Strong Close Nursery School
Airedale Road, Keighley, BD21 4LW
- Phase
- Nursery
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Head Teacher
- Mrs Helen Jones
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 95
- URN
- 107185
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01535605272
About this school
Strong Close Nursery School is a nursery school in Keighley. It teaches children aged 2 to 5 and has 95 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Strong Close Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Strong Close Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hirst Wood Nursery School4.4 miles
Nursery · Shipley
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Lilycroft Nursery School6.2 miles
Nursery · Bradford
-
St Edmund's Nursery School & Children's Centre6.2 miles
Nursery · Bradford
-
Midland Road Nursery School6.8 miles
Nursery · Bradford
-
Abbey Green Nursery School6.8 miles
Nursery · Bradford
Other schools in Keighley
- Beckfoot Nessfield Primary
- Bradleys Both Community Primary School Primary
- Cononley Primary School Primary
- Cowling Community Primary School Primary
- East Morton CofE Primary School Primary
- Eastburn Primary School Primary
- Eastwood Community School Primary
- Glusburn Community Primary School Primary
- Haworth Primary School Primary
- Holycroft Primary School Primary
- Ingrow Primary School Primary
- Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Strong Close Nursery School teach?
- Strong Close Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 5. It is a nursery school in Keighley.
- Who is the executive head teacher of Strong Close Nursery School?
- The executive head teacher of Strong Close Nursery School is Mrs Helen Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Strong Close Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Strong Close Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Strong Close Nursery School?
- Strong Close Nursery School has 95 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 5.
- Is Strong Close Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Strong Close Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Strong Close Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Strong Close Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Strong Close Nursery School have?
- The schools register lists Strong Close Nursery School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- Does Strong Close Nursery School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Strong Close Nursery School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.