Highfield Nursery School

State-Funded School

highfield-nursery-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

ChorleyConstituency

PR6 0SLPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 77 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Nursery schools have no key stage 2 cohort.

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

60%Boys

40%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

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: 77
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
8 May 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
8 Sept 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.