Childcare in Market Harborough (Leicestershire)
Market Harborough (Leicestershire) has 10 day nurseries, 1 pre-school, 2 school nursery classes, 2 childminders and 5 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 13 of them and rated 12 Good or better. 7 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Leicestershire there are 41 places per 100 children under five, better supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Leicestershire, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 52 school nursery classes across Leicestershire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
2 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Dec 2025Closed Fiesta Sports Harborough Town Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Market Harborough (Leicestershire)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Market Harborough (Leicestershire) take funded hours?
8 of the 20 settings in Market Harborough (Leicestershire) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Which nurseries in Market Harborough (Leicestershire) take babies?
15 settings in Market Harborough (Leicestershire) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Market Harborough (Leicestershire)?
Leicestershire has 41 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Market Harborough (Leicestershire)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.