Sessional pre-school in Heather, Leicestershire
Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten
Ludlam's Wood, Cattows Farm, Normanton Lane, Heather, LE67 2TD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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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Getting there
Ludlam's Wood, Cattows Farm, Normanton Lane, Heather, LE67 2TD · More nurseries in LE67
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.
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Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten is a sessional pre-school at Ludlam's Wood, Cattows Farm, Normanton Lane, Heather, LE67 2TD, in Heather, Leicestershire. It is registered for 16 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Heather Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.6 miles
- St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.6 miles
- Ibstock Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.6 miles
- Newton Burgoland Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.7 miles
- Woodstone Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.8 miles
- Ibstock School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 1.6 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 Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten Outstanding at its inspection on 11 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten take?
Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten is registered with Ofsted for up to 16 children at any one time.
How do I contact Nature's Way Forest Kindergarten?
You can call 07824 381469 and visit www.discoveroutdoors.school.
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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.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2636719 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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