Happy Little Hearts
Mayfield Children And Family Centre, Mayfield Road, Leicester, LE2 1LRWhat Ofsted found
Outstanding Inspected 25 June 2025
| Judgement | Grade |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
The highest of the four grades Ofsted gave before report cards. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.
What a place could cost
Happy Little Hearts sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in East Midlands, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.
| Child's age | You pay a week | About a month |
|---|---|---|
| From 9 months to 2 | £128 | £404 |
| 2 years old | £130 | £411 |
| 3 to 4 years old | £123 | £389 |
A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.
Happy Little Hearts against Leicester
| Happy Little Hearts | Leicester average | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | 50 | 54 |
| Ofsted outcome | Outstanding | 88% rated Good or better |
Other nurseries close by
Questions parents ask about Happy Little Hearts
- What Ofsted grade does Happy Little Hearts have?
- Happy Little Hearts was rated Outstanding at its inspection on 25 June 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
- How many children can Happy Little Hearts take?
- Ofsted registers Happy Little Hearts for 50 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Leicester has 54.
- How much does Happy Little Hearts cost?
- Happy Little Hearts sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
- Does Happy Little Hearts offer 30 hours free childcare?
- Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Happy Little Hearts how it offers them.
- When was Happy Little Hearts last inspected?
- Ofsted last inspected Happy Little Hearts on 25 June 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
- Which nurseries are near Happy Little Hearts?
- Nearby in LE2: Shama Women's Centre, Children 1st @ Leicester, Aylestone Angels Childcare.
Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.
Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.
Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.