Full-day nursery in Lancaster, Lancashire
Mucky Pups Pre School
Lancaster Boys and Girls Club, Dallas Road, LANCASTER, LA1 1TP · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Lancaster Boys and Girls Club, Dallas Road, LANCASTER, LA1 1TP · More nurseries in LA1
Stations
- Lancaster8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Queens Square, Royal Infirmary Medical unit 2 and Common Garden Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Dallas Road Gardens2 min walk
- Dalton Square9 min walk
- Greaves Park10 min walk
- Quay Meadow11 min walk
- Fairfield Community Playground5 min walk
- Playground11 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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Mucky Pups Pre School is a full-day nursery at Lancaster Boys and Girls Club, Dallas Road, LANCASTER, LA1 1TP, in Lancaster, Lancashire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.1 miles
- Appletree Nursery School Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Willow Lane Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal) ages 5–11 0.6 miles
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.9 miles
- Castle View Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected February 2025 0.9 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 Mucky Pups Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mucky Pups Pre School Good at its inspection on 24 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mucky Pups Pre School take?
Mucky Pups Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Mucky Pups Pre School?
Lancaster is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Mucky Pups Pre School?
You can call 01524 849106 and visit www.muckypupspreschool.com.
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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 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY410312 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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