Full-day nursery in Oadby, Leicestershire
Gingerbread 2 Nursery
Launde House, Harborough Road, Oadby, LEICESTER, LE2 4LE · 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 December 2011Reference EY440555Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 21 February 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places82 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 20 November 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Launde House, Harborough Road, Oadby, LEICESTER, LE2 4LE · More nurseries in LE2
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Lidl, Beaumont Street and East Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Uplands Park7 min walk
- Iliffe Avenue Park10 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- The Morwoods Play Area playground9 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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Gingerbread 2 Nursery is a full-day nursery at Launde House, Harborough Road, Oadby, LEICESTER, LE2 4LE, in Oadby, Leicestershire. It is registered for 82 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 18 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup Limited.
Run by Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gingerbread 2 NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Launde Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.2 miles
- Langmoor Primary School Oadby Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Brookside Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Glenmere Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.9 miles
- Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.9 miles
- Brocks Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- Leicester High School for Girls ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Woodland Grange Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.1 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 Gingerbread 2 Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Gingerbread 2 Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Gingerbread 2 Nursery take?
Gingerbread 2 Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 82 children at any one time.
Who runs Gingerbread 2 Nursery?
Gingerbread 2 Nursery is run by Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
How do I contact Gingerbread 2 Nursery?
You can call 0116 271 1165 and visit www.gingerbreadnursery.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
- 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY440555 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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