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Ashbridge on Ribble

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Mar 2025)
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4.1(13 parent reviews) ·Victoria Road, Preston, PR5 4AB · Lancashire
Number of places
100 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Ashbridge on Ribble is one of four nurseries under the Ashbridge Independent School and Nurseries umbrella, located in Preston. Catering to children from three months to school age, the nursery provides a nurturing environment with highly qualified staff and excellent facilities.

The curriculum focuses on holistic development, encompassing academic achievements and personal well-being, with a strong emphasis on outdoor learning. The nursery also provides meals, extra provisions like River School and sports sessions, nappies, wipes, creams, suncream and non-prescription medicines.

The setting offers flexible full-day care for 52 weeks a year, excluding bank holidays, from 7 am to 6 pm.

What it's like

The management team at Ashbridge on Ribble has an outstanding curriculum designed with an ethos of attachment, warmth, and nurture, ensuring children achieve the best start in life. They invest in staff development, enabling them to implement the curriculum effectively for each child. Children experience a rich, enthralling, and challenging education, leading to soaring progress.

Holistic DevelopmentOutdoor LearningMeals, Nappies, Wipes and Suncream IncludedRiver SchoolSports Sessions

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Key facts

Opening hours

7am to 6pm, 52 weeks a year (excluding Bank Holidays)

Age range

3 months to 4 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

All meals and snacks included

Established

2014

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Ashbridge on Ribble

Last inspected 5 March 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

The management team at Ashbridge on Ribble has an outstanding curriculum designed with an ethos of attachment, warmth, and nurture, ensuring children achieve the best start in life. They invest in staff development, enabling them to implement the curriculum effectively for each child. Children experience a rich, enthralling, and challenging education, leading to soaring progress.

Inspector highlights

  • The ambition of the management team is infectious, cultivating a highly motivated staff team with a secure understanding of how young children learn.
  • Children are confident communicators, able to express themselves effectively even before verbalising words, and older children advocate for themselves with pride.
  • Children value the feelings of others, demonstrating admirable behaviour within their peer groups, offering encouragement, sharing, and showing empathy.
  • The management team prioritises partnership working, building strong communication with parents who appreciate the opportunities to enrich their children's learning at home.
  • Staff prepare children for their futures by providing life skills, fostering independence, risk assessment, food growth, emotional expression through art, and productive engagement with nature.
  • Outdoor learning is a strength, with children of all ages having ample access to challenging and fun experiences outdoors, robustly supporting their personal development.
Inspection #10390948 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, regardless of special educational needs and/or disabilities, circumstance or stage of development, make exceptional progress.

Outdoor space

Outdoor learning is a strength of the setting. Happy sounds fill the air outside. Older children build dens, manipulate toy vehicles and play chasing games with their friends. They build their own obstacle courses and manage calculated risks with ease. Babies show they are true explorers. They have ample access to learning outside, enjoying just as much challenge and fun as their older peers. All children's personal development is robustly supported.

Parent Reviews of Ashbridge on Ribble

4.1
(13)
Rizzy Y
4 months ago

We had our son in this nursery since July last year. This nursery has been absolutely amazing, the reception staff and everyone including really warm welcoming. Very professional, good with updates, listen to you as a parent. as a parent felt at home, i was always welcomed by everyone and most of all my son loved it here! He developed so much over the last 6 months. Shame we moved houses and had to change nursery. Very highly recommend, very clean, friendly following the requirements and as a parent you want your child to be happy and develop well. This nursery helps do this. Absolutely amazing nursery

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Guy Woodhouse
5 years ago

Our oldest started at Ashbridge on Ribble back in 2016, and now our youngest is there. They are so friendly and approachable. Both my kids have loved attending and love all the activities. They do so many things, some very messy, and lots of physical play. Both my children have learnt excellent social skills, sharing, being thoughtful and kind, lots of self confidence and good eating habits. They are always making something new for the children to help their development, they don't stand still and say, 'that will do', they are always trying to improve what they have. I can't fault it and I'm so glad we picked the nursery. When my youngest leaves I'll really miss the people, they still ask how my oldest is doing at school. Lots of happy memories have been made at this nursery, and lots of friends made too.

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Danielle Massey
5 years ago

From the very first day of visiting Ashbridge we was made to be very welcome it was an easy choice coming here they ticked every box. Great home cooked food, fun and interesting activities and lovely professional teaching assistants. My daughter loves going too she loves every activity and of course all the butterfly teachers they are fantastic with her.

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Rebekah Shadwell
5 years ago

Sending my child to Ashbridge is the best decision I could have made! The staff are brilliant and so dedicated to every child. As a parent I’m met with a warm smile and a hello at every drop off and pickup and I feel so content knowing my child is being well looked after whilst I’m at work.

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Suheima Khoda
5 years ago

My son has loved his time at Ashbridge, the staff have always been professional and accommodating. I have loved watching him thrive and he has made some lovely friends and built great relationships with the staff.

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025

Date: February 2016

  • March 2025Outstanding
  • January 2020Good
  • February 2016Good

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