Ribblesdale Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · Ages 2–5 · Clitheroe, Lancashire
Ribblesdale Nursery School is a nursery school in Clitheroe, Lancashire for ages 2–5 (local authority nursery school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 March 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Queens Road, Lancashire, Clitheroe, BB7 1EL
- Type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2–5
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 60 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Children are happy at this welcoming nursery school.”
- “Staff carefully consider each child’s individuality, background and starting point.”
- “When necessary, the curriculum is adapted to reflect these needs.”
To improve
- “However, in a few areas of learning, the school has not made the essential knowledge that children need to know and remember clear enough.”
- “This means that, on occasion, staff do not place the right emphasis on the knowledge that children need for future learning.”
- “This sometimes prevents children from learning as deeply as they could and making connections with what they have learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Nearby nursery schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Cascades Childcare 0.0 mi Good
- Bowland Preschool 0.2 mi Good
- Bright Futures Day Nursery 0.3 mi Good
- Brookside Out of School Care Club 0.4 mi Requires improvement
- Edisford Day Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bambinos Boutique Daycare Ltd 0.7 mi Good
- Moorland Private Nursery 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kids Planet Barrow 2.0 mi Good