Full-day nursery in Great Marton, Blackpool
Ashcroft Nursery
Ashcroft Day Nursery, Rear of 214, Whitegate Drive, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL · 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 December 2010Reference EY420173Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 21 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places34 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 August 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Ashcroft Day Nursery, Rear of 214, Whitegate Drive, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL · More nurseries in FY3
Stations
- Blackpool South23 min walk · 0.9 miles
- Manchester Square (Blackpool Tramway)24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Elmslie Gardens, Cunliffe Road and The Saddle.
Parks and playgrounds
- Stanley Park7 min walk
- Revoe Park11 min walk
- Stanley Park Playground8 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 Blackpool there are about 3.9 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.
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Ashcroft Nursery is a full-day nursery at Ashcroft Day Nursery, Rear of 214, Whitegate Drive, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL, in Great Marton, Blackpool. It is registered for 34 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Right Start Day Nurseries (Lancashire) Ltd.
Run by Right Start Day Nurseries (Lancashire) Ltd (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.2 miles
- Park Community Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.3 miles
- Woodlands School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.3 miles
- Revoe Learning Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- Waterloo Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Blackpool Gateway Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Ashcroft Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ashcroft Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Ashcroft Nursery take?
Ashcroft Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
Who runs Ashcroft Nursery?
Ashcroft Nursery is run by Right Start Day Nurseries (Lancashire) Ltd, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Ashcroft Nursery?
Blackpool South is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Ashcroft Nursery?
You can call 01253 695658 and visit rightstartdaynurseries.co.uk.
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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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY420173 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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