Riverside Nursery
Lower Darwen, Lancs · BB3 0PR
Inspected by Ofsted on 28 September 2022 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- EY357087
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
- Registered since
- 22 October 2007
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Lower Darwen, Lancs · BB3 0PR. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 28 October 2016 inspection Good
- 3 April 2013 inspection Good
- 17 November 2011 inspection Good
- 8 May 2008 inspection Good
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Riverside Nursery in Lower Darwen, Lancs was last inspected on 28 September 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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Riverside Nursery has been registered with Ofsted since 22 October 2007. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY357087.
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