Bright Horizons Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 5, open 07:45 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2011, with 74 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 Greenwich
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Greenwich 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
SE3 9DZWhat 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
- 13 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff nurture children well. Children are eager to arrive to start their learning. Staff plan an ambitious curriculum with exciting activities that are based around children's next steps in learning and their interests. For instance, younger children enjoy learning about builders. They learn how to make 'cement' with staff, and use this to build with in their base rooms. Staff also plan fun outings to match the topics, such as trips to the local builders' merchant to see builders' tools up close.
This helps children to progress with all areas of their learning.
Older children develop key skills to prepare them for their move on to school. Staff teach them self-help skills, such as serving their own meals. Children are highly skilled in knowing what coloured plate they need to have for meals, and which children have allergies, helping to keep each other safe.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to deploy themselves more effectively to better support children's learning and development n review the organisation of the outside spaces and how staff plan activities to meet children's learning needs.
- 19 June 2024Good
- 18 October 2018Good
- 4 July 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Blackheath 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.
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