Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School

55 Forest Street, Shepshed, Loughborough LE12 9BZ
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9.6 105 Reviews
  • Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School, Loughborough
Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School is situated near the centre of Shepshed, close to the M1. The nursery has been refurbished throughout; with bright, open areas for babies, toddlers, early years and out-of-school children, from birth to 12-years-old.

The friendly, enthusiastic staff are all fully trained and very experienced, and child to staff ratios are even lower than Ofsted requirements.

Outside there is a garden designed to maximise the potential for outdoor play, and children are encouraged to choose their own activity with a huge variety of options both in and outside.

The nursery offers funded places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 year olds.

A fantastic nursery school environment, with the added care and attention that comes with a designated early years practitioner, and a ratio of only eight children to each member of staff.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Amy Sharpe (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 30

Total Places for Children

  • 120

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School Reviews (105)

9.6

Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.609) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School has 105 reviews.

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Review from Tracey (Mother of Child) published on 27 February 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A fabulous team, who have been wonderfully supportive in caring for my diabetic son. They have attended training to learn how to deal with his complex needs and implemented what they have learnt with great success. I can not praise them highly enough. Each day my son attends I trust them with his life
and am 100% confident that he is safe.
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Review from Nicola (Mother of Child) published on 27 February 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery is by far the best nursery in Shepshed, I wish I had sent my oldest here too! My daughter loves coming to nursery and playing with her friends, she's always got lots to tell me when I pick her up. All the staff are very friendly and welcoming too!
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Review from Francesca H (Mother of Child) published on 27 February 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are brill. They always update me on everything, remind me of school holidays and if I need to book him in.
The facility is wonderful also really clean modern loads for the children to do. They are really flexible and helpful. I feel really confident in their service.


The girls also have

had to stay late on numerous occasions they never make me feel bad or hassle me (I already feel bad) I always turn up to happy friendly girls.
They are also very understanding and supportive.


I am a single working mother and I have had my son in 3 different establishments and none have come close I am so happy with the service, staff and facility. I constantly tell people.... sad I know.


I also would love to attend myself if only to go down that slide or have a go in the soft play :)

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Review from Tara (Mother of Child) published on 30 January 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My eldest son, 3, has attended for two and a half years and we have always felt he is looked after in the best way. He has learnt a lot in his time at nursery and enjoys going. We as a family have built a great relationship with staff and management. My youngest son, 10 months, has just started at the
nursery and has settled in really well. He goes into nursery happy and smiley and leaves the same. The staff are all very professional!!
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Review from Rachana B (Mother of Child) published on 13 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Fantastic nursery. Very considerate staff. Good learning activities and supportive staff. Happy with everything.
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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.609)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.609) out of 10 for Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 17 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 17 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.901 for Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School is calculated as follows: ( (183 Excellents x 5) + (18 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 202 Ratings = 4.901
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.708 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School is based on 17 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 120 number of registered child places is 24. 17 Positive Reviews ÷ 24 = 0.708
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Amy

Amy Sharpe

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2006

Hi, my name is Amy Sharpe and I am the Nursery Manager at Children 1st @ Shepshed. I have worked for Children 1st @ Shepshed since the company took over the nursery I had worked at for 4 years in April 2010. I have had experience in all of the age groups throughout my career but found my passion was the Early Years age group. I worked as the Early Years Practitioner in the nursery for 3 years before being given the opportunity for the position as Deputy Manager. I still enjoy spending lots of time doing activities with the children in all of the different age groups in nursery. I have completed my degree, which I worked towards alongside working at nursery. I enjoy horse-riding lessons at the weekend and can usually be found with my nose in a book when at home!

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