Kiddies Kingdom
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Luton for children from birth to 5, open 08:45 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2013, with 32 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 Luton
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Luton 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
LU4 9FZWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 17 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are welcomed by the friendly staff when they enter the nursery. They happily hang their coats on their own pegs, which they identify by finding their photo. This helps children feel valued as a member of the nursery community.
Children quickly settle, playing and exploring in the well-resourced group room.
Staff plan activities and areas of the nursery that suit children's abilities and needs to help support their learning and well-being. For example, children who are preparing to move on to school spend time in a quieter part of the room. They use pens and boards to make meaningful marks. Staff encourage them to listen to the sounds they hear at the beginning of their names and other words, helping to support children's early literacy skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- give children even more time to think how to solve problems, find different ways of doing things and predict what might happen next n support staff to provide adult-led activities that take into account the most suitable time, location and number of children to provide the very best learning experiences for children n review and enhance communication with parents to help them know how they can support their children's learning at home, linking this to children's next steps in learning.
- 17 May 2024Good
- 10 September 2018Good
- 28 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kiddies Kingdom
- 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
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