Sessional pre-school in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Leicester
Hand In Hand Preschool (Oak Centre)
Braunstone Oak Centre, Bendbow Rise, LEICESTER, LE3 1QA · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Braunstone Oak Centre, Bendbow Rise, LEICESTER, LE3 1QA · More nurseries in LE3
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Bendbow Rise, Woodshawe Rise and Gallards Hill.
Parks and playgrounds
- Braunstone Park2 min walk
- St Peters Open Space6 min walk
- Shakespeare Park11 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground1 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 Leicester there are about 4.4 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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Hand In Hand Preschool (Oak Centre) is a sessional pre-school at Braunstone Oak Centre, Bendbow Rise, LEICESTER, LE3 1QA, in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Leicester. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Emmanuel Christian School ages 4–16 0.1 miles
- Braunstone Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Kingsway Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.4 miles
- Queensmead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.5 miles
- Caldecote Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Folville Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.7 miles
- Fossebrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Imperial Avenue Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 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 Hand In Hand Preschool (Oak Centre)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hand In Hand Preschool (Oak Centre) Good at its inspection on 10 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hand In Hand Preschool (Oak Centre) take?
Hand In Hand Preschool (Oak Centre) is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
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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 EY501733 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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