Sessional pre-school in Tunstead, Lancashire
Tunstead Playgroup
Tunstead Community Cente, Haworth Drive, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 0SA · 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
- Monday to Friday
- 09:00–15:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Tunstead Community Cente, Haworth Drive, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 0SA · More nurseries in OL13
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Toll Bar, Primrose Street and Blackwood Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 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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Tunstead Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Tunstead Community Cente, Haworth Drive, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 0SA, in Tunstead, Lancashire. It is registered for 27 children. It opens 09:00–15:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunstead PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | 09:00–15:00 | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 under 0.1 miles
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.2 miles
- Waterfoot Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.9 miles
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 1.0 miles
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 1.2 miles
- Bacup Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.4 miles
- Bacup Thorn Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 1.4 miles
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch 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 are Tunstead Playgroup's opening hours?
Tunstead Playgroup opens 09:00–15:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Tunstead Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tunstead Playgroup Good at its inspection on 3 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tunstead Playgroup take?
Tunstead Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 27 children at any one time.
How do I contact Tunstead Playgroup?
You can call 01706 873555.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 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 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 309509 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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