Full-day nursery in Leicester
Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central
17 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
17 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN · More nurseries in LE1
Stations
- Leicester12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Pocklingtons Walk, Town Hall Square and Southgates.
Parks and playgrounds
- Town Hall Square5 min walk
- Castle Gardens5 min walk
- Staff Secret Garden9 min walk
- Museum Square Park10 min walk
- Bede Park10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Leicester there are about 4.4 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central is a full-day nursery at 17 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN, in Leicester. It is registered for 84 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 11 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Ashbourne Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Ashbourne Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 38 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Children's Hospital School ages 2–19Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.3 miles
- King Richard III Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 0.5 miles
- Hazel Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- Shaftesbury Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2022 0.6 miles
- Leicester Therapeutic School ages 5–11 0.7 miles
- Slater Primary School Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- Al-Islamia Institute for Education ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central Good at its inspection on 30 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central take?
Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central is registered with Ofsted for up to 84 children at any one time.
Who runs Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central?
Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central is run by Ashbourne Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 38 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central?
Leicester is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leicester Central?
You can call 0800 699 0044 and visit ashbournedaynurseries.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2727416 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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