Full-day nursery in West Park, St Helens
Rathlee Nursery School
Rathlee Nursery School, 14 Grosvenor Road, ST. HELENS, WA10 3HX · 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 December 2007Reference EY363684Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 12 January 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places38 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 January 2026Food 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
Rathlee Nursery School, 14 Grosvenor Road, ST. HELENS, WA10 3HX · More nurseries in WA10
Stations
- Thatto Heath16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Grosvenor Road, Prescot Road and Cedar Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Taylor Park5 min walk
- Thatto Heath Park11 min walk
- Eccleston Branchline Linear Park11 min walk
- The Kids Play Area - Taylor Park playground5 min walk
- Children's Play Area Taylor Park playground7 min walk
- Thatto Heath Children's Play Area playground11 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 St Helens there are about 3.1 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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Rathlee Nursery School is a full-day nursery at Rathlee Nursery School, 14 Grosvenor Road, ST. HELENS, WA10 3HX, in West Park, St Helens. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Rathlee Nursery SchoolThis 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
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.6 miles
- Thatto Heath Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.8 miles
- Eccleston Mere Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.8 miles
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 miles
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.0 miles
- St Julie's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 1.1 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 Rathlee Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rathlee Nursery School Good at its inspection on 12 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rathlee Nursery School take?
Rathlee Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rathlee Nursery School?
Thatto Heath is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rathlee Nursery School?
You can call 01744 613427.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY363684 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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