Bright Horizons Chelsea Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2022. Open since 2017, with 49 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 Westminster
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Westminster 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
SW1W 8QNWhat 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
Ofsted inspector, 27 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have good relationships with each other and staff. Children new to the nursery settle quickly as staff offer lots of cuddles and support which helps them feel safe and secure. Many siblings attend, creating a family atmosphere. Children follow the daily routines well and understand the expectations of their behaviour that help keep them safe. For example, they keenly help tidy away toys after use, line up and walk sensibly downstairs to the garden. Children are well behaved.
They actively learn to share and take turns during play, benefitting from encouragement and praise from staff. This creates a calm and positive environment in which children thrive.
Children enjoy group story and song times. Babies snuggle in while looking at picture books with staff. Older children take turns to use puppets and lead the actions which other children copy while singing the familiar songs and rhymes enthusiastically. Older children develop their literacy skills well. They show a positive interest books and use them independently, making good attempts to follow the story line. They develop good early writing skills as they make marks and letters on notepads, pretending to write lists during role play activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen the curriculum for understanding of the world, to enhance the learning environment to reflect the rich cultural diversity of the children attending, and find ways to further extend their learning experiences about the community in which they live n extend opportunities for parents to come into the nursery, to further strengthen the key person system and information sharing about children's progress, including the progress check when children are aged two.
- 27 October 2022Good
- 15 January 2020Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Chelsea 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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