Full-day nursery in Nanpantan, Leicestershire
Watermead Nursery
2 Watermead Lane, Loughborough, LE11 3TN · 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 January 2004Reference EY248193Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 4 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places110 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 September 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
2 Watermead Lane, Loughborough, LE11 3TN · More nurseries in LE11
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Thirlmere Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground10 min walk
- Moat Road 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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Watermead Nursery is a full-day nursery at 2 Watermead Lane, Loughborough, LE11 3TN, in Nanpantan, Leicestershire. It is registered for 110 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 16 reviews (October 2026).
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| Watermead NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Holywell Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.4 miles
- Ashmount School ages 4–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Nanpantan Hall Nurture Centre ages 5–14 1.0 miles
- Outwoods Edge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.0 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.0 miles
- Mountfields Lodge School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.1 miles
- Booth Wood Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.1 miles
- Thorpe Acre Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 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 Watermead Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Watermead Nursery Good at its inspection on 4 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Watermead Nursery take?
Watermead Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 110 children at any one time.
How do I contact Watermead Nursery?
You can call 01509 239205 and visit www.watermeadnursery.co.uk.
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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
- 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY248193 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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