Full-day nursery in Oakenshaw, Lancashire
Great And Small Kindergarten
Rishton Road, Clayton Le Moors, BB5 5PN · 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.
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
Rishton Road, Clayton Le Moors, BB5 5PN · More nurseries in BB5
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Sparth Road, Daniel Street and Barnes Square.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mercer Park1 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground6 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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Great And Small Kindergarten is a full-day nursery at Rishton Road, Clayton Le Moors, BB5 5PN, in Oakenshaw, Lancashire. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. 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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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great And Small KindergartenThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Little Sparks LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| Bambinos Boutique Daycare LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| Sparthfield Happy Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | 07:30–17:00 | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Early Bairds Children's NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:30 | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Great and Small Forest SchoolFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | 09:00–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| The Willows Outdoor Nursery & Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–17:30 | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected February 2025 0.2 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 0.5 miles
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.7 miles
- 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 0.9 miles
- Great Harwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.0 miles
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.0 miles
- The Willows ages 5–16 1.1 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 Great And Small Kindergarten's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great And Small Kindergarten Outstanding at its inspection on 14 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great And Small Kindergarten take?
Great And Small Kindergarten is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
Who runs Great And Small Kindergarten?
Great And Small Kindergarten is run by Great And Small Forest Education Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Great And Small Kindergarten?
Rishton is the nearest station we know of, 1.5 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 EY562421 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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