Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Widnes for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 52 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Dundalk Road, Widnes, WA8 8DF0151 424 4687dittonnurseryschool.co.ukMrs Liane Johnson executive headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 22 February 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Halton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (12).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 52 | 59 | 44 | 48 | 44 | 40 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 10% | 12% | 11% | 6% | 9% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 10% | 23% | 13% | 14% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 8% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesnut Lodge Special School | Council | 180 m | 85 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Ashley High School | Council | 230 m | 137 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ditton Primary School | Academy | 330 m | 322 | Good 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| Ormiston Chadwick Academy | Academy | 680 m | 884 | Good 2024 | 28 | Compare |
| Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School | Roman Catholic | 970 m | 1,337 | Good 2022 | 20 | Compare |
| St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School | Roman Catholic | 0.7 miles | 253 | Good 2023 | 44 | Compare |
| Riverside College Halton | Further education | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kingsway Primary Academy School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 214 | Good 2023 | 18 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School a good school?
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2024.
What is Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 22 February 2024.
How many pupils does Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School have?
52 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Dundalk Road, Widnes, WA8 8DF
- Telephone
- 0151 424 4687
- Website
- www.dittonnurseryschool.co.uk
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Liane Johnson
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-4, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Halton
- Ward
- Highfield
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110957 · LAESTAB 8761005
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.