Bright Horizons Basingstoke Copper Beeches Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Basingstoke for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2020, with 102 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 Hampshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hampshire 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
RG21 3EYWhat 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.
- 14 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 6 August 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 9 July 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are well cared for in this welcoming and inclusive nursery. They benefit from strong relationships with their key persons, who meet their individual needs well. Babies demonstrate impressive physical skills. They climb and balance with increasing skill and agility, benefitting from the range of newly acquired resources.
Staff plan opportunities for children to become involved in cultivating vegetables and use these opportunities well to support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles, including in cooking activities in the designated children's kitchen.
Children enjoy interesting outings into the community, such as walks to the park.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: Preschool - embed the curriculum, increasing staff confidence in identifying more precisely the curriculum intentions. Preschool
- 19 February 2024Good
- 8 September 2023Inadequate
- 20 September 2021Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Basingstoke Copper Beeches Day Nursery and Preschool
- 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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