Whitegate Nursery School
Whitegate Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Burnley for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 103 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Victoria Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8TG01282 772283whitegate.orgMrs Catherine Tasker headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 5 December 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next |
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 (8), Hearing impairment (3).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 103 | 92 | 118 | 129 | 114 | 100 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 3% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 21% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 11% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 1% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padiham Primary School | Council | 290 m | 286 | Good 2023 | 20 | Compare |
| Shuttleworth College | Foundation | 360 m | 1,072 | No overall grade 2025 | 22 | Compare |
| Burnley High School | Free school | 690 m | 579 | Report card 2026 | 28 | Compare |
| St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham | Roman Catholic | 790 m | 233 | Good 2023 | 69 | Compare |
| Padiham Green Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 800 m | 179 | Report card 2026 | 5 | Compare |
| Holdsworth School | Independent | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 312 | Requires improvement 2024 | 8 | Compare |
| Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School | Council | 0.8 miles | 204 | Requires improvement 2023 | 1 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Whitegate Nursery School a good school?
Whitegate Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.
What is Whitegate Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Whitegate Nursery School not judged at its last full inspection on 24 June 2025.
How many pupils does Whitegate Nursery School have?
103 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
- Victoria Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8TG
- Telephone
- 01282 772283
- Website
- www.whitegate.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Tasker
- 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
- Gawthorpe
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119096 · LAESTAB 8881035
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.