St Richard's Out of School Club
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Skelmersdale for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2009, with 27 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
WN8 8LQWhat 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, 13 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are delighted to attend this friendly nursery. They run and skip in eagerly, greeted warmly by their special key member of staff at the door. Children separate from their parents with confidence. Staff help children to settle quickly. They invite children to join them on the carpet, to sing songs and talk about their exciting day ahead. This helps children to feel safe and secure and to know what is expected of them. Staff provide children with helpful reminders of the nursery's high expectations of their behaviour. Children recall the rules, such as to be kind to their friends. Staff model positive behaviour well. Children settle with ease and play in harmony with their many friends.
Staff have high expectations of what children need to learn. They provide skilful support for children's imagination. For instance, staff give children time to explore their own ideas in their pretend play. Staff engage children in interesting conversations about their learning. For example, when a bee visited the nursery garden, staff helped children to understand why the bee had pollen on its back.
Children become curious about the world around them and learn much essential new knowledge.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- align professional development for staff with their training needs so that they improve their knowledge of the areas of learning n develop staff's understanding of leader's curriculum for literacy so that children learn essential knowledge about books n strengthen the curriculum for personal development so that children learn to become independent, capable learners.
- 13 March 2024Good
- 16 May 2018Outstanding
- 7 November 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Richard's Out of School Club
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.