Bright Horizons Nottingham Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Nottingham 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2023. Open since 2004, with 91 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 Nottingham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottingham 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
NG8 5ARWhat 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, 10 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly at this welcoming nursery. They form close attachments to warm and respectful staff and enjoy positive interactions. Children begin to understand the natural world as they learn about worms and their habitats. They build their small muscles as they make pretend worms out of play dough, squashing and rolling it. Children are encouraged to use mathematical language as they stretch the worms and exclaim, 'It's as big as the sky!' Pre-school children practise their literacy skills as they begin to form words and make marks on paper.
They pretend to write about the characters in the book of the month they are sharing.
Babies start to develop their early language and communication skills as they listen attentively to the words of a story. They are encouraged to build their small muscles as they help to turn pages of the book. Children develop new language as they listen and attempt to join in the words of songs, copying the actions effectively. They develop their imaginative play as they explore items in the home corner. Children pretend to fill jugs from the play sink and tip the 'tea' they have made into cups. They put pretend bread into a wooden toaster and push the mechanism down to make 'toast,' using their small-muscle skills as they imaginatively spread the butter.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop their practice when building children's emerging communication by giving sufficient time to think and respond to questions.
- 10 January 2023Good
- 26 April 2017Good
- 21 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Nottingham 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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