Ashbridge on Ribble
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Preston for children from birth to 5, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2014, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15- and 30-hour early years funding.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
PR5 4ABWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 11 April 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 March 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The management team has gone above and beyond expectations in the design of the curriculum. The team is truly dedicated to helping children to achieve the best start in life. The ethos of the curriculum is attachment, warmth and nurture. The management team knows that secure, happy children learn better. The team is committed to helping children build foundations that promote and support their future learning journeys, including after leaving this setting.
The management team invests in its staff to exemplary levels and is acutely focused on continuous improvement. Staff learn about how children's brains develop and use this knowledge to consider how best to implement the curriculum for each individual child. Every child in this setting experiences a rich, enthralling and personally challenging quality of education, which helps their progression to soar.
Staff feel respected and heard. They appreciate the support and guidance of the management team. They then, in turn, reinvest this respect into children. Children are given choices, asked for their opinions and treated as important, esteemed members of the setting's community. They feel proud of their achievements, engaged by their learning and valued by staff and their peers. This is reflected in children's wonderful behaviour. Children know what is expected of them and meet these expectations with gusto.
- 5 March 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 10 January 2020Good
- 25 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ashbridge on Ribble
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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