Appletree Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · Ages 0–4 · Lancaster, Lancashire
Appletree Nursery School is a nursery school in Lancaster, Lancashire for ages 0–4 (local authority nursery school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Milking Stile Lane, Lancaster, LA1 5QB
- Type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 0–4
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 78 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Children make a positive start to their education at this inclusive school.”
- “Children settle in quickly and are happy.”
- “The school is ambitious for children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of areas, some staff do not have the subject knowledge that they need to be able to teach the curriculum as the school intends.”
- “This leads to some aspects of the curriculum not being taught in sufficient detail.”
- “As a result, some children do not deepen their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Nearby nursery schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Appletree Nursery School Little Pips 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Appledore Montessori 0.3 mi Good
- Mucky Pups Pre School 0.5 mi Good
- Lancaster Day Nursery 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster 0.8 mi Good
- Nippers Children's Day Nursery Ltd 0.8 mi Good
- Nazareth House Day Nursery 0.9 mi Good
- Cathedral Playgroup 1.0 mi Good