Full-day nursery in Leigh, Wigan
Twist Lane Nursery
21 Twist Lane, Leigh, WN7 4BZ · 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 April 1994Reference 323008Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 1 November 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places34 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 12 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
21 Twist Lane, Leigh, WN7 4BZ · More nurseries in WN7
Buses
26 bus stops within 400 m, including Cook Street, Leigh Bus Station and Etherstone Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pennington Flash County Park7 min walk
- Grasmere Park playground9 min walk
- Parsonage Gardens Park 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.
What parents say
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Twist Lane Nursery is a full-day nursery at 21 Twist Lane, Leigh, WN7 4BZ, in Leigh, Wigan. It is registered for 34 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Cheshire Care Limited.
Run by Cheshire Care Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Leigh Central Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Leigh CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.3 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Leigh Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- Leigh St John's CofE Primary Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- The Holden School ages 4–18 0.7 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 Twist Lane Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Twist Lane Nursery Good at its inspection on 1 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Twist Lane Nursery take?
Twist Lane Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
Who runs Twist Lane Nursery?
Twist Lane Nursery is run by Cheshire Care Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Twist Lane Nursery?
You can call 01942 604414 and visit www.twistlanenursery.com.
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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 323008 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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