Bright Horizons Bexleyheath Day Nursery And Preschool
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bexleyheath 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 April 2024. Open since 2017, with 112 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 Bexley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bexley 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
DA7 4HDWhat 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
- 18 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 14 March 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 16 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff build secure and trusting relationships with children. They work well with parents to help ensure that children's needs are met. As a result, children feel safe, secure and settle well into the nursery. Children arrive at the setting feeling happy, ready to play and learn. They are confident, self-assured and independent.
Leaders are clear about what they want the children to learn and why. For example, leaders have designed a curriculum with a sharp focus on nurturing children to become emotionally secure and resilient as they progress in their education. Staff are gentle towards the children and build respectful relationships with them. Children are sociable and their behaviour is exceptionally good. They are highly considerate of each other and play extremely well together.
Leaders set high expectations for all children, including those identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders and staff work very closely with parents and outside agencies to implement robust support plans for these children to help ensure that the curriculum meets their needs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve oversight of the teaching and learning across the setting to help ensure that the curriculum aims and implementation are securely embedded n enhance staff supervisions and provide targeted support for individual staff to precisely address minor inconsistences in staff's practice, and to help raise the overall quality of care and education to the highest level as possible.
- 16 April 2024Good
- 20 February 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Bexleyheath 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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