Full-day nursery in Highfields, Leicester
Happy Little Hearts
Mayfield Children And Family Centre, Mayfield Road, Leicester, LE2 1LR · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
Mayfield Children And Family Centre, Mayfield Road, Leicester, LE2 1LR · More nurseries in LE2
Stations
- Leicester17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Family Centre, St James Road and Evington Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Victoria Park2 min walk
- St Mary’s Triangle6 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 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.
What parents say
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Happy Little Hearts is a full-day nursery at Mayfield Children And Family Centre, Mayfield Road, Leicester, LE2 1LR, in Highfields, Leicester. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 63 reviews (October 2026).
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| Happy Little HeartsThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Crispin's School ages 2–16has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Medway Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.3 miles
- St John the Baptist CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Leicester Preparatory School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Leicester Therapeutic School ages 5–11 0.5 miles
- Al-Islamia Institute for Education ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Evington Valley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 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 Happy Little Hearts's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Happy Little Hearts Outstanding at its inspection on 25 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Happy Little Hearts take?
Happy Little Hearts is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Happy Little Hearts?
Leicester is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Happy Little Hearts?
You can call 0116 296 6444 and visit happylittlehearts.org.
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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 EY549456 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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