Brunel Nursery School
Nursery · Blackburn · BB1 1ES
Needs attention
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable
Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 23 June 2026
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34 pupils
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 3–4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 96.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 119092
Staffing
Pupils per qualified teacher
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
62% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 38% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 19 May 2026: Needs attention
- 26 April 2022: School remains Good
- 21 March 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
- Audley Infant School
- Audley Junior School
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
- Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
- St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
- Blackburn Central High School
- St Michael With St John CofE Primary School