Full-day nursery in Halton, Lancashire
Furnace Barn Day Nursery
Furnace Barn, Foundry Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6LU · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Furnace Barn, Foundry Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6LU · More nurseries in LA2
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including The Gardens.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 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 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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Furnace Barn Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Furnace Barn, Foundry Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6LU, in Halton, Lancashire. It is registered for 39 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| Furnace Barn Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.6 miles
- Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.7 miles
- Nether Kellet Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.8 miles
- St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 1.8 miles
- Lancaster High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.8 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 Furnace Barn Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Furnace Barn Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 4 October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Furnace Barn Day Nursery take?
Furnace Barn Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 39 children at any one time.
How do I contact Furnace Barn Day Nursery?
You can call 01524 811811 and visit www.furnacebarnchildcare.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
- 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 EY454577 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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