Full-day nursery in Humberstone Garden, Leicester
High Hopes Day Nursery
150 Sandhills Avenue, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1LU · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- 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 February 2018Reference EY556083Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places56 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 March 2026Food 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
150 Sandhills Avenue, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1LU · More nurseries in LE5
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Lakeview Chase, Mallow Close and Columbine Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hamilton Park5 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 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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High Hopes Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 150 Sandhills Avenue, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1LU, in Humberstone Garden, Leicester. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Avanti Fields School All-throughages 3–16has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.6 miles
- Kestrel Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.6 miles
- Falcons Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Humberstone Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- Humberstone Infant Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- Netherhall Mead Academy ages 4–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 1.0 miles
- Elmbrook School ages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 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 High Hopes Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated High Hopes Day Nursery Requires improvement at its inspection on 29 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can High Hopes Day Nursery take?
High Hopes Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 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
- 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 EY556083 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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