Westminster Nursery School
Westminster Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Crewe for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 69 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 2023.
Nelson Street, Crewe, CW2 7LJ01270 560319westminsternurseryschool.netMrs E L Connor headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 20 September 2023 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.
Cheshire East council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 17 square kilometres. Living inside it moves your child up the queue when there are more applicants than places. It doesn't guarantee a place: the council's admissions rules decide the order.
Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.
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 Cheshire East council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What a home inside the catchment costs
Every home sold inside the council's catchment area, of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (1), Severe learning difficulty (1), language and communications needs (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 69 | 64 | 74 | 68 | 47 | 58 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 62% | 67% | 72% | 78% | 66% | 76% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 25% | 24% | 13% | 26% | 14% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 5% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruskin Community High School | Council | 290 m | 713 | Good 2024 | 34 | Compare |
| Cheshire College - South & West | Further education | 650 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Edleston Primary School | Council | 650 m | 209 | Not inspected | 61 | Compare |
| Pebble Brook Primary School | Foundation | 800 m | 330 | Good 2024 | 38 | Compare |
| Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy | Academy | 860 m | 417 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| The Oaks Academy | Academy | 950 m | 681 | Good 2024 | 25 | Compare |
| Vine Tree Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 200 | Good 2023 | 29 | Compare |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 642 | No overall grade 2024 | 71 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Westminster Nursery School a good school?
Westminster Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in September 2023.
What is Westminster Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Westminster Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 20 September 2023.
How many pupils does Westminster Nursery School have?
69 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
- Nelson Street, Crewe, CW2 7LJ
- Telephone
- 01270 560319
- Website
- www.westminsternurseryschool.net
- Headteacher
- Mrs E L Connor
- 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
- Cheshire East
- Ward
- Crewe South
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110953 · LAESTAB 8951001
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.
- Catchment area: Cheshire East council open data (Open Government Licence), reprojected to WGS84.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- 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.