Children's Links

Children's Links runs 6 childcare settings on the Ofsted register across 3 council areas, with 386 registered places between them. 6 of them have a published inspection report we summarise in full, linked below.

How Children's Links's settings were graded

Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (1 Strong standard, 17 Expected standard)
Ofsted grades before November 2025: 3 settings (3 Good)

Each setting is inspected on its own, so grades differ from one to the next. Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Settings run by Children's Links

Maple Vue Nursery - Day nursery, Aldershot GU12 4RZ, ages 1 to 4, 58 places
Ofsted report card, 23 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Children's Links RAF Scampton - Day nursery, Lincoln LN1 2FX, ages 0 to 11, 70 places
Ofsted report card, 20 July 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
Children's Links - RAF Waddington - Day nursery, Lincoln LN5 9WL, ages 0 to 4, 82 places
Ofsted report card, 30 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Little Explorers - Day nursery, Grantham NG31 9PP, ages 0 to 10, 62 places
Ofsted, 26 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Shining Stars Nursery - Day nursery, Skegness PE24 4DD, ages 1 to 4, 46 places
Ofsted, 10 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Burton Play - Children's Links - Day nursery, Scunthorpe DN15 9HB, ages 0 to 10, 68 places
Ofsted, 25 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Where

Source: Ofsted register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.