Community school · Primary
Lancaster · LA1 5PR · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenNurseryURN 134991
Appletree Nursery School
Local authority nursery school · Lancaster · LA1 5QB
Phase
Nursery
Age range
Ages 0–4
Pupils
78
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 0–4
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed local authority nursery school (nursery), Ages 0–4, in Lancaster, Lancashire, 78 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 12.8%.
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Overview
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Age range
- 0–4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 134991
Location
- Address
- Milking Stile Lane
- Postcode
- LA1 5QB
- Town
- Lancaster
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 78
- Boys / girls
- 41 / 37
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Local authority nursery school
- Federation
- The Willow Tree Federation
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Lucy Naylor
- Telephone
- 0152464132
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes