Flitwick Day Nursery
Good★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bedford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2015, with 84 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Central Bedfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Central Bedfordshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
MK45 1AJWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 22 October 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 8 December 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 September 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, well settled and engaged in purposeful activity. Staff gather information from parents when children first start about what they know and can do. This helps staff to adapt the environment to support children to settle in. Staff are kind and nurturing as they help children to form secure bonds. They know that children need to feel safe and secure to be ready to learn. From the start, staff help children to learn about their emotions and the vocabulary to express how they feel.
Staff are consistent in how they support children to start to regulate their behaviour. Staff work with parents to devise appropriate strategies to help children who need more support.
Staff know children well and provide a range of resources and activities that reflect children's individual interests. They use their professional knowledge of typical child development to develop stimulating activities that successfully capture children's interest. Younger children enjoy exploring play dough. They learn new words, such as splat, pop and push as they manipulate the dough. Staff purposely provide such activities to help children build strength in their hands to help them to use cutlery.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to provide consistency for all children to engage in meaningful interactions that help them build their communication and language skills, particularly in the post-lunch period when some children are sleeping.
- 9 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 16 January 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 14 June 2021Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Flitwick Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.