School profile
Rainhill Community Nursery
Deepdale Drive, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 4NW
Overview
Rainhill Community Nursery is a state-funded school (local authority nursery school) in Prescot, North West, for pupils aged 2–4. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Local authority nursery school
- Establishment group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Phase of education
- Nursery
- Age range
- Ages 2–4
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 131447
Admissions
- Local authority
- St. Helens
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 28 April 2026 · Published 21 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 18 November 2021 · Published 16 January 2022
Outcome: School remains Outstanding
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Deepdale Drive, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 4NW
- Local authority
- St. Helens
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