Highfield Nursery School
Wright Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 0SL ·
At a glance
A state nursery school for ages 0–5 in Chorley. Ofsted inspection (March 2025): Outstanding in all areas (no overall grade was given).
- Ages
- 0–5
- Pupils
- 77
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Sinclair
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Nursery schools don't sit national tests.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
No school-level applications data is published for this school. It may admit pupils at a different age, or be a special or post-16 provider.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
School census 2024/25
- Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)0%
- English as an additional language19.7%
- SEN support23.9%
- Education, Health and Care plan5.6%
- The black tick shows the median for state-funded nursery schools in England.