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Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jun 2022)
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4.0(4 parent reviews) ·3 Wales Street, WINCHESTER, SO23 0ET · Hampshire
Number of places
75 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2022
Local authority
Hampshire

About this day nursery

Bright Horizons Nurseries, with over three decades of experience and a network of 300 community and workplace nurseries, are committed to delivering exceptional care and early education across the UK. Their core philosophy, the Nurture Approach, focuses on fusing learning with emotional well-being, fostering a supportive environment where children can thrive and reach their full potential.

They pride themselves on a dedicated team of skilled professionals who create engaging and inspiring learning experiences, celebrating the unique qualities of each child and nursery. Bright Horizons also understands the financial considerations for families and provides guidance on various government childcare funding options, including tax-free childcare and funded hours.

They emphasise building strong relationships, offering settling-in sessions to ensure a smooth transition for children and their families, prioritising a sense of security and belonging from the very first visit.

What it's like

Children are extremely emotionally secure and happy at this setting. They enjoy a wealth of opportunities and start the day with eagerness and excitement. Staff have high aspirations for all children and establish a highly effective and ambitious curriculum.

Nurture Approach Curriculum300+ UK NurseriesSupport with Childcare Funding

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am and 6pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year

Established

2014

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool

Last inspected 1 June 2022 · Michelle Fountain

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 are extremely emotionally secure and happy at this setting. They enjoy a wealth of opportunities and start the day with eagerness and excitement. Staff have high aspirations for all children and establish a highly effective and ambitious curriculum.

Inspector highlights

  • The quality of teaching throughout the nursery is outstanding.
  • Children are very well settled and form exceptionally secure emotional attachments with staff.
  • Children have an abundance of opportunities to practise their physical skills.
  • Communication and language development are a clear focus in the setting.
  • Children develop high levels of independence and self-help skills.
Inspection #10228976 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress from their starting points. Staff identify children's needs at the earliest point and adapt learning opportunities to ensure a fully inclusive environment.

Outdoor space

Children have an abundance of opportunities to practise their physical skills. The older children skilfully ride tricycles, run along the garden path and balance on planks, developing their core skills.

Parent Reviews of Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool

4.0
(4)
Charlotte Harris
2 years ago

My daughter attended this nursery from 12 months for 3 years old. The staff are very caring and attentive. They offer lots of activities for the children during the day and are always happy to chat to you about the child’s day during pick up. The site is well maintained and constantly improved. Their calpol policy is also much better than other settings. Sylvia really liked going here.

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Adedayo Adedapo
2 years ago

It provides a safe, adventurous and progressive environment for little ones. My kid loved it during her stay there and excitedly anticipated the next opportunity to be in school. Great staff-team. As parents, we eagerly looked forward to reading posts on our Famly Wall, especially those from Jessica E. which walks us through the school session experiences, in thorough details. Bright Horizons to the world!

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Oksana Nikolenko
5 months ago

Went their for a trial hour. Son of 8months old got SCARLET FEVER immediately after this visit. We were NOT informed they had cases of scarlet fever. For 8 m.o. it's very dangerous - and the UK had shortage of antibiotic supply at that time. So I diluted tablet of adult antibiotics I brought from Ukraine (thanks God!), and we managed to survive the most terrible night with extremely high temperature. NHS found antibiotics for us in another city, I travelled next morning to get them. Scarlet fever is a death desease without antibiotics. During this trial hr I was also told that if anything happened to my son (he falls or smbody beats him), they would not be able to pay proper attention to such cases because it's too many children per one person. After having nightmare time with son's scarlet fever, I had no wish to give him to the nursery where nobody will be paying attention and where staff don't care about serious illnesses. Ah! They charged us £400 because I haven't informed them that I don't want to deal with them any more

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Dominic Thres'emold
6 years ago

Lovely setting for children, the staff are so kind and caring which makes me know I am leaving my child in a positive environment.

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2022

Date: August 2016

  • June 2022Outstanding
  • August 2016Good

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