Rainhill Community Nursery, Prescot
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Rainhill Community Nursery creates a warm, welcoming environment where children develop confidence and a love of learning. Staff provide skilled teaching matched to each child's needs, ensuring children make impressive progress from their starting points - particularly supporting 2-year-olds, disadvantaged children, and those with additional needs. Children develop strong social skills, excellent behaviour, and healthy attitudes that set them up brilliantly for primary school.
Key Strengths
- Excellent behaviour and positive relationships - children are confident, kind, and follow expectations consistently
- High-quality teaching that builds children's knowledge progressively - staff use skilled interactions and small-group learning to extend thinking
- Outstanding provision for 2-year-olds with staff who are highly attuned to their needs and help them settle extremely well
- Strong leadership and professional development programme that supports staff expertise and wellbeing
- Inclusive environment with thoughtful adjustments that help all children, including disadvantaged children and those with additional needs, to thrive
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, all legal requirements are met, and children are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Safety walks, lunar new year celebrations with Chinese calligraphy, nursery rhyme week with voting activities, road safety visitor sessions
Rainhill Community Nursery is a nursery school that has been rated as meeting strong standards across all areas of inspection. Children achieve highly from their starting points and are exceptionally well prepared for their transition to primary school.
At a Glance
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Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
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Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Prescot
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Admissions Demand - St. Helens
Places available
2,109
Applications
1,879
Got 1st preference
96.9%
Got preferred school
99.5%
Secondary admissions across St. Helens (2025/26)
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