Turncroft Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · Ages 3–4 · Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen
Turncroft Nursery School is a nursery school in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 3–4 (local authority nursery school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 May 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Highfield Road, Darwen, BB3 2DN
- Type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 3–4
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 58 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Children are happy at this nurturing and vibrant nursery school.”
- “They arrive each day, ready to enjoy rich learning opportunities that inspire their awe and wonder.”
- “Staff care for children greatly, which helps children to feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case for some areas of learning, where staff are less clear on how to build on what children already know and can do.”
- “This hinders how well children develop and remember important knowledge.”
- “Nonetheless, the quality of how well some staff support children’s communication, language and thinking skills is inconsistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Nearby nursery schools
Straight-line distance, in Blackburn with Darwen.
- Precious Moments Childcare (Darwen) ltd. 0.1 mi Good
- Marshmallows Day Nursery 0.1 mi Good
- PALS-Darwen St Joseph's Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Darwen Children's Centre 0.6 mi Good
- Kidzania Childcare Darwen 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Barnabas House Private Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rainbow Childcare 0.9 mi Good
- Ark Les Enfants Nursery and Forest School 1.1 mi Good