Full-day nursery in Shelthorpe, Leicestershire
Parkside Nursery School
25 Charnwood Road, Loughborough, LE11 2BN · 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
25 Charnwood Road, Loughborough, LE11 2BN · More nurseries in LE11
Stations
- Loughborough Central (Great Central Railway)16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Oliver Road, Herrick Road and Lanesborough Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Southfields Park10 min walk
- Queen's Park11 min walk
- Farnham Road Play Area playground8 min walk
- Farnham Road Recreation Ground playground9 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- 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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Parkside Nursery School is a full-day nursery at 25 Charnwood Road, Loughborough, LE11 2BN, in Shelthorpe, Leicestershire. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Nursery SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Radmoor Day Nursery & AnnexeFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Busy Bodies Childcare LtdFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Lift Beacon Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.3 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- Fairfield Prep School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Mountfields Lodge School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Loughborough Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2022 0.8 miles
- Outwoods Edge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 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 Parkside Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Parkside Nursery School Good at its inspection on 22 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Parkside Nursery School take?
Parkside Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Parkside Nursery School?
Loughborough Central (Great Central Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Parkside Nursery School?
You can call 01509 213329.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 223253 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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