Douglas Valley Nursery School

State-Funded School

douglas-valley-nursery-school-wigan-north-west

North WestRegion

WiganLocal Authority

WiganConstituency

WN1 3SUPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Douglas Valley Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Wigan, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 100 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

100

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 100
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 2 February 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Dec 2013	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.