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Nurseries in Wigston

There are 10 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Wigston, and 3 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Wigston

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 10 settings (1 Outstanding, 9 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Busy Bees at Leicester South Wigston - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 4WS, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 27 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees at Leicester Wigston Magna - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 2AJ, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 31 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bugs Pre School - Pre-school, Wigston LE18 4PB, ages 2 to 4, 46 places
    Ofsted, 23 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Daisy Chain Children's Nursery - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 2DJ, ages 0 to 4, 95 places
    Ofsted, 4 August 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kiddy Kapers Daycare - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 3RD, ages 0 to 11, 50 places
    Ofsted, 13 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Fishes Pre School - Pre-school, Wigston LE18 2HR, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Moat Street Pre school - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 2HE, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 14 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Poplars Preschool - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 1HG, ages 1 to 11, 75 places
    Ofsted, 14 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • South Leicestershire College Nursery - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 4PL, ages 0 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 24 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Cradle Nursery - Day nursery, Wigston LE18 1JX, ages 1 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 21 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Preparing Pathways at Birkett House - Out-of-school club, Wigston LE18 2DT
  • Preparing Pathways at Thythorn Centre - Out-of-school club, Wigston LE18 2HR
  • Thythorn Field Wraparound - Out-of-school club, Wigston LE18 2QU, 15 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 Wigston

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