Full-day nursery in Luton
The Mall Nursery and Creche
Unit 35, The Mall Shopping Centre, LUTON, LU1 2TW · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Unit 35, The Mall Shopping Centre, LUTON, LU1 2TW · More nurseries in LU1
Stations
- Luton6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Luton Airport Parkway21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
37 bus stops within 400 m, including Church Street, Park Square and Silver Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hat Gardens3 min walk
- Manor Road Park8 min walk
- Manor Road Park8 min walk
- Manor Road Park9 min walk
- The Moor12 min walk
- Playground9 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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The Mall Nursery and Creche is a full-day nursery at Unit 35, The Mall Shopping Centre, LUTON, LU1 2TW, in Luton. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 34 reviews (October 2026).
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| The Mall Nursery and CrecheThis 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
- Chapel Street Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.4 miles
- Hart Hill Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- St Matthew's Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Rothesay Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.5 miles
- Tennyson Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- The Linden Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Oakwood Primary School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Hillborough Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.7 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 The Mall Nursery and Creche's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Mall Nursery and Creche Good at its inspection on 10 November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Mall Nursery and Creche take?
The Mall Nursery and Creche is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Mall Nursery and Creche?
Luton is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Mall Nursery and Creche?
You can call 01582 458545.
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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
- 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 105261 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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