Poppies Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Stotfold for from 2 years up to school age, open 00:00 to 24:00, 7 days a week. £6.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2002.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £6.00Breakfast Club, Lunch, Lunch club, 1.2 hrs £6.30Breakfast club, 1 hrs £6.35After school club, 1 hrs £9.00After school club, 1.5 hrs £12.55After school club, 2 hrs £14.60Afternoon or Morning, 2.5 hrs £18.00After school club, 3 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 a session Breakfast Club
- £3.50 a session After school club
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.00 an hour Additional servicesper statutory funded hour, includes Meals/snacks; Breakfast, mid-morning snack
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours per week, term time only.
Worth knowing. Additional services charged at £1 per statutory funded hour. We do not currently operate a stretched offer.
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
SG5 4DLWhat 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, 9 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are exceptionally confident in this welcoming and exciting nursery. They are very respectful of their friends, demonstrating kindness and friendliness in their play. Children build a sense of belonging with staff as their key person pays close attention to their needs, providing individual care. Children spend copious amounts of time outdoors and experience a stimulating variety of rich activities that help them to understand the natural world, develop independence and negotiate risk.
Children spend time copying yoga positions outdoors and relax their whole bodies in the tire swing as they spin around.
The thoughtfully planned environment means that children are constantly surrounded by independent learning opportunities. Staff notice what captures children's interests and take these moments to guide and extend learning further.
- 9 May 2022Outstanding
- 14 October 2015Outstanding
- 16 October 2008Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Poppies Nursery
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £6.00 a session still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.