Ashworth Nursery School

State-Funded School

ashworth-nursery-school-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB2 1QUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Ashworth Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 3–4, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 71 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 18 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

Asian

79%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

70%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 3 – 4
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 71
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 May 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
17 Dec 2014	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.