Walton Lane Nursery School

Nursery · ages 3-5MixedLocal authority nursery school55 pupilsNurseryNelson Lancashire

School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.

OfstedAs expected teachingOfsted report card, March 2026

Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools

Pupils per teacher13.8School workforce census

Pupils on roll55Census January 2026

Walton Lane Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Nelson for boys and girls aged 3 to 5. It has 55 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in March 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BP01282 613437waltonlane.co.ukMs Jan Holmes headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 24 March 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.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”

As expected

Achievement

As expected

Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”

As expected

Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”

As expected

WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”

As expected

LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”

As expected

SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?

Pupils are kept safe

Met

Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)

Date	Type	Outcome
24 November 2021	Ungraded	School remains 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.

Pupils on roll55Census January 2026

Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years

Pupils learning English24%First language is not English

Pupils getting extra support9%5 pupils with SEN support

Pupils with an EHC plan2%1 pupil with a plan

Boys and girls28 / 27

White British pupils53%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Physical disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed

Census	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Pupils on roll	55	58	71	90	81	92
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language	24%	28%	31%	26%	30%	16%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support	–	16%	25%	17%	15%	10%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans	–	0%	0%	3%	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 teacher13.8Pupils for every full-time teacher

Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status

Teaching assistants0.9full-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£27,034England £7,738. Total £784k

Income per pupil£26,925England £7,697. Total £781k

Spent on teachers per pupil£7,361England £3,480

Money in reserve-1%In the red: -£4,893, -£169 per pupil. England 6%

Money in against money out-£3,150it spent more than it took in this year

Where the money goes£27,034spent per pupil

27%10%56%

Teachers 27%Support staff 10%Buildings 3%Learning resources 1%Energy 3%Everything else 56%

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 m8312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate86 per 1,000 people6% lower than the England average

Typical house price£143,000Pendle

Nearest bus stop130 mWalton Place, 8 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

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Castercliff Primary School	Academy	630 m	387	Good 2023	19	Compare
Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy	Academy	730 m	205	Good 2024	23	Compare
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School	Roman Catholic	940 m	812	Report card 2026	32	Compare
Pendle Community High School & College	Council	990 m	166	Outstanding 2024	–	Compare
Pendle Vale College	Council	0.7 miles	1,046	Report card 2026	35	Compare
Pendle View Primary School	Council	0.7 miles	132	Outstanding 2023	–	Compare
The Nook School	Independent	0.8 miles	14	Not inspected	–	Compare
Colne Primet Academy	Academy	0.8 miles	805	Requires improvement 2023	3	Compare

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Questions parents ask

Is Walton Lane Nursery School a good school?

Walton Lane Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from March 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.

What is Walton Lane Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 24 March 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.

How many pupils does Walton Lane Nursery School have?

55 pupils aged 3 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: Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BP
Telephone: 01282 613437
Website: www.waltonlane.co.uk
Headteacher: Ms Jan Holmes
Type of school: Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase: Nursery school, ages 3-5, with nursery
Gender: Mixed
Local authority: Lancashire
Ward: Marsden & Southfield
Constituency: Pendle and Clitheroe
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 119079 · LAESTAB 8881016

Official record Ofsted reports Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

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.