Poppies Nursery
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Luton for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2010, with 70 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 9RDWhat 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, 11 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children play happily in the nursery. They choose activities and resources that they like and that interest them. Children listen to the descriptions and explanations staff use during their positive interactions in both adult-led and children's selfchosen activities. For example, babies and very young children concentrate for a long period of time while they explore foam mixed with blue paint. Staff talk about the colour and texture. Babies use their hands and resources, such as brushes, to make marks in the foam. Staff demonstrate how to form shapes. Children repeat the words they hear, such as 'round and round', while they attempt to draw circles with their hands. This helps very young children build on their vocabularies and begin to establish how to recognise shapes and colours.
Children develop a passion for books. They sit with staff and recall their favourite stories, studying the illustrations they see on the pages. When it is time to go home, children take delight in leading their parents and carers to a dedicated area of the reception. They sit together, choosing books to take home and share with their families or stay and read a book together. This helps to strengthen parent's involvement in their children's continued good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- give children more time to predict outcomes, solve problems and find different ways of doing things for themselves and with their friends n support staff to help them further develop and plan a stimulating environment for children to spontaneously investigate, this particularly relates to the group room for two-year-olds.
- 11 January 2024Good
- 13 February 2018Outstanding
- 16 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Poppies 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
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