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Nurseries in Hinckley

There are 22 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Hinckley, and 8 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Hinckley

  • Ofsted report cards: 4 settings (9 Strong standard, 9 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention, 2 Urgent improvement)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 14 settings (1 Outstanding, 13 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Allsorts Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1SG, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 16 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Hinckley Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1YG, ages 1 to 4, 104 places
    Ofsted report card, 10 August 2026: Needs attention in 4 areas, Urgent improvement in 2 areas; safeguarding standards not met
  • Bright Sparks Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1AB, ages 0 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 5 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Britannia Fields Playgroup - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 2HF, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bubbles Active Play And Blue Bubbles Pre-School - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 3EN, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 27 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Burbage Nature Nursery - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 3AA, 87 places
  • Burbage Preschool - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 2SE, ages 2 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 13 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Flutterbies Preschool - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 0XD, 65 places
  • Flutterbies Preschool Limited - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 1PL, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 20 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kidspace Pre-School Hinckley - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 0NF, ages 1 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted report card, 7 July 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kidspace St Marys Pre School - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 1EQ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 28 April 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kids Planet Burbage - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 2AH, ages 1 to 4, 73 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Orchard End Nursery - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1LR, ages 1 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 31 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Priesthills Nursery Nutts Lane - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 3EG, 70 places
  • Priesthills Nursery - Station Road - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1AP, 51 places
  • Richmond Playgroup - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 0ZD, ages 3 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 4 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shooting Stars Nurseries Hinckley - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1AD, ages 0 to 4, 89 places
    Ofsted report card, 27 January 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Smiles Hinckley Parks - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 1LP, ages 2 to 10, 56 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Bernards Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 0PL, ages 0 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 4 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stork Day Nursery - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 0EA, ages 0 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 16 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Peters Pre School, Little Explorers - Pre-school, Hinckley LE10 1LW, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 4 November 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Windsor Playgroup - Day nursery, Hinckley LE10 2DD, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Battling Brook After School Club - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 0EX, 60 places
  • Kidspace Burbage Infants - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 2AE, 24 places
  • Kidspace Burbage Juniors - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 2AD, 60 places
  • Kidspace Richmond - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 0ZD, 60 places
  • Kidspace Sharnford - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 3PT, 20 places
  • Kidspace St Peters - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 1HJ, 20 places
  • Kidspace Westfield - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 0LT, 60 places
  • Sketchley Hill Breakfast and After School Club - Out-of-school club, Hinckley LE10 2DY, 75 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Hinckley

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.