Birchfield Nursery School

State-Funded School

birchfield-nursery-school-halton-north-west

North WestRegion

HaltonLocal Authority

Widnes and HalewoodConstituency

WA8 7THPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Birchfield Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 3–5, located in Halton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 77 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Pupils

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 3 – 5
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 77
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 8 December 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Nov 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.