Hillside Nursery School
Cedar Avenue, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 5NH
- Phase
- Nursery
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Ages
- 2 to 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne McDonald
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 38
- URN
- 119093
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706214162
About this school
Hillside Nursery School is a nursery school in Rossendale. It teaches children aged 2 to 4 and has 38 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 25 January 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Hillside 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 | 66 |
| 2023/24 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 45 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 6.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Staghills Nursery School2.4 miles
Nursery · Rossendale
-
Lee Royd Nursery School3.5 miles
Nursery · Accrington
-
Fairfield Nursery School4.0 miles
Nursery · Accrington
-
Bacup Nursery School4.8 miles
Nursery · Bacup
-
Turncroft Nursery School5.9 miles
Nursery · Darwen
Other schools in Rossendale
- Staghills Nursery School Nursery
- Crawshawbooth Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Broadway Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Primary School Primary
- Helmshore Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall Primary
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden Primary
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hillside Nursery School teach?
- Hillside Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 4. It is a nursery school in Rossendale.
- Who is the headteacher of Hillside Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Hillside Nursery School is Mrs Joanne McDonald, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hillside Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hillside 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 big is Hillside Nursery School?
- Hillside Nursery School has 38 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 4.
- Is Hillside Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Hillside Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hillside Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hillside Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- Does Hillside 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 Hillside 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 30 June 2026.