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Bacup Nursery School

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Bacup, OL13 8EF · Lancashire local authority

Bacup’s School Grade B− better than 53% of towns in England

How full
66 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
0%
0 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Bacup Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 0% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (OL13 8) sold for a median £165,000; Bacup’s is £150,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

77 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
11.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for Bacup Nursery School

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Outstanding, June 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Bacup Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in OL13 8, the school’s postcode sector

Bacup property prices →
£165,000
median sale, 194 sales in 36 months · Bacup £150,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025OL13 8Bacup
OL13 8Bacup

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£325K
Semi-detached
£200K
Terraced
£115K
OL13 8Bacup

Homes in OL13 8 sell for a little over Bacup’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBCCC−C+DD−D−Bacup Nursery School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bacup, OL13 8EF

Bacup Nursery School: common questions

What is Bacup Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Bacup Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, OL13 8, sold for a median £165,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (194 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bacup’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.