Full-day nursery in Oakenshaw, Lancashire
Great and Small Forest School
Cottams Farm, Whalley Road, Clayton Le Moors, Accrington, BB5 5SB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
- Tuesday to Wednesday
- 09:00–15:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Cottams Farm, Whalley Road, Clayton Le Moors, Accrington, BB5 5SB · More nurseries in BB5
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Hyndburn Bridge Hotel and Pendle Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Great Harwood Community Space.12 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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Great and Small Forest School is a full-day nursery at Cottams Farm, Whalley Road, Clayton Le Moors, Accrington, BB5 5SB, in Oakenshaw, Lancashire. It is registered for 14 children. It opens 09:00–15:00, Tue–Wed. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2024, 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 Great And Small Forest Education Limited.
Run by Great And Small Forest Education Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected February 2025 0.9 miles
- Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.0 miles
- Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.0 miles
- Great Harwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.2 miles
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.2 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 are Great and Small Forest School's opening hours?
Great and Small Forest School opens 09:00–15:00, Tue–Wed.
What is Great and Small Forest School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great and Small Forest School Outstanding at its inspection on 18 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great and Small Forest School take?
Great and Small Forest School is registered with Ofsted for up to 14 children at any one time.
Who runs Great and Small Forest School?
Great and Small Forest School is run by Great And Small Forest Education Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Great and Small Forest School?
Huncoat is the nearest station we know of, 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Great and Small Forest School?
You can call 01254 872608.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 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 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY554007 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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