Full-day nursery in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge
The Lodge, Pera Business Park, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0PB · 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 November 2024Reference 2813438Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 17 April 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places92 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 November 2025Food 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
The Lodge, Pera Business Park, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0PB · More nurseries in LE13
Stations
- Melton Mowbray17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Staveley Road, Laycock Avenue and Eastfield Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Egerton Park7 min walk
- Memorial Gardens8 min walk
- New Park10 min walk
- Wilton Park11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- 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 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 Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge is a full-day nursery at The Lodge, Pera Business Park, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0PB, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. It is registered for 92 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (October 2026).
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| Little Stars Day Nursery @ The LodgeThis 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
- The Grove Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.3 miles
- Brownlow Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.7 miles
- Saint Francis Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Sherard Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2022 1.2 miles
- Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2022 1.2 miles
- Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School) ages 4–19Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected April 2024 1.3 miles
- Asfordby Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.5 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 Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge Good at its inspection on 17 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge take?
Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge is registered with Ofsted for up to 92 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge?
Melton Mowbray is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Stars Day Nursery @ The Lodge?
You can call 01664 896221 and visit www.littlestarseducation.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2813438 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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