Walton Lane Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · Ages 3–5 · Nelson, Lancashire
Walton Lane Nursery School is a nursery school in Nelson, Lancashire for ages 3–5.
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Key facts
- Address
- Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BP
- Type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 3–5
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Children at the school are safe and happy.”
- “They develop multiple friendships, including with those children who visit from the on-site private nursery.”
- “Children have trusting connections with staff, especially their key person.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that some of their actions to improve attendance could be better informed by this information.”
- “On occasion, teaching is less effective because some staff are unclear how to teach some curriculum content.”
- “Sometimes, staff’s checks of children’s learning does not fully align with the content of the school’s curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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