Full-day nursery in Blackpool
Little Rainbows Nursery
The Church, Abingdon Street, Blackpool, FY1 1PP · 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
The Church, Abingdon Street, Blackpool, FY1 1PP · More nurseries in FY1
Stations
- Talbot Road (Blackpool Tramway)3 min walk · 0.1 miles
- North Pier (Blackpool Tramway)4 min walk · 0.2 miles
- North Station (Blackpool Tramway)4 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
34 bus stops within 400 m, including Central Library, Dickson Road and Abingdon Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Harold Larwood Park12 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 Blackpool there are about 3.9 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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Little Rainbows Nursery is a full-day nursery at The Church, Abingdon Street, Blackpool, FY1 1PP, in Blackpool. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 13 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Right Start Day Nurseries (Lancashire) Ltd.
Run by Right Start Day Nurseries (Lancashire) Ltd (company), which runs 5 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
- Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Devonshire Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Westminster Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 miles
- St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2021 0.9 miles
- Revoe Learning Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 1.0 miles
- Woodlands School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 1.1 miles
- Park Community Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 1.1 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 Little Rainbows Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Rainbows Nursery Good at its inspection on 29 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Rainbows Nursery take?
Little Rainbows Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Rainbows Nursery?
Little Rainbows Nursery is run by Right Start Day Nurseries (Lancashire) Ltd, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Rainbows Nursery?
Talbot Road (Blackpool Tramway) is the nearest station we know of, 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Rainbows Nursery?
You can call 01253 290694 and visit rightstartdaynurseries.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 EY436056 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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