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Bright Horizons St John's Wood Day Nursery and Preschool

Ofsted: Urgent improvement·
3.5(20 Google reviews) ·70 Marlborough Hill, LONDON, NW8 0NH · Westminster
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Westminster

About this early years setting

Bright Horizons St John's Wood Day Nursery and Preschool provides full day care for children aged 0-4 years and was registered in 2008. Located in the London Borough of Westminster, the nursery is open weekdays from 7:30am to 6:30pm, operating all year round.

The setting supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities through a progressive curriculum, helping them to make good progress. Children are happy and settled, arriving excited to learn and are greeted warmly by staff who know them well.

The nursery employs 18 staff members, with 13 holding relevant childcare qualifications. Activities in the nursery garden and indoors support physical development, including obstacle courses and stilts, while also promoting independence skills.

Our ethos

Bright Horizons integrates learning with emotional wellbeing through its "Nurture Approach" philosophy. This underpins a curriculum focused on key learning areas and practical life skills, incorporating Forest School principles and a commitment to creating an inspiring, safe, and nurturing space for children to thrive.

What it's like

Children are happy and settled at this nursery. They arrive excited to engage in their learning and are greeted warmly by staff, who know them well. Leaders implement a progressive curriculum for all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps all children to make good progress from their starting points in learning.

Happy and settled childrenStory listeningMathematical developmentIndependence skillsPositive parent feedback

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
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Key facts

Food

Freshly prepared food and allergy management

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2008

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Urgent improvement

Last inspected Apr 2026

Headline: Urgent improvement

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
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Needs attention
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Urgent improvement

Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementUrgent improvement
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesUrgent improvement
Children's welfare and wellbeingUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
InclusionUrgent improvement
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Bright Horizons St John's Wood Day Nursery and Preschool

Last inspected 29 April 2026 · Kathryn Irvine

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and settled at this nursery. They arrive excited to engage in their learning and are greeted warmly by staff, who know them well. Leaders implement a progressive curriculum for all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps all children to make good progress from their starting points in learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children love listening to stories, moving closer to books when staff read and enjoying reading on their own or with an adult.
  • Staff support children's mathematical development well across the nursery, introducing challenges like finding numbered penguins in the garden.
  • Children develop their independence skills as they move through the nursery, learning to feed themselves and clear up after mealtimes.
  • Parents speak positively about their child's time in the nursery, praising staff support and communication.
  • Staff understand their safeguarding roles and feel their well-being is valued, with opportunities for career development.
  • Leaders work with staff to ensure continuous improvement, providing comprehensive induction and regular supervision meetings.

Areas to develop

  • 1Ensure staff consistently reinforce rules and routines so children understand expectations.
  • 2Continue to support staff to ensure all interactions are consistently high quality.
Inspection #10314736 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders implement a progressive curriculum for all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps all children to make good progress from their starting points in learning.

Outdoor space

Staff provide a range of activities which support children's physical development in the nursery garden, as well as indoors. Children practise their balancing skills as they complete an obstacle course and try to walk on stilts.

Google Reviews of Bright Horizons St John's Wood Day Nursery and Preschool

3.5
(20 Google reviews)
E C
7 months ago

We have had a very positive experience over the years with both of our children attending this nursery. The staff is friendly and dedicated to ensuring a safe and happy place for our children to grow and learn. We are very happy with the current management and feel confident in the level of care our children are given.

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Alisa Aistova
11 months ago

While I fully understand that nurseries are lively places and that children will naturally make noise while playing, the level of screaming and crying from Bright Horizons throughout the day is extremely disruptive for nearby residents. The noise is often prolonged and unusually intense, making it very difficult to concentrate or work from home—even with windows closed. I appreciate the importance of outdoor play and early years education, but I do hope the nursery considers more active noise management or structured outdoor times to minimise disruption in what is otherwise a quiet residential area.

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Danielle Kruizenga
7 months ago

Wonderful nursery for our son, our favorite of the three our kids have been to in London. Kind teachers and staff.

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saffiee_x
6 years ago

My daughter settled in October 2019 and started in the baby room at this nursery in November 2019 at the age of 6.5 months old. As a first time mum , I am entirely comfortable with leaving my daughter in the care of the nurturing staff in the setting - the care from the staff in baby room is exceptional, she adores her key person and is always smiling on her arrival to nursery. At the same time as my daughter starting, the new manager joined the nursery and added wonderful changes to the nursery, we were offered a parents evening appointment which was very informative and gave us more of an insight as to our daughter's development at nursery, special occasions are celebrated throughout the nursery as a whole with all involved (we particularly enjoyed the dad's choir at Christmas). The nursery is a happy stimulating environment for the children and has a warm welcoming from everyone.

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Kat S
3 years ago

My baby started here at 6 months and loves it. He gets excited every time we arrive there and has fun during the day. Staff are lovely and welcoming. They have an app that they update during the day with pictures and information on what the baby has eaten, which is very reassuring. I’m happy I chose this nursery.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2009

  • April 2026Urgent improvement
  • February 2024Good
  • January 2024Good
  • May 2018Good
  • May 2018Good
  • June 2017Good
  • October 2013Good
  • August 2013Good
  • October 2009Good
  • August 2009Good

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