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Turncroft Nursery School

Nursery · ages 3-4MixedLocal authority nursery school58 pupilsNurseryDarwenBlackburn with Darwen
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher21.3School workforce census
Pupils on roll58Census January 2026

Turncroft Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Darwen for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 58 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.

Highfield Road, Darwen, BB3 2DN01254 701534turncroftnurseryschool.co.ukMrs Gayle Berry headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

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 Blackburn with Darwen council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll58Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English10%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls32 / 26
White British pupils81%
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll585974597064
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language10%20%16%14%14%13%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–0%0%0%0%0%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers2.0full-time equivalent, 2 people
Pupils per teacher21.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants3.4full-time equivalent
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

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.

Spend per pupil£11,714England £7,738. Total £515k
Income per pupil£12,693England £7,697. Total £558k
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,435England £3,480
Money in reserve25%A lot put by: £141k, £3,194 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£43kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£11,714spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m56112 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate101 per 1,000 people11% higher than the England average
Typical house price£169,000Blackburn with Darwen
Nearest bus stop100 mPrimrose Street, 34 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England240 m240Report card 202612Compare
Darwen Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy300 m1,036No overall grade 20259Compare
Darwen Aldridge Sudell PrimaryAcademy410 m167Report card 20265Compare
Holy Trinity VC SchoolChurch of England720 m119No overall grade 20257Compare
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, DarwenRoman Catholic840 m165Not inspected61Compare
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise StudioStudio schools870 m275Report card 202612Compare
Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyAcademy950 m203No overall grade 20253Compare
Ashleigh Primary SchoolFoundation0.8 miles220Good 202363Compare
All schools in Blackburn with DarwenAll schools in DarwenBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Turncroft Nursery School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Turncroft Nursery School yet.

How many pupils does Turncroft Nursery School have?

58 pupils aged 3 to 4 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
Highfield Road, Darwen, BB3 2DN
Telephone
01254 701534
Website
www.turncroftnurseryschool.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Gayle Berry
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 3-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Ward
Darwen South
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
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Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from