Appletree Nursery School

State-Funded School

appletree-nursery-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Lancaster and WyreConstituency

LA1 5QBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Appletree Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–4, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 78 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Mixed

13%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 4
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 78
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
30 Jun 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
30 Nov 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.