Sessional pre-school in Whalley, Lancashire
Whalley Pre School Playgroup
Station Road, Whalley, CLITHEROE, BB7 9RH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Station Road, Whalley, CLITHEROE, BB7 9RH · More nurseries in BB7
Stations
- Whalley6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including The Grove, Bus Station and Hayhurst Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Whalley Park3 min walk
- Hellicliffs MTB Park10 min walk
- Whalley Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 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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Whalley Pre School Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Station Road, Whalley, CLITHEROE, BB7 9RH, in Whalley, Lancashire. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whalley Pre School PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Educare For Early Years (Brockhall)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | 2.0 miles |
| Tudor House Day Nursery @ LanghoFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | 2.3 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Whalley Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- Oakhill School ages 0–16has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Barrow URC Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.4 miles
- Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.6 miles
- St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.0 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 Whalley Pre School Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Whalley Pre School Playgroup Good at its inspection on 27 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Whalley Pre School Playgroup take?
Whalley Pre School Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Whalley Pre School Playgroup?
Whalley is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Whalley Pre School Playgroup?
You can call 07877 702186 and visit whalleypreschool.co.uk.
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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 309525 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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