Full-day nursery in Turpin Green, Lancashire
St Catherine's Independent Nursery
St Catherine's RC Primary School, Moss Lane, Leyland, PR25 4SJ · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 2015Reference EY488889Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 October 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 23 September 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Catherine's RC Primary School, Moss Lane, Leyland, PR25 4SJ · More nurseries in PR25
Stations
- Leyland9 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Wychwood Grove.
Parks and playgrounds
- Woburn Green9 min walk
- Farington Park10 min walk
- Strawberry Valley Park12 min walk
- Children's playground7 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 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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St Catherine's Independent Nursery is a full-day nursery at St Catherine's RC Primary School, Moss Lane, Leyland, PR25 4SJ, in Turpin Green, Lancashire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (October 2026).
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| St Catherine's Independent NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | 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
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Farington Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.3 miles
- Lever House Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.5 miles
- Leyland Methodist Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2021 0.5 miles
- Leyland Methodist Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- Northbrook Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.0 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 St Catherine's Independent Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Catherine's Independent Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 11 October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Catherine's Independent Nursery take?
St Catherine's Independent Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Catherine's Independent Nursery?
Leyland is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Catherine's Independent Nursery?
You can call 01772 456304 and visit www.stcatherinesnursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY488889 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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