Full-day nursery in Goldings, West Northamptonshire
Little Fishes Pre-School
Lodge Farm Community Centre, Lings, NN3 8JJ · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Lodge Farm Community Centre, Lings, NN3 8JJ · More nurseries in NN3
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Crestwood Road, Crestwood Gardens and North Paddock Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lodge Farm Park1 min walk
- Crestwood Linear Open Space4 min walk
- Cygnet Lake Park5 min walk
- Lings Wood5 min walk
- Thorplands Open Space6 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 West Northamptonshire there are about 3.2 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 Fishes Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Lodge Farm Community Centre, Lings, NN3 8JJ, in Goldings, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Fishes Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Woodvale Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Lings Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.2 miles
- Thorplands Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Lumbertubs Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Billing Brook Special School ages 4–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Blackthorn Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.6 miles
- The Arbours Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Boothville Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 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 Little Fishes Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Fishes Pre-School Good at its inspection on 12 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Fishes Pre-School take?
Little Fishes Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 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 EY537008 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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