Full-day nursery in Thurnby Lodge, Leicester
Kiddycare Little Willows
Willowbrook Primary School, Roborough Green, LEICESTER, LE5 2NA · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Willowbrook Primary School, Roborough Green, LEICESTER, LE5 2NA · More nurseries in LE5
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Forest Rise, Somerby Road and Cranbrook Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Willowbrook Park3 min walk
- Ocean Road Open Space10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Manor Field playground8 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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Kiddycare Little Willows is a full-day nursery at Willowbrook Primary School, Roborough Green, LEICESTER, LE5 2NA, in Thurnby Lodge, Leicester. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Kiddycare Limited.
Run by Kiddycare Limited (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiddycare Little WillowsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Fernvale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.5 miles
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Scraptoft Valley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.9 miles
- Elmbrook School ages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.9 miles
- Krishna Avanti Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 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 Kiddycare Little Willows's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kiddycare Little Willows Good at its inspection on 30 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kiddycare Little Willows take?
Kiddycare Little Willows is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
Who runs Kiddycare Little Willows?
Kiddycare Little Willows is run by Kiddycare Limited, which runs 5 nurseries.
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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 EY419439 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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