Bright Horizons Chineham Park Day Nursery And Preschool
OutstandingBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Basingstoke 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2017, with 151 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
RG24 8NNWhat 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.
- 21 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 14 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this inspirational nursery highly motivated and with a positive attitude to their learning. They are warmly welcomed by caring staff, settle in extremely quickly and are eager to explore the exciting range of activities on offer.
Children share strong attachments to their key person. This helps them feel safe and emotionally secure.
Children are immensely curious and remain deeply absorbed in their play throughout the day. This is because staff plan an enticing curriculum with activities that embrace children's unique interests and preferred pattern of learning. These sustain children's engagement for long periods of time and results in an atmosphere throughout the whole nursery of wonder, awe and excitement, from children and staff. For example, babies gather together excitedly for a cookery session, thoroughly enjoying this sensory experience. Older children delight in making paper cup telephones, giggling and proudly exclaiming 'I can hear you!' as they talk excitedly to each other through paper cups. Children love to experiment, for example, by carefully mixing mud and water to create 'mud slime' before adding other natural materials they find outside into their muddy concoctions. Staff share a strong vision to encourage children to persevere and keep on trying. They continuously evaluate and adapt the learning environment, responding rapidly to children's changing interests and needs. For example, they introduce a wide range of challenging physical resources to babies who rapidly learn to crawl and walk.
- 13 May 2024Outstanding
- 17 July 2023Needs improvement
- 7 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Chineham Park 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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