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Highfield Nursery School

Nursery school in Chorley, Lancashire. No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (Mar 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 18 March 2025, report published 8 May 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around March 2029

The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby nursery schools

  1. 0.8 milesDuke Street Nursery School

    Nursery, Chorley, Lancashire

    School remains Outstanding (Jul 2024)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.