Full-day nursery in Willows, Bolton
Zahra Day Nursery
1 Vicarage Street, BOLTON, BL3 5LE · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
1 Vicarage Street, BOLTON, BL3 5LE · More nurseries in BL3
Stations
- Bolton18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Vicarage Street, Chatham Gardens and Vickers Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Heywood Park9 min walk
- Queen's Park11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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 Bolton there are about 4 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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Zahra Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 1 Vicarage Street, BOLTON, BL3 5LE, in Willows, Bolton. It is registered for 23 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Zahra Day Nursery Ltd.
Run by Zahra Day Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 2 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
- Pikes Lane Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- Sunning Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2020 0.3 miles
- Clarendon Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Gilnow Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Brandwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.6 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 Zahra Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Zahra Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 12 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Zahra Day Nursery take?
Zahra Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 23 children at any one time.
Who runs Zahra Day Nursery?
Zahra Day Nursery is run by Zahra Day Nursery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Zahra Day Nursery?
Bolton is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Zahra Day Nursery?
You can call 01204 227038 and visit zahradaynursery.co.uk.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2682833 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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