Opening hours
each weekday from 7.30am to 6.30pm, for 51 weeks of the year
Bright Horizons Hendon Day Nursery and Preschool
Ofsted: Good
(May 2022)
Number of places
73 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2022
Local authority
Barnet
About this day nursery
Bright Horizons operate over 300 nurseries and preschools across the UK, offering childcare and early education built upon their unique "Nurture Approach". This approach prioritizes both learning and emotional well-being, aiming to foster healthy, happy children who can reach their full potential.
" This curriculum incorporates five key learning areas and integrates practical life skills through engaging activities, including extensive outdoor adventures and Forest School programmes. Understanding the financial challenges families face, Bright Horizons also provides guidance on available government funding options for childcare.
They offer complimentary settling-in sessions for children up to six weeks before their start date, facilitating a smooth transition by allowing children and parents to familiarize themselves with the nursery and build trust with their assigned Key Person. This ensures that each child's unique needs, routines, and preferences are understood to provide the best possible start to their nursery journey.
Our ethos
Bright Horizons' "Nurture Approach" prioritizes learning and emotional well-being, aiming to foster healthy, happy children. Their "Bright Beginnings Curriculum" focuses on individual development through five key learning areas, practical life skills, and outdoor/Forest School programmes. They emphasize a supportive environment and a smooth transition for children and families.
What it's like
Children arrive eager and happy, settling quickly due to warm and trusting bonds with kind and caring staff. They benefit from a stimulating environment, showing inquisitiveness and a positive attitude towards learning. Staff have focused on supporting children's emotional and social skills, resulting in confidence, sharing, turn-taking, and concern for each other.
Nurture Approach CurriculumExtensive UK Nursery NetworkFocus on Emotional WellbeingOutdoor Learning & Forest SchoolSupports Childcare Funding
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Bright Horizons Hendon Day Nursery and Preschool
Last inspected 31 May 2022
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 arrive eager and happy, settling quickly due to warm and trusting bonds with kind and caring staff. They benefit from a stimulating environment, showing inquisitiveness and a positive attitude towards learning. Staff have focused on supporting children's emotional and social skills, resulting in confidence, sharing, turn-taking, and concern for each other.
Inspector highlights
- Staff use assessment successfully to identify what children know and what they need to learn next, adapting their approach to individual needs.
- Children of all ages show impressive self-care skills, with staff supporting independence from babies feeding themselves to older children pouring their own drinks.
- Staff working with younger children continuously model mathematical language, and older children enjoy experimenting with sensory materials.
- Communication and language development is a high priority, with staff encouraging communication skills by talking and emphasising key words.
- Children enjoy being physically active outdoors, developing climbing skills, balance, coordination, and confidently operating wheeled toys.
Areas to develop
- 1provide more opportunities for children to hear and use their home language during play and activities, to support their development of speech and language even further
- 2support staff to plan more effectively for children's transitions between activities and the daily routines to enable children to remain focused and engaged.
Inspection #10210767 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents comment positively on the care and attention that staff give to their children.
They say how their children enjoy attending and that they are proud of the progress that their children have made.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff have high expectations of what children can achieve. Therefore, children make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy being physically active. They engage in energetic play outdoors. Children develop their climbing skills and take safe and controlled risks as they strengthen their balance and coordination. They safely navigate the space available as they operate wheeled toys with confidence. Babies develop confidence as they negotiate walking up and down small ramps safely.
Parent Reviews of Bright Horizons Hendon Day Nursery and Preschool
4.2
(12)
Shilpa M
7 months ago
Our children have been attending the nursery for two and a half years and they have truly thrived here. The practitioners are wonderful, as is the management team. While our journey hasn’t been without its challenges, what has stood out most is the excellent communication between the nursery and us as parents. Whenever we’ve had concerns, the management team and practitioners have always been approachable and responsive. Likewise, when one of our children experienced some developmental delays, the team promptly informed us and worked closely with us to create a plan to best support our child’s progress.
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Glykeria Tsioumtsiouda
7 months ago
We had a very disappointing experience with this nursery. Our son attended for a year but was never able to settle in, despite our efforts and communication with the staff. Several concerning incidents occurred during his time there, but the management was unhelpful and often displayed a dismissive attitude when we raised our concerns. During this period, we also noticed unusual changes in our child’s behavior, which made us feel very uneasy. We still don’t know what might have happened, but we are certain that something was not right. Ultimately, we decided to remove him from the nursery, and since then, he has been much happier elsewhere.
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Emilie Alexandre
5 years ago
Lovely staff, amazing infrastructure, our daughter has been there since she is 6 months old. 2,5 years later she still absolutely loves attending the nursery every day. They do a lot of fun and didactic activities and you receive daily a summary of what your child did during the day. This nursery and their staff really go the extra mile, thank you Hendon Nursery for your valuable support.
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Neha Parimal
5 years ago
Tia and the team are absolutely great, really helpful. Since the pandemic they’ve done they’re best to keep up up to date with changes to the nursery and what measurements they’ve put in place to continue to keep our children safe. The only downside is since the lockdown, the Beaufort nursery was temporarily closed which has led to our Hendon nursery taking on the extra children from Beaufort which has led them to being at full capacity. This isn’t allowing our child of 3 to move up to the next class from nursery to preschool. I know they are trying their best to overcome the situation and there aren’t many options to solve the lack of space for children to move to the next class. It’s just a shame our child has to suffer.
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Hatem Elemam
4 years ago
There has been a lot of change with our kids moving from Bright horizons Colindale to Hendon, it has been a struggle for both us and the nursery staff and management. But they have been responsive and understanding and we feel out little ones are well looked after and always excited to go to the nursery
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Inspection history
Date: February 2011
- May 2022Good
- February 2017Outstanding
- September 2016Inadequate
- June 2013Outstanding
- February 2011Outstanding
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