Sessional pre-school in Moorlands, Lancashire
Cathedral Playgroup
Catholic Social Centre, Balmoral Road, LANCASTER, LA1 3BU · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Catholic Social Centre, Balmoral Road, LANCASTER, LA1 3BU · More nurseries in LA1
Stations
- Lancaster17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
24 bus stops within 400 m, including Royal Grammar School, Balmoral Road and Cathedral Primary School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Highfield Recreation Ground6 min walk
- Williamson Park6 min walk
- Dalton Square7 min walk
- Greaves Park8 min walk
- Whalley Playing Field9 min walk
- Wyresdale Play Area playground2 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 Lancashire there are about 2.7 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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Cathedral Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Catholic Social Centre, Balmoral Road, LANCASTER, LA1 3BU, in Moorlands, Lancashire. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Mucky Pups Pre SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 miles
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.5 miles
- Castle View Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal) ages 5–11 1.0 miles
- Willow Lane Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 1.0 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 Cathedral Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Cathedral Playgroup Good at its inspection on 22 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Cathedral Playgroup take?
Cathedral Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Cathedral Playgroup?
Lancaster is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY422400 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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