Full-day nursery in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School
Trentham Close, North Street, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LE65 1HU · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Trentham Close, North Street, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LE65 1HU · More nurseries in LE65
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Medical Centre, North Street and Market Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bath Grounds6 min walk
- Hood Park playground2 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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 Leicestershire there are about 2.6 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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Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School is a full-day nursery at Trentham Close, North Street, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LE65 1HU, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 7 reviews (October 2026).
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| Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory SchoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Castleview School ages 5–19 0.2 miles
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.3 miles
- Woodcote Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.3 miles
- Ashby Hastings Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Ashby Hill Top Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected April 2024 0.6 miles
- Ashby Willesley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 miles
- Packington Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.5 miles
- Ivanhoe School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.1 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 Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School Outstanding at its inspection on 4 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School take?
Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
How do I contact Ashby Castle Pre-Preparatory School?
You can call 01530 415541 and visit www.ashbycastledaynursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY436067 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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