Higher Croft Children's Centre
Blackburn, Lancashire · BB2 3UY
Inspected by Ofsted on 27 January 2022 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- EY268694
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Sessional day care
- Registered since
- 12 January 2004
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Blackburn, Lancashire · BB2 3UY. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 20 August 2013 inspection Outstanding
- 16 May 2011 inspection Good
- 28 November 2007 inspection Good
- 15 November 2004 inspection Good
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Higher Croft Children's Centre in Blackburn, Lancashire was last inspected on 27 January 2022. 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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Higher Croft Children's Centre has been registered with Ofsted since 12 January 2004. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY268694.
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