Ashworth Nursery School
Nursery · Blackburn · BB2 1QU
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 18 June 2026
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71 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 3–4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 81.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 10.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.ashworthnursery.co.uk
- URN
- 119091
In figures
At its report-card inspection on 6 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. It had 71 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 61% (Blackburn with Darwen 28%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Blackburn with Darwen 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Blackburn with Darwen 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 6% (Blackburn with Darwen 3%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Blackburn with Darwen 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Blackburn with Darwen 16%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Blackburn with Darwen 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Blackburn with Darwen 2%, England 5%) · White British 1% (Blackburn with Darwen 39%, England 60%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,019; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 78% (79%) · premises 4% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (5%) · supplies and services 13% (8%) · educational supplies 7% (2%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 0% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £62,811; in-year balance -£14,195
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 6 May 2026: Expected standard
- 22 March 2022: Good
- 17 December 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 15.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 38% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 7.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 43.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 37.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 6.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 73.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 19.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 69.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 65.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012655 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £115,000285 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £90,000–£150,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 5an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 20an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 104an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 32an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
- St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
- St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School
- St Silas's CofE Primary School
- St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School