Whitegate Nursery School
Nursery · Burnley · BB12 8TG
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 5 December 2023
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103 pupils
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 20.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.whitegate.org
- URN
- 119096
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% 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.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 5 December 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 14 December 2017: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Padiham Primary School
- Shuttleworth College
- Burnley High School
- St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham
- Padiham Green Church of England Primary School
- Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
- Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School
- St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy