Full-day nursery in Kirkdale, Liverpool
Playmates Centre 56
Centre 56, Rumney Road, LIVERPOOL, L4 1UB · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Centre 56, Rumney Road, LIVERPOOL, L4 1UB · More nurseries in L4
Stations
- Kirkdale7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Bank Hall9 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Sandhills18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Rumney Place, Suffield Road and Rumney Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Stanley Park12 min walk
- South Park12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Stanley Park Playground12 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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Playmates Centre 56 is a full-day nursery at Centre 56, Rumney Road, LIVERPOOL, L4 1UB, in Kirkdale, Liverpool. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.2 miles
- St John's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.4 miles
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.5 miles
- Cambridge Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.6 miles
- Bedford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.7 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 Playmates Centre 56's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Playmates Centre 56 Good at its inspection on 24 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Playmates Centre 56 take?
Playmates Centre 56 is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Playmates Centre 56?
Kirkdale is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY443434 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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