Blackburn with Darwen | Ofsted early years inspection results
Aggregate Ofsted inspection results for Blackburn with Darwen local authority: 152 active early years and childcare providers, 126 currently graded. Latest grades, provider locations and inspection history on Ofsted Insights.
152 active early years and childcare providers, 126 currently graded.
Latest grade bands
| Band | Providers |
|---|---|
| Exceptional | 0 |
| Strong standard / Outstanding | 8 |
| Expected standard / Good | 106 |
| Needs attention / Requires Improvement | 7 |
| Urgent improvement / Inadequate | 1 |
| Other outcomes | 4 |
| Currently graded | 126 |
Figures as at 21 October 2026; most recent inspection 18 September 2026.
Definitions
- Active
- Active providers are early years and childcare providers in this local authority whose Ofsted registration is currently active. Closed and resigned registrations are excluded.
- Currently graded
- Currently graded providers are active providers whose most recent inspection has a grade on record. Each is counted once, in the band of that latest inspection: for renewed framework inspections the band is the lowest graded area, and for older inspections it is the published overall grade.
- Other outcomes
- Other outcomes are graded providers whose latest grade does not map to one of the five bands, for example older outcomes such as Satisfactory. It equals currently graded minus the five bands.
The Ofsted Insights MCP get_la_summary tool counts every provider whose local authority name contains the search text, including closed registrations, and reports area-grade distributions rather than one band per provider. Its totals are therefore higher than, and not directly comparable with, the active figures on this page. See the methodology.
View all providers in Blackburn with Darwen on Ofsted Insights