Rising Stars Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Lancaster for from 1 year up to school age, open 08:30 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2011, with 88 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
If you are not eligible for funding the charge is £8.00 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
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
LA1 3HLWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 1 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery excited to start their day. Enthusiastic and caring staff greet them warmly. Children confidently choose their activities to start the day, which demonstrates that they feel safe and secure. Children thrive on purposeful interactions with staff in the role-play areas. They act out real-life experiences, such as birthdays and tea parties. Outdoors, children demonstrate good physical development. They navigate bicycles over hilly ground, race small balls though tubes, and make 'potions' in the mud kitchen. This develops children's fine and gross motor skills.
Children are kind and polite towards each other. Staff have created a respectful and positive environment through calm and caring interactions. Children talk about their peers and welcome them to the nursery in the morning through song.
Children demonstrate a strong sense of belonging and are learning skills to develop strong relationships.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - improve partnerships with parents further by sharing children's next steps in their development with them to help them to continue children's learning at home.
- 1 November 2022Good
- 26 April 2017Good
- 14 August 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rising Stars Nursery
- 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 £8.00 an hour 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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