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Bright Horizons Haslemere Day Nursery and Preschool

Ofsted: Needs attention·
4.7(14 parent reviews) ·7 College Hill, Haslemere, GU27 2JH · Surrey
Number of places
94 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2025
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Bright Horizons Haslemere Day Nursery and Preschool, established in 2004, is a childcare setting located in Haslemere, catering to children aged 1 to 4 years. The nursery operates year-round, from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday to Friday.

Safeguarding standards are met, with a commitment to an open culture where concerns are actively identified and managed, ensuring children feel safe. The dedicated staff warmly greet children upon arrival, creating a nurturing environment where children quickly settle and happily engage in available activities.

The nursery is particularly strong in its commitment to supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), conducting effective assessments and working collaboratively with other professionals and parents to provide targeted support. While there is a strong focus on children's wellbeing, behaviour, and attitudes, with staff encouraging kindness and independence, the curriculum currently has weaknesses in teaching quality and mathematical understanding.

Nevertheless, leaders are committed to addressing these areas to ensure all children benefit from high-quality education and care.

Our ethos

Bright Horizons integrates learning and emotional well-being through its Nurture Approach to support holistic development. It fosters a safe, loving environment that encourages exploration and aims to build life skills through engaging activities, offering an enriching childhood experience.

What it's like

There are weaknesses in the curriculum that mean that children do not benefit from high-quality teaching across all areas of learning. This has not been addressed effectively enough by leaders, so staff do not receive the high-quality professional development required to drive improvement forward. This has a negative impact on children's overall learning and achievement. Staff warmly greet children on arrival and provide the nurturing care they need to thrive. Children settle quickly. They are happy and eagerly participate in the activities that are available to them. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, have equally positive experiences. Staff encourage children to explore their environment indoors and outside, developing a deep curiosity about the world.

Nurturing environmentSEND supportWarm greetingsOutdoor explorationPositive behaviour

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:00 - 18:30

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Needs attention

Last inspected Dec 2025

Headline: Needs attention

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementNeeds attention
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bright Horizons Haslemere Day Nursery and Preschool

Last inspected 9 December 2025 · Kelley Ellis

Safeguarding effective

Actions the provider must take

  • Improve the curriculum for mathematics so staff can sequence learning effectively so that all children develop confidence in early mathematics by 13/02/2026.
  • Provide staff with targeted professional development in teaching and the curriculum so that children benefit from consistently high-quality learning by 13/02/2026.

What it's like to attend

There are weaknesses in the curriculum that mean that children do not benefit from high-quality teaching across all areas of learning. This has not been addressed effectively enough by leaders, so staff do not receive the high-quality professional development required to drive improvement forward. This has a negative impact on children's overall learning and achievement. Staff warmly greet children on arrival and provide the nurturing care they need to thrive. Children settle quickly. They are happy and eagerly participate in the activities that are available to them. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, have equally positive experiences. Staff encourage children to explore their environment indoors and outside, developing a deep curiosity about the world.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff warmly greet children on arrival and provide the nurturing care they need to thrive.
  • Children are happy and eagerly participate in the activities that are available to them.
  • All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, have equally positive experiences.
  • Staff encourage children to explore their environment indoors and outside, developing a deep curiosity about the world.
  • Children foster a sense of belonging and behave well, being kind to one another.

Areas to develop

  • 1Improve the curriculum for mathematics to sequence learning effectively, ensuring children develop confidence in early mathematics.
  • 2Provide staff with targeted professional development in teaching and curriculum to ensure children consistently benefit from high-quality learning.
Inspection #10217738 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and staff are committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive the support and care they need. They conduct effective assessments to swiftly identify gaps in children's learning and work harmoniously with other professionals and parents to offer the right level of support. They devise targeted plans that shape children's learning and experiences, shared with parents and other professionals to ensure consistency in support, care and learning.

Outdoor space

Staff ensure children are appropriately dressed to explore both wet weather and sensory opportunities in the rain, sharing in their enthusiasm to investigate the rain-soaked environment, including touching soggy leaves and running through shallow puddles. This fosters children's deep curiosity about the world and supports their wellbeing.

Parent Reviews of Bright Horizons Haslemere Day Nursery and Preschool

4.7
(14)
Lauren Y
5 months ago

We were quite apprehensive about sending our little one to nursery and the staff at Bright Horizons have been fantastic at helping her to settle in. They get to know each child individually and I've been particularly impressed by their communication - regularly keeping us informed of our daughter's progress and putting in place special measures if/when they feel she needs it to ensure she thrives. Well done Emma - you have a great team who are clearly passionate about what they do.

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emily hodgson
a year ago

Our daughter started Bright Horizons just a month ago having been at a much smaller nursery in London and she absolutely loves it here. The facilities and indoor and outdoor space are amazing and the staff are very caring and attentive. We are so happy with how quickly she has settled here since there has been so much change moving house.

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Ben Wilson
a year ago

Extremely well managed nursery. The staff continually go out of their way to find new educational ways to entertain and engage the children. The children and parents are always met with kind and welcoming response from staff this is echoed by how much my son loves it. I can easily say that Bright Horizons Haslemere is the best nursery in the area and I will 100% recommend it to anyone thinking of sending their child there

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Clare Burton
a year ago

The staff here are so friendly and our son absolutely loves going here everyday. They do a variety of activities and are always coming up with new ideas. He loves the food and is always having 2nds! Would highly recommend this nursery as we are very happy with the level of care our son gets. The longer opening hours are great for commuting too.

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Kate M
3 years ago

Bright Horizons staff have been brilliant at helping us settle our one year old in nursery. Going back to work and handing your child over to strangers is a big step, and the interactions with the warm, friendly staff at Bright Horizons have been so reassuring. I can see how much our son gets out of spending the day with other children and with professionals who understand child development and who involve him in a range of fun learning activities throughout the week. We also receive lovely thoughtful updates on his development via the app, along with occasional photos and a daily update on his meals (a much better & more varied diet than I have at work!), nap times and nappy changes. The building is characterful, well-loved and warm. There is so much in the news now about the underfunding of the early years education sector and it's appalling. The job these professionals do is so important for our society - critical to children's development and safety - and they should be appropriately paid for that work. I'm very grateful we have a place with a nursery where we feel confident our son is safe and cared for.

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Inspection history

Date: November 2009

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Requires improvement). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • February 2022Good
  • November 2016Good
  • May 2013Good
  • November 2009Good

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