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Nursery at Middlefield Community Primary School
Last reviewed: October 2026 · Inspection data and key information above update regularly, however, this review below is refreshed bi-annually and may not reflect recent changes. Contact the nursery directly to confirm current arrangements. If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Learning to listen, concentrate and share gives Middlefield’s early years provision its clearest character. Nursery forms part of Middlefield Community Primary School on Alderwood Avenue in Speke, Liverpool, placing this first stage of education within a community primary school.
The March 2024 Ofsted inspection described early years children cooperating with one another and enjoying play with friends. For parents, that makes social learning an important part of the picture: joining activities and getting along with other children sit alongside the beginnings of classroom learning.
Early learning has a defined starting point. In March 2024, foundational knowledge was set out clearly within the curriculum, giving staff a basis for what children should begin to understand. Clearly specified foundational knowledge gives staff a starting point for children’s early learning.
Adults supported children’s attention during activities and encouraged careful listening. Alongside this, children practised sharing and working together through play. These are useful everyday skills for a young child: sustaining an interest in an activity and making space for someone else both matter in a group setting.
Books also have a physical home within the school. Its library was enjoyed by pupils across the age groups in March 2024, making it a named feature of the wider learning environment.
The same inspection identified school-wide weaknesses in some subjects: checks on learning needed refinement, and children needed more chances to return to essential knowledge and vocabulary. Those findings concern the wider curriculum; they should not be treated as specific nursery shortcomings.
A Quiet Place brings a named strand of emotional support into the nursery picture. The programme includes nursery children, with selected children receiving interventions from its staff. Its focus includes confidence, relationships, empathy and managing behaviour. For a family considering support with emotions, this is a concrete programme to understand rather than a general promise of pastoral care.
Parents can contact the special educational needs coordinator through the school office for SEND enquiries. That provides a direct route for discussing a child’s additional needs with the relevant member of the team.
There is also an online contact-update form that includes Nursery among its year-group options. Families can submit telephone numbers, an email address and emergency contacts, helping keep the practical information needed to reach a parent together.
Attending Middlefield’s nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the City Council Admissions team and meet the normal application deadline.
Keep that application separate from the nursery enquiry. The school directs enquiries for other year groups to its office, while Reception applications go through the council. Familiarity with the school should not be treated as an admission entitlement.
For nursery enquiries, contact the school office on 0151 486 4106 or email middlefield-s1@middlefield.liverpool.sch.uk. Enquiries can also be made in person. The school’s address is Alderwood Avenue, Speke, Liverpool, L24 2UE.
Breakfast club eligibility. The school’s breakfast club is for Reception children through to the oldest primary year groups. Nursery children fall outside that stated eligibility, so families should not build their nursery morning around this club.
No. A separate application must be made through the City Council Admissions team by the normal deadline.
Contact the school office on 0151 486 4106, email middlefield-s1@middlefield.liverpool.sch.uk, or enquire in person.
Children were supported to listen and concentrate during activities. They also learned to cooperate and share, and enjoyed playing with friends.
The special educational needs coordinator can be contacted through the school office for SEND enquiries.
The stated eligibility covers Reception to Year 6, so it does not include nursery children.
