Full-day nursery in Crown Hills, Leicester
Little Footprints Nursery Limited
459 Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 6RA · 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 2008Reference EY365635Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 16 December 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places75 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 June 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
459 Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 6RA · More nurseries in LE5
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Greystone Avenue, Silverwood Close and Havencrest Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ocean Road Open Space7 min walk
- Humberstone Park11 min walk
- Willowbrook Park11 min walk
- Lily Marriot Garden12 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground10 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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Little Footprints Nursery Limited is a full-day nursery at 459 Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 6RA, in Crown Hills, Leicester. It is registered for 75 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 34 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Little Footprints Nursery Limited.
Run by Little Footprints Nursery Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.4 miles
- Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Krishna Avanti Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Oaklands Mead Academy ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- Whitehall Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- Humberstone Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- Humberstone Infant Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 0.8 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 Little Footprints Nursery Limited's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Footprints Nursery Limited Good at its inspection on 16 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Footprints Nursery Limited take?
Little Footprints Nursery Limited is registered with Ofsted for up to 75 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Footprints Nursery Limited?
Little Footprints Nursery Limited is run by Little Footprints Nursery Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Little Footprints Nursery Limited?
You can call 0116 241 2020 and visit www.lfnursery.co.uk.
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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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY365635 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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