Sessional pre-school in Humberstone Garden, Leicester
The Ark Preschool
Abbots Road South, HUMBERSTONE, Leicester, LE5 1DA · 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
Abbots Road South, HUMBERSTONE, Leicester, LE5 1DA · More nurseries in LE5
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Abbots Road North, Thurncourt Road and Averil Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ocean Road Open Space5 min walk
- Playground4 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 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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The Ark Preschool is a sessional pre-school at Abbots Road South, HUMBERSTONE, Leicester, LE5 1DA, in Humberstone Garden, Leicester. It is registered for 20 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| The Ark PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Humberstone Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.3 miles
- Humberstone Infant Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Falcons Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Avanti Fields School All-throughages 3–16has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.6 miles
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- Elmbrook School ages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.7 miles
- Scraptoft Valley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.7 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 The Ark Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Ark Preschool Good at its inspection on 7 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Ark Preschool take?
The Ark Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 20 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 EY470923 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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