Full-day nursery in Whetstone, Leicestershire
Little Badgers Playgroup
St Peter's Parish Centre, High Street, Whetstone, LE8 6LP · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 2010Reference EY410320Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 1 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Peter's Parish Centre, High Street, Whetstone, LE8 6LP · More nurseries in LE8
Stations
- Narborough24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Wale Road, Bulls Head and Avon Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Foulds Lane Park playground11 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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Little Badgers Playgroup is a full-day nursery at St Peter's Parish Centre, High Street, Whetstone, LE8 6LP, in Whetstone, Leicestershire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| Little Badgers PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.1 miles
- Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- Badgerbrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.8 miles
- Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.9 miles
- Greystoke Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 1.0 miles
- Glen Hills Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 1.1 miles
- Foxfields Academy ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 1.1 miles
- Cosby Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.3 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 Little Badgers Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Badgers Playgroup Good at its inspection on 1 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Badgers Playgroup take?
Little Badgers Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Badgers Playgroup?
Narborough is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Badgers Playgroup?
You can call 07903 468932 and visit little-badgers.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY410320 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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