Bradley Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · Ages 2–4 · Nelson, Lancashire
Bradley Nursery School is a nursery school in Nelson, Lancashire for ages 2–4 (local authority nursery school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023.
Key facts
- Address
- Bradley Road East, Nelson, BB9 7QH
- Type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2–4
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Children are happy and content at this friendly nursery school.”
- “Leaders have effective systems in place to make sure that staff get to know the children and their families very well.”
- “This helps children to feel safe and well looked after.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of areas of learning, leaders have not fully embedded their recent changes to the curriculum.”
- “As a result, some staff do not deliver new knowledge and skills in these areas of learning consistently well.”
- “Therefore, some children do not learn all that they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby nursery schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Crescent Nursery Nelson 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
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- Edenfield Nursery 0.4 mi Outstanding
- McMillan Nursery School 0.4 mi Good
- Naik Gems Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Beacon Day Nursery 0.5 mi Good
- Barrowford Preschool Nursery 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Little Blossoms of Barrowford 0.7 mi Good