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Nurseries in Melton Mowbray

There are 16 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Melton Mowbray, and 5 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Melton Mowbray

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (2 Strong standard, 10 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 13 settings (13 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Early Years Nursery - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 0BJ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 26 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Years Nursery School - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 1JE, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 1 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Frisby Pre-School - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE14 2NQ, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 1 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Great Dalby Pre-School Playgroup - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE14 2HA, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 26 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Honey Pots Day Nursery - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE14 3QG, ages 1 to 3, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 13 July 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Rascals - Burton Road - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 1FX, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Rascals Day Nursery - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 0TD, ages 1 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 3 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Robins Pre-School - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 0NA, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 31 August 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 0PB, ages 0 to 4, 92 places
    Ofsted, 17 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Long Clawson Pre-School - Pre-school, Melton Mowbray LE14 4PB, 40 places
  • Melton Mowbray Nursery School - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 0BH, ages 0 to 4, 59 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oasis Family Centre - Pre-school, Melton Mowbray LE13 0HN, ages 2 to 5, 36 places
    Ofsted, 5 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Old Dalby Preschool - Pre-school, Melton Mowbray LE14 3LR, ages 1 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted report card, 12 May 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Park Lane Nursery - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 1JX, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 23 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodlands Nursery - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE13 0UT, ages 0 to 10, 93 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wymondham Pre-School Playgroup - Day nursery, Melton Mowbray LE14 2AF, ages 0 to 3, 48 places
    Ofsted, 10 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • BrownLow Childcare Club - Out-of-school club, Melton Mowbray LE13 1QL, 50 places
  • Frisby Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Melton Mowbray LE14 2NH, 24 places
  • Stagecoach Melton Mowbray - Out-of-school club, Melton Mowbray LE13 0BN
  • St Marys Activity Camp - Out-of-school club, Melton Mowbray LE13 0NA
  • Wymondham Wraparound Club - Out-of-school club, Melton Mowbray LE14 2AF, 23 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 Melton Mowbray

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