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Nursery at Cutenhoe Hill Primary School
Last reviewed: October 2026 · Inspection data and key information above update regularly, however, this review below is refreshed bi-annually and may not reflect recent changes. Contact the nursery directly to confirm current arrangements. If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
Muddy Mondays give Butterfly Class a distinctive outdoor thread: children bring wellies for learning outside, alongside stories, number activities and teacher-led work. This is Cutenhoe Hill Primary School’s own nursery, at Cutenhoe Learning Park in Luton. Children can join from the term after their third birthday, during the academic year before they start Reception.
A teacher and teaching assistant make up the named class team. In February 2025, Ofsted judged the school’s early years provision Good, with learning organised in a carefully ordered sequence. That judgement covers early years within the school, rather than a separately inspected nursery.
Child-led learning sits alongside activities led by a teacher and work in smaller groups shaped around individual needs. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the nursery’s curriculum stage; its practical content combines language, early number work, physical development and exploration. Children have regular access to both an outdoor area and a forest area, giving learning space beyond the classroom.
Stories and songs supply concrete starting points. Nursery curriculum examples include Monkey Puzzle and Rosie’s Walk, alongside action songs such as Head, shoulders, knees and toes. Number activities involve matching quantities to numerals, counting objects individually and solving practical problems with numbers up to five. Recognising up to three objects immediately introduces children to seeing small quantities without counting each item.
Movement has its own place. Weekly PE includes ball work, while the nursery curriculum describes kicking, catching and throwing, plus running, jumping and practising controlled starts and stops. Muddy Mondays call for clothing suited to the weather and welly boots. These are useful practical details for families preparing a child for outdoor learning.
Small-group work allows activities to respond to individual needs. Parents can raise learning concerns with the class teacher, who can involve the school’s special educational needs coordinator. The SEND team also has a direct contact route: sendteam@chps.uk.
ClassDojo connects classroom learning with home. Families can use it for class questions, look through activity photographs with their child and talk about story videos together. It provides specific prompts for conversation beyond asking how the day went.
Lunch can be a packed meal or a purchased school meal. The school’s 2025/2026 information pack includes a daily healthy snack for early years children and a nut-free policy. Packed lunches should therefore exclude nuts and products containing them.
Attending this nursery does not guarantee a Reception place at Cutenhoe Hill. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process; choosing Butterfly Class should not be treated as securing the next school place.
Educational continuity is a separate matter. In February 2025, the early years curriculum had topics arranged to build learning from nursery towards Reception. That gives the learning a planned next step, but does not change the admissions position.
Morning sessions run from 8:45am to 11:45am, with afternoons from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. A 30-hour pattern runs from 8:45am to 2:45pm, with a charged extension to 3:30pm. Chargeable sessions depend on availability. Ask the school for current charges when considering the extension or a purchased lunch.
Applications and waiting-list requests use the online Nursery Admissions Form, or a downloaded form emailed to admin@chps.uk. General enquiries can also go to that address or 01582 359390.
The 2025/2026 information pack asks families to notify the school when someone else will collect their child and give that person the collection password. This makes advance planning part of any change to collection arrangements.
Children can start from the term after their third birthday, in the academic year before they begin Reception.
Morning sessions are 8:45am to 11:45am and afternoons are 12:30pm to 3:30pm. The 30-hour pattern runs from 8:45am to 2:45pm, with a charged extension to 3:30pm subject to availability.
No. Nursery attendance does not guarantee a place in the school’s Reception classes. A separate Reception application is required.
For Muddy Mondays, children need welly boots and clothing appropriate to the weather. The nursery curriculum also specifies sun hats and sun cream when the weather gets warmer.
Use ClassDojo for class questions and to share activity photographs and story videos with your child. General enquiries go to admin@chps.uk or 01582 359390.
