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Nurseries in Chorley

There are 38 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Chorley, and 13 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Chorley

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (10 Strong standard, 8 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 32 settings (3 Outstanding, 29 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Buckshaw Village Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 7HZ, ages 0 to 10, 111 places
    Ofsted, 26 January 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Chorley Brooke Street - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 3BS, ages 0 to 4, 209 places
    Ofsted, 8 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bodies Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 6JW, ages 1 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 22 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Charnock Richard Pre-School - Pre-school, Chorley PR7 5NA, ages 2 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 20 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Coppull St. John's Pre-school - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 5DU, ages 1 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 9 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Doodles Day Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1HX, ages 0 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted, 28 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Eaves green preschool - Pre-school, Chorley PR7 2JG, 20 places
  • Euxton Pre-School 22 LTD - Pre-school, Chorley PR7 6JH, ages 2 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 8 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Future Champions Day Nursery Chorley - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 7HE, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 23 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Gelston Manor Day Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 7DT, ages 0 to 5, 88 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hearts and Minds - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 6DL, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 19 August 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Highfield Nursery School Under 2's - Pre-school, Chorley PR6 0SL, ages 0 to 2, 15 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Hollybrook Childrens Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 4HF, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 19 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Coppull - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 5BY, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 August 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kip McGrath Education Centre Chorley - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 2LB
  • Laurels Playschool - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 6AY, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 17 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lilliput Nursery School - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 7DJ, ages 1 to 4, 39 places
    Ofsted, 14 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Childcare Ltd - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 7JH, ages 1 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 5 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Explorers Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 6TE, ages 0 to 4, 86 places
    Ofsted, 7 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little G's Pre-school - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1NL, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 10 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Manor Day Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 9RB, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nature Trail Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 8QP, ages 1 to 4, 67 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nature Trail Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 0FD, ages 1 to 4, 69 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nature Trail Nursery Heskin - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 5LU, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nature Trail Nursery Park Road - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1HE, ages 1 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 25 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Partou Euxton Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 6LA, ages 0 to 4, 63 places
    Ofsted, 1 December 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Partou Hilltops Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Chorley PR6 9BJ, ages 1 to 5, 69 places
    Ofsted, 11 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Partou Old School House Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1ES, ages 0 to 5, 91 places
    Ofsted, 19 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pipers Day Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1LB, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted, 15 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • P K Kids - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 5PB, ages 0 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 13 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playdor Nursery School - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1RJ, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 18 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Chorley - Pre-school, Chorley PR7 1RS
  • Strawberry Fields Nursery and Preschool Limited - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 1PS, ages 0 to 4, 101 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunny Brow Playschool - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 4PG, ages 1 to 3, 22 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 August 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Tatton Nursery - Pre-school, Chorley PR6 0PR, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 4 February 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • White Coppice Nursery - Pre-school, Chorley PR6 9DE, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 30 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodlands Day Nursery - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 3JU, ages 0 to 4, 63 places
    Ofsted, 27 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Yarrow Valley Nursery And Out Of School Club - Day nursery, Chorley PR7 6NS, ages 2 to 11, 60 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Busy Bodies Big Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 6JW, 50 places
  • Chorley SSP Camp - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR6 0DX
  • First Kick Football - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 2NJ, 45 places
  • Fun Fest Chorley - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 6BA, 100 places
  • Hollybrook @ St Paul's - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR6 9QZ, 60 places
  • Include Me 2 Eaves Green - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 3QE
  • Include Me Too Chorley Astley - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 1XA
  • LearnActive NW - Coppull - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 5AH
  • Little Lions Chorley Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 1XP, 24 places
  • Quality Sport Chorley - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 3JU, 50 places
  • Sunshine Street At Duke Street Primary School - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 3DU, 30 places
  • The Hub Club LTD - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 7HZ, 30 places
  • Tiny Rockers Ltd - Out-of-school club, Chorley PR7 7EZ, 30 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Chorley

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.