Sessional pre-school in Great Bowden, Leicestershire
Great Bowden Pre-School
Church Hall, Dingley Road, Great Bowden, Market Harborough, LE16 7ET · 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
Church Hall, Dingley Road, Great Bowden, Market Harborough, LE16 7ET · More nurseries in LE16
Stations
- Market Harborough24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Shoulder of Mutton, Horseshoe Lane and Welham Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Great Bowden Park6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 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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Great Bowden Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Church Hall, Dingley Road, Great Bowden, Market Harborough, LE16 7ET, in Great Bowden, Leicestershire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- Ridgeway Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.7 miles
- Meadowdale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- Market Harborough Church of England Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.4 miles
- Little Bowden School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 1.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.5 miles
- Wellington Place Primary School Primaryages 4–11 1.8 miles
- The Robert Smyth Academy Secondaryages 11–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 1.0 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 Great Bowden Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great Bowden Pre-School Good at its inspection on 10 December 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great Bowden Pre-School take?
Great Bowden Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Great Bowden Pre-School?
Market Harborough is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 226404 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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