Bright Horizons Chilworth Day Nursery and Preschool
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Southampton for children from birth to 5, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2024. Open since 2011, with 64 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
SO16 7PTWhat 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
- 17 August 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 8 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 3 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager has clear intent for staff to provide all children with an ambitious curriculum, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND). She works with staff to review, adapt and continually improve the organisation of the learning environment. For example, staff now provide children with a wealth of interesting, accessible, resources made from natural materials that successfully capture their interest in learning.
Staff carefully consider children's interests, choices and development during all activities. This supports children in their exploration and promotes their confidence to make choices. For example, they respond to children's great enjoyment of playing outdoors throughout the day, providing them with a wide range of activities and an exciting outdoor learning environment. Staff join in children's play and help them to achieve what they set out to do. For instance, children thoroughly enjoy using a hose pipe to re-fill containers with water and using kitchen utensils to transfer bark chippings into saucepans and frying pans.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum for mathematics to extend and challenge this area of children's development further.
- 3 July 2024Good
- 5 July 2019Good
- 16 July 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Chilworth 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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