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Bright Horizons Sale Day Nursery and Preschool

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Aug 2022)
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4.4(8 parent reviews) ·Kids Unlimited, 163 Marsland Road, SALE, M33 3WE · Trafford
Number of places
99 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Trafford

About this day nursery

Bright Horizons operates over 300 nurseries and preschools across the UK, drawing on decades of experience in early childhood education. Their approach, known as The Nurture Approach™, integrates learning with emotional wellbeing, aiming to foster healthy, happy, and well-rounded children.

The curriculum, Bright Beginnings, focuses on five key learning areas designed to build both practical and life skills, with a strong emphasis on outdoor play through spaces, Forest School, and Eco-Schools programmes. Recognising the financial pressures on families, Bright Horizons provides guidance on government childcare funding options like tax-free childcare and funded hours, and their nurseries are happy to discuss these with parents.

The nursery prioritises smooth transitions for children and families, offering non-chargeable settling-in sessions for up to six weeks before a child's start date, allowing time to build trust with their key person and familiarise themselves with the environment. They also offer freshly prepared meals, actively managing allergies, and strive to be a supportive community for parents, children, and staff.

Our ethos

Bright Horizons uses The Nurture Approach™ to integrate learning with emotional wellbeing, aiming to foster healthy, happy, and well-rounded children. Their curriculum, Bright Beginnings, focuses on five key learning areas, with a strong emphasis on outdoor play through Forest School and Eco-Schools programmes. They prioritise smooth transitions and aim to be a supportive community for families.

What it's like

Children thrive at this outstanding nursery and are making excellent progress in a safe, nurturing and well-resourced environment. They are happy and settle quickly as they are welcomed by incredibly friendly staff. Children demonstrate strong bonds with their key person and explore their surroundings with fascination and enjoyment.

Over 300 UK nurseriesThe Nurture Approach™Bright Beginnings CurriculumOutdoor Learning FocusChildcare Funding Guidance

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

settling-in sessions

Established

2012

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bright Horizons Sale Day Nursery and Preschool

Last inspected 5 August 2022

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

What it's like to attend

Children thrive at this outstanding nursery and are making excellent progress in a safe, nurturing and well-resourced environment. They are happy and settle quickly as they are welcomed by incredibly friendly staff. Children demonstrate strong bonds with their key person and explore their surroundings with fascination and enjoyment.

Inspector highlights

  • The nursery manager leads by example and ensures the curriculum intent is well embedded.
  • Staff know the children exceedingly well and use precise ongoing assessment to identify and close gaps in learning swiftly.
  • Children's behaviours are admirable; they listen well, follow instructions, and demonstrate mutual respect.
  • Children develop an understanding of the importance of regular exercise and learn about the world around them.
  • Parent partnerships are remarkable, with staff going beyond expectations to provide support and advice to families.
Inspection #10129218 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that staff go beyond expectations to provide support and advice to families.

Parents feel that their children settle quickly and thrive at the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The special educational needs coordinator (SENDCo) supports the staff team effectively to ensure that children with SEND receive prompt, targeted early help and support, working exceptionally well with parents and other professionals to create individual learning plans.

Outdoor space

Children develop an understanding of the importance of regular exercise. Staff regularly take children to visit the local park, where they have fun running with friends and navigating obstacle courses.

EAL / language support

The nursery supports children who speak English as an additional language.

Parent Reviews of Bright Horizons Sale Day Nursery and Preschool

4.4
(8)
Zowie Pointing
8 months ago

Im absolutely horrified at the negligence my daughter and I have experienced today within the care of the nursery. I was informed by phone my child had been bitten on the foot by another child, this was shrugged off by staff and i was told it was 'one of those things' i went to picky child up from nursery to find she also had a bruise on her cheek, when asked how this had happened, none of the girls within my daughters care can explain how this has happened to a 17 month old baby. I had to ask them for an accident form to be filled out for the injury to her face as i am seeking legal action for an investigation to be done of this nursery. They then lied on the accident form and insinuated the injury had 'potentially' been done by a toy oven door, this was absolutely not the case and when first asked they admitted none of them had an idea how the injury had happened, i have this verbal conversation recorded on my phone. After me telling them to write the truth on the accident form they then changed it and admitted none of them know how my child was injured resulting in a bruise on her face. This is negligence as they were not sufficiently supervising the children, first of all for her to be bitten so badly by another child, who is known within the nursery for aggressively biting other children, its broken skin and secondly for my childs face to be injured unexplainably. After being so traumatised and upset at the mistreat of my daughter within their care, I am now told I still have to give 2 months notice to cancel her place at nursery and that i have to pay the monthly fees for the next two months, i of course will not be letting her go back to this nightmare place and i definitely will not be paying for it. I will take this up separately with the debt collecting agency they set upon me and will legally be taking this further. Nobody in their right mind would knowingly let their baby into an environment where they get injured and it just gets shrugged off with zero consequence, never mind pay for this. I will be contacting OFSTED and other monitoring bodies as i am genuinely concerned for other children under the care of this place where babies get harmed and the staff dont notice and then lie about it.

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Jenny Zeyrek
6 years ago

My little boy has increased his language a lot from BH in sale . He feels so happy to attend in nursery also he has no problem with eating there not same as at home. He learns many new things every time .

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Sinan Al-Rubaye
5 years ago

High quality childcare, friendly staff, excellent communication and regular feedback. We are very happy for our little man to be there. Keep up the hard work

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X Analytics
3 years ago

An OFSTED outstanding nursery. The staff are amazing and accommodating. The nursery is bright and spacious. The little one loves it here.

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Abigail Parmeshwar
4 years ago

I couldn't recommend Bright Horizons in Sale enough. The staff are absolutely amazing and my daughter thoroughly enjoys her time with them.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2012

  • August 2022Outstanding
  • May 2016Outstanding
  • August 2012Good

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