Full-day nursery in Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire
Charnwood Forest Nursery
Charnwood College, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ · 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
Charnwood College, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ · More nurseries in LE11
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Charnwood College, Booth Wood Primary School and Blackbrook Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Jubilee Park10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Toddler Play Area playground12 min walk
- Junior Play Area 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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Charnwood Forest Nursery is a full-day nursery at Charnwood College, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ, in Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnwood Forest NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Thorpe Acre Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.1 miles
- Thorpe Acre Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.2 miles
- Booth Wood Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Ashmount School ages 4–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Robert Bakewell Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- Holywell Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.9 miles
- Stonebow Primary School Loughborough Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Loughborough Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.9 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 Charnwood Forest Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Charnwood Forest Nursery Good at its inspection on 22 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Charnwood Forest Nursery take?
Charnwood Forest Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Charnwood Forest Nursery?
Loughborough Central (Great Central Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Charnwood Forest Nursery?
You can call 01509 554466 and visit charnwoodforestnursery.co.uk.
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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 EY496442 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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