Full-day nursery in Lowton St Mary's, Wigan
Starbrite Nursery
Laburnum Road Day Centre, Laburnum Road, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 2NL · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since June 2006Reference EY337016Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places35 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 21 November 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Laburnum Road Day Centre, Laburnum Road, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 2NL · More nurseries in WA3
Buses
25 bus stops within 400 m, including Elm Tree Road, Chestnut Grove and Cherry Tree Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Braithwaite Park8 min walk
- Braithwaite Park9 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- the ditch playground7 min walk
- Sovereign Close Playground9 min walk
- Braithwaite 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 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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Starbrite Nursery is a full-day nursery at Laburnum Road Day Centre, Laburnum Road, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 2NL, in Lowton St Mary's, Wigan. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Green Meadow Independent Primary School ages 3–14has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Lowton Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Lowton West Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.7 miles
- Gilded Hollins Community School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.1 miles
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.2 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 Starbrite Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Starbrite Nursery Good at its inspection on 7 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Starbrite Nursery take?
Starbrite Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY337016 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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