Downham Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Clitheroe for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £45.00 a day for under 3's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2017, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full Day (9.00am – 3.00pm) – £45
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
All children receive 15 free hours of funding the term after their 3 rd birthday regardless of circumstances. You may also be eligible for 30 hours funding (2,3 and 4 year olds).
Worth knowing. There are no additional charges.
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
BB7 4BNWhat 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.
- 15 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 April 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy at this warm and welcoming nursery. Staff greet them with smiles and enthusiastically engage them in activities straight away. Children are happy to separate from their parents and carers and are keen to join their friends.
Staff form good relationships with children and their families. They get to know children's interests and fascinations and use this information to plan enjoyable activities for them.
Children exhibit wonderful relationships with their peers. They learn to be respectful of others as staff remind them to use their manners at mealtimes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support the professional development of all staff to continually raise the quality of education for children across the nursery and extend learning experiences further.
- 4 April 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 May 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Downham Pre School
- Meals
- Nappies
- 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.
- Is £45.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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