Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Nelson, Lancashire
Whitefield Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Nelson, Lancashire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Every Street, Nelson, BB9 7HF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils develop the behaviours and attitudes that they need to become thoughtful and responsible citizens of modern Britain.”
- “They learn to be respectful towards other people.”
- “Pupils say that at this school, ‘You can be whomever you want.”
To improve
- “The proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in the phonics screening check in 2024 was below average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 95 first-preference applications, 83 offers in total, 83 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Lomeshaye Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Marsden Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Bradley Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Walverden Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson 0.7 mi School remains Good