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Bacup Nursery School

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

Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF

  • Pupils66
  • Ages2 to 5
  • Latest Ofsted9 Jun 2026
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date. This school has a new report card and an older inspection: Ofsted says “the new grades can’t be compared to the old ones”.

Report card · 9 Jun 2026

  • InclusionStrong standard
  • Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
  • AchievementStrong standard
  • Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
  • Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
  • Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • SafeguardingMet

Report card grades run from Exceptional to Urgent improvement (five steps, left to right). Ofsted says “expected standard” means the school is doing everything it should — “It’s a high standard”. What the grades mean.

S5 Inspection · report published 15 Jul 2026

Graded inspection · 15 Jun 2022

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

  • Quality of educationOutstanding
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

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

S5 Inspection · report published 21 Sep 2022

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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
66
32 girls, 34 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
11.7%

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
6.5%

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
Rossendale and Darwen
URN
119097 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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