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Nurseries in Loughborough

There are 41 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Loughborough, and 15 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Loughborough

  • Ofsted report cards: 7 settings (15 Strong standard, 25 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 30 settings (1 Outstanding, 29 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Beacon Activity Camp - Pre-school, Loughborough LE11 2NF
  • Belton Playgroup - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 9TU, ages 1 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 29 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Burton on the Wolds Playgroup - Pre-school, Loughborough LE12 5AF, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 4 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bodies Childcare Ltd - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 1SN, ages 1 to 4, 46 places
    Ofsted report card, 30 July 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Castle View Day Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 7BD, ages 1 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 17 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Charnwood Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 9NP, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 7 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Charnwood Forest Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 4SQ, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 22 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Charnwood Pre-School - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 7AJ, ages 2 to 4
    Ofsted, 14 May 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Children 1st @ Hathern - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 5JB, ages 0 to 4, 98 places
    Ofsted report card, 15 April 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Children 1st @ Shepshed - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 9BZ, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
    Ofsted, 16 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • East Leake Day Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 6LU, ages 0 to 4, 155 places
    Ofsted, 14 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • East Leake Pre-School Playgroup - Pre-school, Loughborough LE12 6LG, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 8 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • East Leake Village Day Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 6JG, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 29 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Forest Rock Day Nursery. - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 8RT, ages 1 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hanford Sports Clubs and Camps Ltd - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 8HP, ages 4 to 12, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 28 July 2026: Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Hind Leys Pre-school and Natural Play Centre - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 9DB, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 5 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • JM Football Sports Academy - Pre-school, Loughborough LE11 4SQ
  • Lime Tree Barrow Ltd - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 8QA, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted report card, 13 January 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Lime Tree Cossington Rd Ltd - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 7RR, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 3 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lime Tree Day Nursery Sileby - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 7NA, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 8 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lime Tree Loughborough - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 1RW, ages 0 to 4, 85 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 January 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Lime Tree Quorn - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 8DY, ages 0 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Owl Pre-School Ltd - Pre-school, Loughborough LE12 8RZ, ages 3 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 16 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Loughborough Nursery - Pre-school, Loughborough LE11 2DY, ages 0 to 4, 93 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Loughborough University Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 3TE, ages 0 to 4, 101 places
    Ofsted, 26 July 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nanpantan Nursery School - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 3YD, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 29 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Parkside Nursery School - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 2BN, ages 1 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 22 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Peter Pan Playgroup - Pre-school, Loughborough LE12 7RX, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 10 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playfit @ Stonebow Primary School - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 4ZH, 42 places
    Ofsted, 26 September 2016: Good overall
  • Quorn Nursery School - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 8DP, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 12 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Radmoor Day Nursery & Annexe - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 3BT, ages 0 to 11, 60 places
    Ofsted, 18 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rawlins Under 5's Playgroup - Day nursery, Loughborough LE12 8HQ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 June 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Robert Bakewell Playgroup Limited - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 5UJ, ages 2 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 January 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Sutton Bonington Pre-School Playgroup - Pre-school, Loughborough LE12 5PB, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Early Years Academy Loughborough - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 1PE, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 5 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Loughborough Education and Tuition Centre - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 5BE
  • The Willows Day Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 5EQ, 48 places
  • Trinity Early Learners - Pre-school, Loughborough LE11 2EH, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 14 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Watermead Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 3TN, ages 0 to 4, 110 places
    Ofsted, 4 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Westwards Nursery - Day nursery, Loughborough LE11 2DT, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 13 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Pre-School Playgroup - Pre-school, Loughborough LE12 6SX, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Ace Sports Midlands : Willoughby Primary School - Wraparound - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 6SS, 13 places
  • Active Minds - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 6LG, 40 places
  • Beaumanor Park Hall - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 8TX
  • Kings Camps - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE11 2DU
  • Little Apples Afterschool Club - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 7ND, 28 places
  • Owls Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 5NH, 32 places
  • Rattle and Roll Performance Holiday Club: Lantern Lane - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 6QN, 30 places
  • Seagrave Wraparound Club - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 7LU, 23 places
  • Smiles Of Quorn - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 8DY, 30 places
  • Superstars Activity Club Wymeswold - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 6TU, 24 places
  • Superstars Mountsorrel - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 7JU, 45 places
  • Superstars Robert Bakewell - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE11 5UJ, 15 places
  • Superstars Swithland - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 8TQ, 10 places
  • Swithland Saint Leonard's Wraparound Club - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 8TQ, 23 places
  • The Old School House - Out-of-school club, Loughborough LE12 9DN

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 Loughborough

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