Full-day nursery in Habergham, Lancashire
Whitegate Early Years Care
Whitegate Nursery School, Victoria Road, Burnley, BB12 8TG · 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 May 2006Reference EY334266Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 15 August 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places84 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 12 May 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Whitegate Nursery School, Victoria Road, Burnley, BB12 8TG · More nurseries in BB12
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Milton Street and Shuttleworth College Grounds.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- 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 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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Whitegate Early Years Care is a full-day nursery at Whitegate Nursery School, Victoria Road, Burnley, BB12 8TG, in Habergham, Lancashire. It is registered for 84 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitegate Early Years CareThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Padiwacks.co.uk LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:00–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Knight Hill Day NurserySessional pre-school | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | 08:00–17:00 | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
| Happy Faces ChildcareSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 09:30–14:30 | not shared yet | 1.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Whitegate Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Padiham Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.2 miles
- St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Padiham Green Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.8 miles
- Holdsworth School ages 5–18 0.8 miles
- Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2023 0.8 miles
- St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Whitegate Early Years Care's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Whitegate Early Years Care Good at its inspection on 15 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Whitegate Early Years Care take?
Whitegate Early Years Care is registered with Ofsted for up to 84 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Whitegate Early Years Care?
Rose Grove is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
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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 EY334266 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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