Bacup Nursery School
Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF
- Phase
- Nursery
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea E Cooper
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 66
- URN
- 119097
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706873856
About this school
Bacup Nursery School is a nursery school in Bacup. It teaches children aged 2 to 5 and has 66 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bacup 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Bacup 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 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
| 2024/25 | 77 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 June 2026
- 15 June 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Staghills Nursery School2.5 miles
Nursery · Rossendale
-
Hillside Nursery School4.8 miles
Nursery · Rossendale
-
Rockwood Nursery School5.2 miles
Nursery · Burnley
-
Howard Street Nursery School6.1 miles
Nursery · Rochdale
-
Taywood Nursery School6.1 miles
Nursery · Burnley
Other schools in Bacup
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School Primary
- Bacup Thorn Primary School Primary
- Britannia Community Primary School Primary
- Northern Primary School Primary
- Sharneyford Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup Primary
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- The Valley Leadership Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Bacup Nursery School teach?
- Bacup Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 5. It is a nursery school in Bacup.
- Who is the headteacher of Bacup Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Bacup Nursery School is Mrs Andrea E Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bacup Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bacup 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 Bacup Nursery School?
- Bacup Nursery School has 66 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 5.
- Is Bacup Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Bacup Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bacup Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bacup Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- Does Bacup 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 Bacup 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 13 August 2026.