Full-day nursery in Brookfield, Lancashire
The Rainbow Nursery
Sure Start, Watling Street Road, Preston, PR2 6TU · 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 November 2015Reference EY495242Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 12 October 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places43 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 18 June 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
Sure Start, Watling Street Road, Preston, PR2 6TU · More nurseries in PR2
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Oakworth Avenue, Fulwood Row and Rothwell Crescent.
Parks and playgrounds
- Eaves Brook Linear Park6 min walk
- Eaves Brook Linear Park7 min walk
- Grange Park8 min walk
- Playground8 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 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.
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The Rainbow Nursery is a full-day nursery at Sure Start, Watling Street Road, Preston, PR2 6TU, in Brookfield, Lancashire. It is registered for 43 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
- Highfield Priory School ages 2–11has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.2 miles
- Brookfield Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2022 0.2 miles
- Preston Grange Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- Moor Nook Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2022 0.5 miles
- Preston Greenlands Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Longsands Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.6 miles
- The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 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 The Rainbow Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Rainbow Nursery Good at its inspection on 12 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Rainbow Nursery take?
The Rainbow Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 43 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 EY495242 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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