Full-day nursery in Grassendale, Liverpool
Muddy Footprints
Garston Adventure Playground, Bowden Road, Garston Liverpool, L19 1QP · 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 2018Reference EY560979Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 July 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 August 2022Food 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
Garston Adventure Playground, Bowden Road, Garston Liverpool, L19 1QP · More nurseries in L19
Stations
- Cressington10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Liverpool South Parkway14 min walk · 0.5 miles
- West Allerton20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Darby Grove, Whitehedge Road and Clifton Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Garston Park3 min walk
- Cressington Park5 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 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.
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Muddy Footprints is a full-day nursery at Garston Adventure Playground, Bowden Road, Garston Liverpool, L19 1QP, in Grassendale, Liverpool. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Five Children and Families Trust Ltd.
Run by Five Children and Families Trust Ltd (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Muddy FootprintsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gilmour Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Garston Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Springwood Heath Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- Banks Road Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- Booker Avenue Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Booker Avenue Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Muddy Footprints's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Muddy Footprints Good at its inspection on 14 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Muddy Footprints take?
Muddy Footprints is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Muddy Footprints?
Muddy Footprints is run by Five Children and Families Trust Ltd, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Muddy Footprints?
Cressington is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY560979 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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