Full-day nursery in Shepshed, Leicestershire
Children 1st @ Shepshed
55 Forest Street, Shepshed, Loughborough, LE12 9BZ · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2010Reference EY406765Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 16 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places120 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 26 November 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
55 Forest Street, Shepshed, Loughborough, LE12 9BZ · More nurseries in LE12
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Church, Harrington Road and Bull Ring.
Parks and playgrounds
- Glenmore Park7 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 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.
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Children 1st @ Shepshed is a full-day nursery at 55 Forest Street, Shepshed, Loughborough, LE12 9BZ, in Shepshed, Leicestershire. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Breedon House Nurseries Limited.
Run by Breedon House Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 23 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children 1st @ ShepshedThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Botolph's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.2 miles
- Bowman Academy ages 4–16 0.2 miles
- Oakfield School ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.2 miles
- Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Newcroft Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.4 miles
- Oxley Primary School Shepshed Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- Stonebow Primary School Loughborough Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.6 miles
- Iveshead School Secondaryages 11–19Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.2 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Children 1st @ Shepshed's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Children 1st @ Shepshed Good at its inspection on 16 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Children 1st @ Shepshed take?
Children 1st @ Shepshed is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs Children 1st @ Shepshed?
Children 1st @ Shepshed is run by Breedon House Nurseries Limited, which runs 23 nurseries.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY406765 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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