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Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Birkenhead, CH49 8HB · Wirral local authority

Birkenhead’s School Grade C better than 26% of towns in England

How full
170 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
45%
45 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, January 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CH49 8) sold for a median £147,500; Birkenhead’s is £175,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

168 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
24.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
18.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
72.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, January 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CH49 8, the school’s postcode sector

Birkenhead property prices →
£147,500
median sale, 40 sales in 36 months · Birkenhead £175,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025CH49 8Birkenhead
CH49 8Birkenhead

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£155K
Terraced
£139K
CH49 8Birkenhead

Homes in CH49 8 sell for well under Birkenhead’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCD−CCC−C+DBA+DA−DDACBC+Ganneys Meadow Nursery Scho…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Birkenhead, CH49 8HB

Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre: common questions

What is Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (January 2024).

How much do houses cost near Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre?

Homes in its postcode sector, CH49 8, sold for a median £147,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (40 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Birkenhead’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.