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Cambridge Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-4MixedLocal authority nursery school74 pupilsNurseryLiverpoolSefton
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedAs expected teachingOfsted report card, June 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher13.9School workforce census
Pupils on roll74Census January 2026

Cambridge Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Liverpool for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 74 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Cambridge Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 9LQ0151 282 5467cambridgenurseryschool.comMrs Joy Snowdon headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 2 June 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
As expected
Achievement
As expected
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
As expected
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
Strong
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
As expected
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
As expected
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
19 October 2021UngradedSchool remains Good

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 Sefton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll74Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English24%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support23%17 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls31 / 43
White British pupils58%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 6 pupils, for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Sefton with autism provision.

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Other difficulty or disability (12), language and communications needs (5).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll7490851028486
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language24%20%32%25%24%16%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–29%29%22%21%21%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–3%0%0%0%2%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers3.2full-time equivalent, 4 people
Pupils per teacher13.9Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants4.7full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,110
Teachers who left in the year31%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

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.

Spend per pupil£11,886England £7,738. Total £594k
Income per pupil£14,432England £7,697. Total £722k
Spent on teachers per pupil£4,813England £3,480
Money in reserve43%A lot put by: £307k, £6,143 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£127kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£11,886spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m59912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate101 per 1,000 people11% higher than the England average
Typical house price£227,000Sefton
Nearest bus stop140 mHawthorne Road, 24 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Bedford Primary SchoolAcademy90 m393Report card 20262Compare
Hillside High SchoolAcademy480 m785Good 202323Compare
Hugh Baird CollegeFurther education560 m–Not inspected–Compare
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery SchoolRoman Catholic660 m418No overall grade 202450Compare
St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior SchoolRoman Catholic670 m461Report card 202663Compare
Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolChurch of England790 m440Good 202317Compare
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England950 m490Good 202261Compare
Liverpool Progressive SchoolIndependent0.6 miles35Not inspected–Compare
All schools in SeftonAll schools in LiverpoolBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Cambridge Nursery School a good school?

Cambridge Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from June 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.

What is Cambridge Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 2 June 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.

How many pupils does Cambridge Nursery School have?

74 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.

Does Cambridge Nursery School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Cambridge Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 9LQ
Telephone
0151 282 5467
Website
www.cambridgenurseryschool.com
Headteacher
Mrs Joy Snowdon
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
Sefton
Ward
Derby
Constituency
Bootle
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
104847 · LAESTAB 3431004
Official recordOfsted reportsGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from