Bacup Nursery School
Bacup Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Bacup for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 66 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF01706 873856bacup.lancs.sch.ukMrs Andrea E Cooper headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 9 June 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2022 | S5 Inspection | Outstanding |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (4).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 66 | 77 | 87 | 72 | 103 | 97 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 8% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 12% | 14% | 6% | 8% | 3% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacup Thorn Primary School | Council | 0 m | 253 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 810 m | 94 | Report card 2026 | 1 | Compare |
| Northern Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 161 | Good 2024 | 38 | Compare |
| Sharneyford Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 63 | Good 2022 | 29 | Compare |
| Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 88 | Good 2024 | 46 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup | Roman Catholic | 1.2 miles | 125 | Report card 2026 | 3 | Compare |
| Britannia Community Primary School | Council | 1.3 miles | 204 | Report card 2026 | 66 | Compare |
| Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.3 miles | 221 | Good 2024 | 17 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bacup Nursery School a good school?
Bacup Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from June 2026 rated its teaching as strong.
What is Bacup Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 9 June 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Bacup Nursery School have?
66 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF
- Telephone
- 01706 873856
- Website
- www.bacup.lancs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea E Cooper
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Bacup
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119097 · LAESTAB 8881037
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.