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Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2023)
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3.9(17 parent reviews)
·36 Radbourne Road, Balham, London, SW12 0EF · Lambeth
Number of places
65 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2023
Local authority
Lambeth

About this day nursery

Bright Horizons is a well-established childcare provider operating over 300 nurseries and preschools across the UK. They are dedicated to supporting families with their daily work-life balance, offering engaging and inspiring learning experiences for children. The nursery's philosophy,

What it's like

Children are well settled, confident and feel at home at this nursery. Staff build strong relationships with children, who enjoy cuddles and reassurance. The manager plans an ambitious curriculum to help children build on what they can do, and all children make good progress.

Individualised LearningNurture ApproachOutdoor AdventuresFamily Support

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Each weekday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm, for 51 weeks per year and is closed for public bank holidays.

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool

Last inspected 5 December 2023

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are well settled, confident and feel at home at this nursery. Staff build strong relationships with children, who enjoy cuddles and reassurance. The manager plans an ambitious curriculum to help children build on what they can do, and all children make good progress.

Inspector highlights

  • Children's personal, social and emotional development is supported well.
  • Children learn to be independent.
  • Children have access to a range of books that extend their thinking and give them opportunities to talk about various topics.
  • Staff have a good understanding of how to support children's communication and language development.
  • Children are extremely well-behaved.

Areas to develop

  • 1further develop opportunities for children to develop their listening and attention skills, particularly during story times.
Inspection #10303027 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff identify children who have delays in their development. Staff have undertaken appropriate training and use this knowledge to implement strategies that support children's development, such as 'bucket time' to help children learn to play in small groups, build their vocabulary and maintain attention.

Outdoor space

Pre-school children help to make safety checks in the garden, such as looking for large puddles and litter that needs clearing, while toddlers enthusiastically help sweep up fallen leaves. Children have opportunities to grow plants in the garden and learn new physical skills, such as yoga poses.

Parent Reviews of Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool

3.9
(17)
Lotte Penney
5 months ago

My son has been attending Bright Horizons Balham for over a year now and our experience has been absolutely fantastic. The nursery is newly refurbished with excellent facilities and separate gardens for the babies and toddlers. The staff are warm and friendly and I have complete trust in them in caring for my son. The variety of activities are excellent and parents receive a daily update on the app with photos and information on the day's activities. My son skips with joy every day going to the nursery, is extremely happy and is developing really well there. I would thoroughly recommend the nursery to other parents.

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Fernando Jose Porteiro
5 months ago

I have taken my son to this nursery for over a year now and I couldn't be happier with the service provided. Their experienced staff keep me regularly informed about the development of my son and in those periods of the year when he felt unwell they quickly called me to let me know about this, which gives the confidence that my son is in good hands. In addition, the nursery provides everything my son needs such as joy, food and a great environment with a large private external area on the ground where the kids can play outside and learn gardening too, especially in summer time. I highly recommend Bright Horizons Balham to other parents.

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Tim Lawler
a year ago

I couldn't be more impressed with the team and the care they give to my child than at Bright Horizons. We think the facilities are fantastic because everything is virtually brand-new, there is heaps of space, two gardens one which is shaded, and everything is up-to-date. The chef cooks the food on site and it is super nutritious and all home-cooked - I got too try one of the soups and was the best I had had! Also, because the nursery only reopened recently, it is not yet at capacity and the staff to children ratio is far better than any other Nursery in London I would guess! My boy absolutely loves it, he loves the other kids, he loves the stuff and he has so much fun. We get regular updates on the app so we can see pictures and anything else we might want to know. The team there are really flexible so we can add on days if we need to with ease and all the admin side of putting a child to nursery run super smoothly. I can't recommend this place enough!

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Angel Quist-Tajan
a year ago

I couldn’t be happier and more confident in the nursery staff and managers. They updates are so refreshing in the app and photos are uploaded (with permission of course). Progress reports on the children are always detailed and they genuinely care and take their time with my son. When he had fussy eating habits they worked with me to help improve his eating which has happened. My son couldn’t be happier and I can breathe knowing he is in the best hands! I would name the best staff members individually but I’d end up naming everyone, honestly they’re amazing !

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James Smith
a year ago

Our girls have been very happy at Bright Horizon. The staff are so kind and patient with the children, in particular Shine, Sandra, Eva, Gladys and Alicia. We are also very appreciative of the management, Grace and Miriam who have been so accommodating of us as a family. We are very happy to have such a great nursery so close to us. Thank you for all you do.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2010

  • December 2023Good
  • August 2018Outstanding
  • July 2016Good
  • June 2013Good
  • October 2010Good

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