Full-day nursery in Leigh, Wigan
ABC Castle Nursery
95 Church Street, Leigh, WN7 1AZ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 2014Reference EY476302Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 21 February 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places51 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating3 (Generally satisfactory)inspected 21 April 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
95 Church Street, Leigh, WN7 1AZ · More nurseries in WN7
Buses
20 bus stops within 400 m, including East Bond Street, Brown Street North and Princess Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Grasmere Park playground11 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Wigan there are about 2.8 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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ABC Castle Nursery is a full-day nursery at 95 Church Street, Leigh, WN7 1AZ, in Leigh, Wigan. It is registered for 51 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Leigh CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.2 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Leigh Central Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 0.4 miles
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is ABC Castle Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated ABC Castle Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can ABC Castle Nursery take?
ABC Castle Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 51 children at any one time.
How do I contact ABC Castle Nursery?
You can call 01942 707767.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY476302 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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