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Appletree Nursery School

NurseryAges 0–4Local authority nursery school

Lancaster, LA1 5QB · Lancashire local authority

Lancaster’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

How full
78 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
13%
13 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Appletree Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LA1 5) sold for a median £205,000; Lancaster’s is £180,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

66 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
15.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
27.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for Appletree 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.

Graded inspection: Good, May 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), July 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Appletree Nursery School

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

Home prices in LA1 5, the school’s postcode sector

Lancaster property prices →
£205,000
median sale, 450 sales in 36 months · Lancaster £180,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025LA1 5Lancaster
LA1 5Lancaster

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£430K
Semi-detached
£222K
Terraced
£160K
Flat
£141K
LA1 5Lancaster

Homes in LA1 5 sell for a little over Lancaster’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

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−C+C+C−B−BBC+AACA+B+A+CDD−Appletree Nursery School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Lancaster, LA1 5QB

Appletree Nursery School: common questions

What is Appletree Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Appletree Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, LA1 5, sold for a median £205,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (450 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; Lancaster’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.