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19 nurseries in LE12 (East Leake, West Leake, Sutton Bonington)

Every day nursery with a LE12 postcode, best rated first, and what a place costs in East Midlands after the free hours.

19 day nurseries
2 with a new report card (11%)
1,147 places in total
£130 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Day nurseries in LE12 (East Leake, West Leake, Sutton Bonington), best rated first

All 19 day nurseries in LE12 (East Leake, West Leake, Sutton Bonington)
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Children 1st @ Hathern LE12 5JBExpected standard in 3 of 615 April 202698
2Lime Tree Barrow Ltd LE12 8QAExpected standard in 3 of 613 January 2026100
3Lime Tree Cossington Rd Ltd LE12 7RRGood3 September 202545
4Children 1st @ Shepshed LE12 9BZGood16 July 2025120
5Lime Tree Day Nursery Sileby LE12 7NAGood8 November 202454
6East Leake Village Day Nursery LE12 6JGGood29 May 202475
7Belton Playgroup LE12 9TUGood29 April 202436
8Caterpillar Pre School LE12 7JBGood7 March 202430
9Charnwood Day Nursery and Preschool LE12 9NPGood7 August 202345
10Barrow Pre-School Playgroup LE12 8QAGood8 June 202334
11Forest Rock Day Nursery. LE12 8RTGood4 April 202370
12Castle View Day Nursery LE12 7BDGood17 February 202345
13Hind Leys Pre-school and Natural Play Centre LE12 9DBGood5 January 202360
14Quorn Nursery School LE12 8DPGood12 December 202232
15Rawlins Under 5's Playgroup LE12 8HQGood16 May 202230
16Lime Tree Quorn LE12 8DYGood4 April 202258
17East Leake Day Nursery LE12 6LUGood14 February 2022155
18Charnwood Pre-School LE12 7AJGood14 May 2021
19Hanford Sports Clubs and Camps Ltd LE12 8HPNot yet gradedNot yet60

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LE12 is in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, covering Loughborough.

Nursery fees in LE12

What day nurseries in East Midlands charge on average. Fees in LE12 itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, East Midlands, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age25 hours a week50 hours a week
Under 2£165no funded hours£128after 30 funded hours
2 years old£159no funded hours£130after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old£62after the free 15 hours£123after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in LE12

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in LE12 as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

WhoFree hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits15 hours

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.