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Childhaven Community Nursery School

Nursery · Scarborough · YO11 1UB

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 11 June 2024

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At a glance

72 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–5
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
0% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.childhaven.n-yorks.sch.uk/
URN
121267

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 11 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. It had 72 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
8.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

16.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 157 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,604; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£24,930
Typical nursery school£13,398

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 81% (79%) · premises 4% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (5%) · supplies and services 5% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 0% (0%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£31,997; in-year balance -£19,443

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.8%62.3%
Social housing8.6%17.1%
Privately rented42.6%20.5%
Detached houses3.1%22.9%
Flats44.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van44.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027862 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£135,000850 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£110,000–£170,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£218,000
Semi-detached (117)£195,000
Terraced (411)£135,000
Flat (298)£110,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
54an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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