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McMillan Nursery School

Nursery school · Local authority nursery school · ages 2 to 5 · Mixed

Railway Street, Nelson, BB9 9AG

  • Pupils89
  • Ages2 to 5
  • Latest Ofsted21 Mar 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 21 Mar 2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · report published 15 May 2023

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
89
35 girls, 54 boys
Eligible for free school meals
0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
8.9%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
0%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
0%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
43.3%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Local authority nursery school (Local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe
URN
119095 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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