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Chatham Place Nursery School

Nursery · ages 3-5MixedLocal authority nursery school54 pupilsNurseryLiverpool
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 teacher9.3School workforce census
Pupils on roll54Census January 2026

Chatham Place Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Liverpool for boys and girls aged 3 to 5. It has 54 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.

139 Earle Road, Liverpool, L7 6HD0151 233 1200Andrea Connearn 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
4 November 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 Liverpool council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll54Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English78%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support13%7 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan17%9 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls28 / 26
White British pupils7%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Severe learning difficulty (9), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), emotional and mental health (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll545958645145
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%2%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language78%70%71%75%63%62%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support2%9%14%4%16%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%2%3%0%0%

Staff

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

Teachers3.1full-time equivalent, 4 people
Pupils per teacher9.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants0.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£47,270
Teachers who left in the year50%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m81212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate90 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£176,500Liverpool
Nearest bus stop50 mWebster Road, 13 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
Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolAcademy100 m1,179Outstanding 2020Compare
St Hugh's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic170 m187No overall grade 20257Compare
Smithdown Primary SchoolCouncil580 m484Report card 202655Compare
Lawrence Community Primary SchoolCouncil580 m451Good 202212Compare
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic810 m208No overall grade 202530Compare
Christian Fellowship SchoolIndependent860 m175Not inspectedCompare
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic900 m206Report card 202686Compare
Princes SchoolCouncil960 m251Outstanding 2023Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Chatham Place Nursery School a good school?

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

What is Chatham Place 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 Chatham Place Nursery School have?

54 pupils aged 3 to 5 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
139 Earle Road, Liverpool, L7 6HD
Telephone
0151 233 1200
Headteacher
Andrea Connearn
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 3-5, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Liverpool
Ward
Edge Hill
Constituency
Liverpool Wavertree
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
104503 · LAESTAB 3411001

Where these figures come from