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Little Stars Nursery in Accrington

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.4(50 parent reviews)
·The Park Child and Family Centre, Norfolk Grove, Accrington, BB5 4RY · Lancashire
Number of places
68 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Little Stars Nursery, established in 2004, is a childcare setting for children aged 0-4 years, located in Accrington. The nursery operates year-round from 8:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday.

The setting has an aspirational curriculum, designed for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged children. Leaders are committed to inclusive practice, working closely with families and other agencies, and utilising additional funding effectively to support individual needs.

Specific teaching plans are in place for children with SEND, and staff are skilled in adapting activities to ensure all children benefit. The nursery fosters a strong sense of belonging through nurturing relationships between staff, children, and families, with flexible transition arrangements.

Children are encouraged to be independent and confident communicators, with staff modelling language and extending vocabulary through engaging activities like reading books and building towers. The nursery also prioritises children's wellbeing, helping them to recognise and express their emotions, and creates a calm and consistent routine that children understand and follow.

Although the overall rating is inadequate, the safeguarding standards are met, and the setting focuses on continuous improvement in staff teaching.

What it's like

Children at Little Stars Nursery benefit from an aspirational curriculum designed for all, including those with SEND and disadvantaged children. They engage in exciting activities that foster communication and language development, with staff modelling language and extending vocabulary through books. Strong relationships between staff, children, and families, along with flexible transition arrangements, help children feel settled and secure, enjoying their time at the nursery with a sense of belonging.

Aspirational curriculumInclusive practiceStrong relationshipsEmotional wellbeingConsistent routines

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:00 - 18:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Stars Nursery

Last inspected 21 November 2025

What it's like to attend

Children at Little Stars Nursery benefit from an aspirational curriculum designed for all, including those with SEND and disadvantaged children. They engage in exciting activities that foster communication and language development, with staff modelling language and extending vocabulary through books. Strong relationships between staff, children, and families, along with flexible transition arrangements, help children feel settled and secure, enjoying their time at the nursery with a sense of belonging.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of how children learn and complete regular assessments.
  • Children achieve well from their starting points, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged.
  • Staff foster independence, helping children to raise their self-esteem.
  • Parents have seen particular progress with their children’s personal, social and emotional development and speech and language.
  • Staff create a calm atmosphere and establish consistent routines that children understand and follow.
  • Leaders place children’s wellbeing at the heart of everything they do and support children to recognise and express their emotions.

Areas to develop

  • 1Target training and support for staff more precisely to address minor inconsistencies in teaching.
Inspection #10412281 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders demonstrate a clear commitment to inclusive practice and work closely with families and other agencies to reduce barriers to learning. Additional funding is used effectively to support individual children’s needs, and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have specific teaching plans in place. All staff are aware of agreed strategies to adapt activities to enable all children to benefit. The nursery is proactive in recognising difficulties families and children can face, and makes good use of on-site services to ensure families receive the support they need.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from many opportunities to be active, with access to fresh air and physical exercise. They can explore natural materials in the forest area, taking time to notice shapes, sizes, and colours of leaves, which supports their emotional and physical wellbeing.

Parent Reviews of Little Stars Nursery

4.4
(50)
Ruth Bourn
a year ago

Absolutely amazing!! Anna and her team are the most caring and wonderful people who helped my son (who has a lot of additional needs) join in with every single activity and prepare for starting school. They adapted their setting in small ways that made a massive impact on his development and they can not be thanked enough for how they helped my son.

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Ess Bee
3 years ago

The nursery is good but a lot more needs to be done in terms of communicating with parents. When you walk in you feel like no one really wants to talk to you, though they're relatively courteous, it's a case of drop your kid off and go. It's a strange feeling leaving your child and practically bolting straight after. There is an app with absolutely nothing on it. I have no idea what my kids are doing there all day and even when I ask at pick up I'm told they had a lot of fun and ate well, meanwhile my child is wailing at the door. In other nurseries we've been to before, the teachers put a short summary of what the kids will be doing every day. This is done before kids even start nursery and it is all in the plans. I come from an education background, at the very least parents should know what the theme of the week/month is. We're literally told nothing at all - I've no idea if they've been out to Forest School (one of the main reasons I chose this nursery) and some days it has been cancelled but I've only been told because I've asked and no reasons have been given. When you have your child attending nursery for the first time it's reassuring to have a picture of them during at least the first week. However, I've grown tired of asking teachers and management for pictures of my child as I'm constantly told they will send some and they never do. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress reports but for some reason I'm getting the vibe that it's going to be a copy-paste situation for all the kids. I'm unsure if I'd recommend the nursery to others.

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Keely Isherwood
12 years ago

Attended this morning for infant massage, was surprised to find such a great service was free! (as are many others) The staff were lovely, and so helpful, especially a lady on the desk named Paula who gave me lots of information on activities going on at the centre. Centre was immaculate too! Noticed a cafe on site, will definitely be checking that out next visit!

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Sarah Rodia
7 years ago

The Park is such a friendly well organised set up. The staff are as friendly, helpful, kind, and caring as you can possibly meet. The only reason I know of this place is the nursery facilities it provides and they are fantastic absolutely brilliant

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Fari
8 years ago

I found this nursery to be awful, I sent my really shy daughter there and everytime I would come back just before 6 i would find the staff in the 2 year old room talking amongst themselves whilst my daughter played alone. After around months I decided to take my daughter out and send to oscar bears where she flourished due to the attention and care she received there. Worst thing however was when she left they gave a little booklet about my child where all the photos just got taken on the day she was leaving and they wrote what nursery rhyme she liked the best, only thing was when I asked her at home about the nursery rhyme she didn't even know about it telling me they just lied about what her likes and dislikes were as they didn't even know them. I felt my child just got ignored due to being so shy and definetly would not recommend his nursery to anyone!

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Inspection history

Date: March 2012

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Inadequate). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • August 2025Inadequate
  • January 2023Good
  • December 2017Good
  • June 2014Good
  • March 2012Good

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