Bright Horizons Hinchley Wood Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Surrey 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 May 2022. Open since 2015, with 78 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 Surrey
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Surrey 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
KT10 0DDWhat 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, 16 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the setting and happily separate from the parents with support from staff. They develop good friendships with other children and staff. Young children bond well with their key person, supporting them to settle quickly. Children learn to share and take turns, and older children are beginning to do this independently. This shows that these skills are being learned and embedded, and that staff sequence children's learning successfully. For example, older children negotiated to share the connectors for making models from straws and thanked each other for their kindness. Children are confident to speak with others and happily share their experiences. For example, they explain what they like to do at nursery and the activities they enjoy.
Toddlers thoroughly enjoy their 'animal boogie' sessions. Staff read and sang the song from the book and children joined in with their instruments, shaking their rattles to the beat. All children remain engrossed in the interactive experience, enhancing their concentration and literacy skills. Older children have good name recognition and can sound out letters. This supports them as they move on to the next stage of their learning, such as school. Staff know the children well and the key-person system is effective. This enables successful planning of learning experiences that staff base upon what children need to learn next and their interests. Therefore, children make good developmental progress overall.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance partnerships with parents to ensure that they consistently receive upto-date information about their child's development, to support learning at home n build on staff's knowledge to enable them to make the most of their interactions with children, to securely implement the learning intentions.
- 16 May 2022Good
- 16 March 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Hinchley Wood 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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