Darwen Children's Centre
Darwen, Lancashire · BB3 0HD
Inspected by Ofsted on 3 June 2025 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- EY246291
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Sessional day care
- Registered since
- 18 February 2003
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Darwen, Lancashire · BB3 0HD. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 11 October 2019 inspection Good
- 9 September 2015 inspection Good
- 28 November 2011 inspection Outstanding
- 1 February 2008 inspection Good
- 28 August 2003 inspection Good
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Darwen Children's Centre in Darwen, Lancashire was last inspected on 3 June 2025. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
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Darwen Children's Centre has been registered with Ofsted since 18 February 2003. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY246291.
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