Rainhill Community Nursery
Deepdale Drive, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 4NW
- Phase
- Nursery
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Ages
- 2 to 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Nicholson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 131447
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744677635
About this school
Rainhill Community Nursery is a nursery school in Prescot. It teaches children aged 2 to 4 and has 50 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Rainhill Community Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 54 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birchfield Nursery School2.8 miles
Nursery · widnes
- 3.3 miles
- 3.6 miles
-
East Prescot Road Nursery School6.0 miles
Nursery · Liverpool
-
Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School6.8 miles
Nursery · Warrington
Other schools in Prescot
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School Primary
- Evelyn Community Primary School Primary
- Halsnead Primary School Primary
- Knowsley Village School Primary
- Oakdene Primary Academy Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Prescot Primary School Primary
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community Primary
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rainhill Community Nursery teach?
- Rainhill Community Nursery teaches children aged 2 to 4. It is a nursery school in Prescot.
- Who is the headteacher of Rainhill Community Nursery?
- The headteacher of Rainhill Community Nursery is Miss Emma Nicholson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rainhill Community Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rainhill Community Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Rainhill Community Nursery?
- Rainhill Community Nursery has 50 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 4.
- Is Rainhill Community Nursery a faith school?
- No. Rainhill Community Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Rainhill Community Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rainhill Community Nursery as having nursery classes.
- Does Rainhill Community Nursery publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Rainhill Community Nursery. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.