and carers to take a book and share a book together at home. This is a great way to share...

Cake Sales Raise Funds for Filton Avenue Nursery School

Cake Sales Raise Funds for Filton Avenue Nursery School

We are delighted to announce that our recent Cake Sales, organised by Friends of Filton Avenue Nursery School (FFANS), were a tremendous success! Held on Wednesday and Thursday this week, the events brought our school community together while raising funds for our...

Acorns Room are Growing Vegetables

Acorns Room are Growing Vegetables

A Wonderful Donation In Acorns we have been very excited to start growing vegetables in our garden. We contacted local businesses to see if they could help us with this project and the Filton Community Garden said they could! The Filton Community Garden is located in...

FANS Bake Sale

FANS Bake Sale

Dear Parents, Carers and Friends. I am writing on behalf of the Friends of Filton Avenue Nursery School (FFANS), our school’s PTFA. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a bake sale on Wednesday 5th February at 10:15am, 11:45am and 3:30pm here at Nursery...

Welcome to Filton Avenue Nursery School and Children’s Centre

This is an aspirational place built on love, courage and respect. Together we are the heart of the community. Please come and take a look and see what a great place this is

We recognize the power in working together throughout your child’s formative years and are happy to hear any suggestions, feedback and comments that look to build on this great Nursery School and Children’s Centre.

This is a lovely place for children to start their school experience.

Positive learning experiences mean that children are enthusiastic and confident young learners… Their happiness and confidence shone!

Ofsted, 2020

Acorns

Acorns room provides high quality early learning and care for children from 2 to 3 years. This provision is to support working parents or those returning to education or training. We also have free places for eligible children. These free places are allocated through a city wide referral system.

Beech and Willow

We provide two classrooms (Willow and Beech) for 3-4 year old pre-school children providing high quality learning and care.

Each child has an entitlement to 15 hours a week. We also provide paid wrap-a-round sessions for working parents. 

News from Acorns, Beech and Willow

The RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch

The children from Beech Room and the children from Willow Room have been awarded a certificate from the RSPB for their amazing bird spotting and counting skills! Filton Avenue Nursery School signed up to partake in this nationwide event back in the autumn term, and...

Acorns Room Book Share!

In Acorns, the children love to read and look at books. We thought we would share this joy with their families by creating our Acorns Book Share! We want to encourage families and carers to take a book and share a book together at home. This is a great way to share...