Full-day nursery in Aspull, Wigan
Little Sticks Forest School
Aspull Rugby Club, Woods Road, Wigan, WN2 1PJ · 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
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Getting there
Aspull Rugby Club, Woods Road, Wigan, WN2 1PJ · More nurseries in WN2
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground12 min walk
© 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.
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Little Sticks Forest School is a full-day nursery at Aspull Rugby Club, Woods Road, Wigan, WN2 1PJ, in Aspull, Wigan. It is registered for 15 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 10 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Little Sticks Forest School Ltd.
Run by Little Sticks Forest School Ltd (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Little Sticks Forest SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Aspull Church Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 1.0 miles
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.2 miles
- Blackrod Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 1.6 miles
- Ince CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.7 miles
- CEWE School ages 4–11 1.7 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 Sticks Forest School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Sticks Forest School Outstanding at its inspection on 4 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Sticks Forest School take?
Little Sticks Forest School is registered with Ofsted for up to 15 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Sticks Forest School?
Little Sticks Forest School is run by Little Sticks Forest School Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Sticks Forest School?
Hindley is the nearest station we know of, 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Sticks Forest School?
You can call 07817 140080 and visit www.littlesticksforestschool.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.
- © 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 2590642 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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