Full-day nursery in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
Mi Nursery Beacon Lights
69 Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 6AY · 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 and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 08:00–18:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
69 Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 6AY · More nurseries in BB2
Stations
- Blackburn15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
20 bus stops within 400 m, including East Park Road, Preston New Road and Preston New Rd.
Parks and playgrounds
- Corporation Park1 min walk
- Corporation Park War Memorial1 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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 Blackburn with Darwen there are about 3.3 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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Mi Nursery Beacon Lights is a full-day nursery at 69 Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 6AY, in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen. It is registered for 64 children. It opens 08:00–18:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 61 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Daycare Centres Limited.
Run by Daycare Centres Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mi Nursery Beacon LightsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.2 miles
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.3 miles
- St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Ashworth Nursery School Nurseryages 3–4has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.3 miles
- Dar Ul Madinah ages 5–11 0.4 miles
- St Michael With St John CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.4 miles
- St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.5 miles
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.5 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 Mi Nursery Beacon Lights's opening hours?
Mi Nursery Beacon Lights opens 08:00–18:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Mi Nursery Beacon Lights's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mi Nursery Beacon Lights Good at its inspection on 21 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mi Nursery Beacon Lights take?
Mi Nursery Beacon Lights is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Mi Nursery Beacon Lights?
Mi Nursery Beacon Lights is run by Daycare Centres Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Mi Nursery Beacon Lights?
Blackburn is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Mi Nursery Beacon Lights?
You can call 01254 800110 and visit minurseries.co.uk.
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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 2738149 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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