Full-day nursery in Siddow Common, Wigan
Fairfield Nursery
Fairfield Private Day Nursery, 72 St. Helens Road, LEIGH, WN7 4HW · 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 2001Reference 501156Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 31 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places84 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 February 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
Fairfield Private Day Nursery, 72 St. Helens Road, LEIGH, WN7 4HW · More nurseries in WN7
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Buck Street, Etherstone Street and Lilford Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pennington Hall Park8 min walk
- Pennington Flash County Park9 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 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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Fairfield Nursery is a full-day nursery at Fairfield Private Day Nursery, 72 St. Helens Road, LEIGH, WN7 4HW, in Siddow Common, Wigan. It is registered for 84 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 3.8 from 6 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Cheshire Care Limited.
Run by Cheshire Care Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.1 miles
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Leigh CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.5 miles
- Leigh Central Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 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 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- The Holden School ages 4–18 0.8 miles
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 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 Fairfield Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fairfield Nursery Good at its inspection on 31 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Fairfield Nursery take?
Fairfield Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 84 children at any one time.
Who runs Fairfield Nursery?
Fairfield Nursery is run by Cheshire Care Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Fairfield Nursery?
You can call 01942 684251 and visit www.fairfieldnursery.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 501156 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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