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Highfield Nursery School

Chorley, PR6 0SLNurseryAges 2–5MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
4 Good
Mar 2025
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About Highfield Nursery School

Highfield Nursery School holds an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. In its March 2025 graded inspection, inspectors awarded the top mark of 1 in every category assessed: quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. This places the school among a select group in Lancashire, where only eight out of 24 nursery schools currently hold an Outstanding rating. The school's previous inspection in 2014 also judged it Outstanding overall, with leadership and management similarly rated 1. For a nursery setting, the most informative metric is the quality of education judgement, and here Highfield has been recognised as delivering exceptional early years provision. With 71 pupils aged two to five, the school is small enough to offer focused attention, and its headteacher Natalie Sinclair leads a team that has clearly sustained high standards over more than a decade.

Key Details

School TypeNursery (State)
Age Range2 to 5 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressWright Street, Chorley, Chorley, PR6 0SL
HeadteacherNatalie Sinclair
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils71
Nursery ClassesYes

Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

18 Mar 2025
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 8 May 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

5
Art StudiosMusic RoomsOutdoor PlaygroundGymnasiumChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

4

Sports

GymnasticsSwimming

Clubs & Activities

GardeningEco Club

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

09:00 – 15:30

Breakfast club

08:00-09:00

After-school care

15:30-17:30

Source: highfieldnurseryschoolchorley.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Highfield Nursery School

Highfield Nursery School has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.