Partou Prospect House Day Nursery & Pre-school
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Luton for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 May 2024. Open since 2014, with 120 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
LU2 9QHWhat 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, 14 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Managers and staff provide meaningful learning experiences across the nursery that captivate the interest of the children and motivate them to learn. Children happily explore and investigate the activities provided. Staff build on babies'
curiosity. They encourage them to feel different textures, such as soft feathers, pine cones and bristles on the brush, and to listen to the sound of the hand bell.
Staff enthusiastically join in the children's play as they roll cars down an upturned drainpipe. They skilfully introduce concepts, such as 'fast' and 'slow', and encourage them to repeat the phrase 'ready, steady, go' as they launch cars down the pipe. Staff provide activities that encourage the children to develop their problem-solving skills. Children demonstrate perseverance as they learn how to fix the train track pieces together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff further to have a clear understanding of the curriculum intent so that their teaching consistently focuses on what they want children to learn n help staff to apply behaviour management strategies consistently to support younger children's deeper understanding of what is expected of them.
- 14 May 2024Good
- 18 September 2019Good
- 24 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Prospect House Day Nursery & Pre-school
- 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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