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Nurseries in Oakham

There are 14 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Oakham, and 4 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Oakham

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 11 settings (11 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Belton Pre-school - Pre-school, Oakham LE15 9JU, ages 3 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Sparks Playgroup at Empingham - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 8PQ, ages 2 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 30 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Elite Sport Academy Wrap Around - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 6HQ, 100 places
  • Langham Nursery - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 7HY, ages 0 to 11, 37 places
    Ofsted, 7 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Angels Uppingham LTD - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 9RL, ages 0 to 4, 85 places
    Ofsted, 28 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Legs Cottesmore - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 7BL, ages 0 to 9, 65 places
    Ofsted, 14 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rainbow Childcare Centres - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 8AY, ages 0 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 4 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rutland Outdoor Education Centre - Pre-school, Oakham LE15 8RT
  • Scallywags Day Nursery - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 6NT, ages 0 to 4, 93 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 July 2026: Needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Stepping Stones Uppingham - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 9RT, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 25 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Ark Association Ltd (1) - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 6PQ, ages 0 to 6, 33 places
    Ofsted, 28 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Ark Association Ltd (2) - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 6GY, ages 1 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 22 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Day Nursery At Oakham - Day nursery, Oakham LE15 7TU, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted, 28 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wing Wildlings Nursery - Pre-school, Oakham LE15 8RQ, ages 2 to 4, 23 places
    Ofsted, 4 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Creative Minds Rutland Ltd - Out-of-school club, Oakham LE15 7ET, 30 places
  • Rhino Sports Academy - Out-of-school club, Oakham LE15 6HQ, 80 places
  • Rocket Holiday Camps - Oakham - Out-of-school club, Oakham LE15 6QW
  • Whissendine Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Oakham LE15 7EU, 32 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 Oakham

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