Sessional pre-school in Bushby, Leicestershire
Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup
St Lukes School, Main Street, Bushby, Leicester, LE7 9PN · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Lukes School, Main Street, Bushby, Leicester, LE7 9PN · More nurseries in LE7
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including St Lukes School, Dalby Avenue and Hereward Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Manor Field playground6 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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Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at St Lukes School, Main Street, Bushby, Leicester, LE7 9PN, in Bushby, Leicestershire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurnby & Bushby PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Fernvale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 1.0 miles
- Krishna Avanti Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 1.1 miles
- Oaklands Mead Academy ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected February 2024 1.2 miles
- Whitehall Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 1.3 miles
- Scraptoft Valley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 1.4 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 Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup Good at its inspection on 18 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup take?
Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 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 226497 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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