Full-day nursery in Liverpool
Little Explorers
Future House, 25 Pomona Street, LIVERPOOL, L3 5TL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since June 2008Reference EY375074Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 November 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 12 April 2021Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Future House, 25 Pomona Street, LIVERPOOL, L3 5TL · More nurseries in L3
Stations
- Liverpool Central8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Liverpool Lime Street8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Moorfields19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
26 bus stops within 400 m, including Clarence Street, Rodney Street and Trowbridge Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Roscoe Gardens5 min walk
- St. Luke's Gardens6 min walk
- Abercromby Square7 min walk
- St John's Gardens11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Liverpool there are about 3.4 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Little Explorers is a full-day nursery at Future House, 25 Pomona Street, LIVERPOOL, L3 5TL, in Liverpool. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 24 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Nicholas Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Pleasant Street Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 under 0.1 miles
- LIPA School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Inadequate; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Abercromby Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.6 miles
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.7 miles
- Christian Fellowship School ages 4–16 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Little Explorers's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers Good at its inspection on 26 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers take?
Little Explorers is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Explorers?
Liverpool Central is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Explorers?
You can call 0151 708 7868 and visit www.nurseryadvice.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY375074 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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