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Nurseries in Clitheroe

There are 17 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Clitheroe, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Clitheroe

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (6 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 11 settings (1 Outstanding, 10 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bambinos Boutique Daycare Ltd - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 2PA, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bowland Preschool - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 1ED, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 11 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Branching Out - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 9HD, ages 1 to 10, 24 places
    Ofsted, 10 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Futures Day Nursery - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 1DG, ages 0 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 13 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Brookside Out of School Care Club - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 1NW, ages 2 to 11, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 June 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Cascades Childcare - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 1EL, ages 1 to 3, 34 places
    Ofsted, 20 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chatburn Pre-School and Out of School Club - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 4AS, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 7 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Downham Pre School - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 4BN, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Bairds Childrens Nursery Billington - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 9NT, ages 1 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 15 December 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Edisford Day Nursery - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 2LN, ages 0 to 4, 47 places
    Ofsted report card, 5 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Evergreen Forest School - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 3JG, 56 places
  • Kids Planet Barrow - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 9BQ, ages 0 to 4, 112 places
    Ofsted, 3 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • KMEC Childcare Clitheroe - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 1EB
  • Moorland Private Nursery - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 2JA, 189 places
  • Oakhill Nursery and Early Years - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 9AF, 48 places
  • Partou Whalley Meadows Day Nursery & Forest School - Day nursery, Clitheroe BB7 9SE, ages 0 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 29 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Whalley Pre School Playgroup - Pre-school, Clitheroe BB7 9RH, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 27 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Just Imagine Creative Camp - Stonyhurst College - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 9PZ
  • Progressive Kids - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 1AG, 13 places
  • Progressive Kids - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 9QJ, 16 places
  • Progressive Kids - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 9AZ, 25 places
  • Roefield Leisure Holiday Playscheme - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 3LA
  • Sportscool Pendle Primary School Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 2AL
  • Target Tuition - Out-of-school club, Clitheroe BB7 1LY

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 Clitheroe

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