Bright Horizons Spitalfields Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2005, with 50 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 Tower Hamlets
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Tower Hamlets 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
E1 6EAWhat 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, 29 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a warm and friendly nursery, where children are safe and emotionally secure. Children enter with enthusiasm on arrival; they know the routine of the day and are confident and attentive learners. Staff enable children to share a wide range of interesting activities to explore, learn and enhance their skills at their own pace. They aim to widen children's current experiences to support their learning, and children can initiate their own play. Stimulating resources are easily accessible to enable children to make choices and select what they are interested in.
Children use good manners and share well with each other. They listen carefully to instructions from staff and enjoy taking part in a number of activities. This includes activities that enhance their early communication and language and mathematical skills. Children can confidently count and recognise numbers as they measure their towers in the construction area. They eagerly explain what they are doing and add words to the description when talking to staff and visitors. Children thoroughly enjoy story time with staff, who repeat new words and sing songs with actions.
Children delight as they show that they are confident and familiar with the actions and eagerly repeat the movements to bring the song to life. Children enthusiastically explore sensory play, including treasure baskets.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen interactions with the children during their spontaneous play, to further enhance their learning experiences n continue to improve the existing good systems for communication, to further enhance effective information sharing with all parents.
- 29 November 2022Good
- 10 February 2017Outstanding
- 11 April 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Spitalfields 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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