Full-day nursery in Leagrave, Luton
Poppies Nursery
C/O Community Link Children's Centre, Beechwood Road, Luton, LU4 9RD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 2010Reference EY417021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 January 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places70 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
C/O Community Link Children's Centre, Beechwood Road, Luton, LU4 9RD · More nurseries in LU4
Stations
- Leagrave9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Morgan Close, Chester Avenue and Linden Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Addington Way play area playground10 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Luton there are about 4.5 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Poppies Nursery is a full-day nursery at C/O Community Link Children's Centre, Beechwood Road, Luton, LU4 9RD, in Leagrave, Luton. It is registered for 70 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 5 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Pre-School Learning Alliance.
Run by Pre-School Learning Alliance (school), which runs 28 nurseries.
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| Poppies NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Beechwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 under 0.1 miles
- King's House Moorlands ages 5–16 0.5 miles
- Norton Road Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.6 miles
- Leagrave Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Downside Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- The Gill Blowers Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected February 2025 0.7 miles
- Ferrars Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Poppies Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Poppies Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Poppies Nursery take?
Poppies Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 70 children at any one time.
Who runs Poppies Nursery?
Poppies Nursery is run by Pre-School Learning Alliance, which runs 28 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Poppies Nursery?
Leagrave is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Poppies Nursery?
You can call 01582 495029 and visit www.pre-school.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY417021 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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