Full-day nursery in Brookfield, Lancashire
Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands
Longsands CP School, Longsands Lane, Preston, PR2 9PS · 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
Longsands CP School, Longsands Lane, Preston, PR2 9PS · More nurseries in PR2
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Anderton Arms and Bowlers Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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.
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Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands is a full-day nursery at Longsands CP School, Longsands Lane, Preston, PR2 9PS, in Brookfield, Lancashire. It is registered for 54 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Discovery Vine Limited.
Run by Discovery Vine Limited (company), which runs 4 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
- Longsands Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Brookfield Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2022 0.5 miles
- Highfield Priory School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Holme Slack Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Preston Greenlands Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- Sherwood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Preston Grange Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.0 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 Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands Good at its inspection on 7 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands take?
Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands is registered with Ofsted for up to 54 children at any one time.
Who runs Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands?
Discovery Vine Childcare Centre - Longsands is run by Discovery Vine Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
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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 EY479191 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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