Full-day nursery in Astley, Wigan
Thrive Lark Hill House
Larkhill House, 320 Manchester Road, Astley, Tyldesley, MANCHESTER, M29 7DY · 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
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Larkhill House, 320 Manchester Road, Astley, Tyldesley, MANCHESTER, M29 7DY · More nurseries in M29
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Miners Arms, Manchester Road and Windsor Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Green Avenue Park 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 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.
What parents say
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Thrive Lark Hill House is a full-day nursery at Larkhill House, 320 Manchester Road, Astley, Tyldesley, MANCHESTER, M29 7DY, in Astley, Wigan. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 39 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Thrive Childcare And Education Limited.
Run by Thrive Childcare And Education Limited (company), which runs 10 nurseries.
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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 Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 under 0.1 miles
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- Tyldesley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Garrett Hall Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 1.1 miles
- Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 1.1 miles
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 1.2 miles
- Hindsford CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.4 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 Thrive Lark Hill House's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Thrive Lark Hill House Good at its inspection on 22 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Thrive Lark Hill House take?
Thrive Lark Hill House is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
Who runs Thrive Lark Hill House?
Thrive Lark Hill House is run by Thrive Childcare And Education Limited, which runs 10 nurseries.
How do I contact Thrive Lark Hill House?
You can call 01942 897739 and visit www.thrivechildcare.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY372041 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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