Sessional pre-school in Arlesey, Central Bedfordshire
Poppyfields Nursery
Fairfield Park Lower School, Dickens Boulevard, Stotfold, HITCHIN, SG5 4FD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Fairfield Park Lower School, Dickens Boulevard, Stotfold, HITCHIN, SG5 4FD · More nurseries in SG5
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Dickens Boulevard.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 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 Central Bedfordshire there are about 4.1 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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Poppyfields Nursery is a sessional pre-school at Fairfield Park Lower School, Dickens Boulevard, Stotfold, HITCHIN, SG5 4FD, in Arlesey, Central Bedfordshire. It is registered for 108 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Poppies Nursery Ltd.
Run by Poppies Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Poppyfields NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Fairfield Park Lower School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.1 miles
- Stonehill School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Gothic Mede Academy Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 miles
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 1.1 miles
- The Grange Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.1 miles
- Roecroft Lower School Primaryages 5–9Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- Wilbury Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.2 miles
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Poppyfields Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Poppyfields Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 5 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Poppyfields Nursery take?
Poppyfields Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 108 children at any one time.
Who runs Poppyfields Nursery?
Poppyfields Nursery is run by Poppies Nursery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Poppyfields Nursery?
Letchworth Garden City is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY359845 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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