Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School

State-Funded School

sandy-lane-nursery-and-forest-school-warrington-north-west

North WestRegion

WarringtonLocal Authority

Warrington NorthConstituency

WA2 9HYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–4, located in Warrington, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 102 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

10%

Pupils

102

Total Pupils

60%Boys

40%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 102
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

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 14 March 2023. 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
13 Dec 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.