Bright Horizons Brockley Day Nursery and Preschool
Bright Horizons Brockley Day Nursery and Preschool is a day nursery in London for children aged 0 to 4, with 101 registered places. Ofsted report card, 22 April 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met.
289 Lewisham Way, London, SE4 1XF
Key facts
- Type
- Day nursery (Full day care) (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
- Ages
- 0 to 4 (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
- Registered places
- 101 (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
- Registered
- 5 March 2015 (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
Opening hours
Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 07:45 - 18:30
Source: Ofsted report, inspection on 22 April 2026
Who runs it
Bright Horizons Brockley Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (Ofsted register).
Latest inspection
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines: Strong standard
- Children's welfare and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards met
Source: Ofsted, inspection on 22 April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What it's like to be a child at this setting
Children are extremely well settled and arrive eager to see their peers and staff. All ages of children are engrossed in high-quality activities that enable their learning and development. Staff adjust each child's settling-in sessions, from starting at the nursery to transitioning between rooms, so they are individual to each child. This allows children to be able to take their time to adjust to new routines and experiences. Children are well prepared for their next steps in learning. They gain valuable independence skills to aid their future learning. Children readily serve themselves water and help staff to get ready for mealtimes. They also learn how to put on coats ready to play outside.
Staff are deployed well to meet children's needs. In particular, babies can enjoy exploring the garden and getting fresh air, as staff ensure they are safe when moving between areas. Babies also experience messy activities linked to Earth Day. They enjoy playing with peat and staff talk with them about the feel and texture.
Children thrive in a safe learning environment, where they feel valued and supported. Children receive continued praise and positive reinforcement throughout the day, building on their confidence. All children are highly social and regularly share what they have been doing at home and talk about their friends. All children welcome others into their play. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are encouraged by their peers to join in activities.
Children learn how to keep themselves safe through well-planned activities and expert teaching from the staff. They recall how to move safely on the stairs. Children make sure they hold hands and the railings to steady themselves. They readily wait and take turns on climbing equipment, helping to keep each other safe as they play.
What Ofsted found in each area
Inclusion: Strong standard
Leaders work very closely with staff and parents and carers to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They work collaboratively with other agencies to support meetings and sessions in the nursery. Staff take targets for children and integrate them very well into planning to help meet their individual needs. They support parents well through assessment processes and next steps. Parents express their gratitude towards the staff and the guidance they provide, which helps them to navigate meetings and assessments.
Staff are fully aware of barriers children face with regard to their learning and development. They plan regular activities outside to ensure children have a broad range of activities and learning experiences. Children of all ages of experience outside play. Younger children have their own outside space they can explore. Leaders continually assess the impact of funding on children's learning and development. They review the progress children are making towards their early learning goals and the impact of how they have used the funding they have received. This helps staff to swiftly identify and provide early intervention for children's learning.
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
The senior leadership team ensures that the curriculum that staff provide is highly inclusive for all children attending. Staff have high expectations for all children and provide high-quality activities to support these. Staff are highly skilled in adapting activities in order to meet the differing needs of children. Babies benefit from a broad range of activities to help support their different stages of learning. Staff provide plenty of space to allow them to practise their newfound skills of crawling and walking. Staff adapt activities for older children so they can ensure that all children are progressing and narrowing any gaps in their learning. Sometimes, staff in older rooms carry out more adult-led focus activities.
Staff expertly use children's interests and next steps to plan activities to support their learning and development. For example, for Earth Day, staff use children's interest in the wider world to plant seeds and teach them about the birds nesting in their garden. Staff across the nursery provide a learning environment rich in language to support children's communication and language development. They adapt their teaching very successfully for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to support their understanding and work towards their targets.
Achievement: Strong standard
Children are making secure progress with their learning and development. They are well prepared for each stage of their learning and development, transitions between base rooms and their subsequent move to school. For Earth Day, older children recall what they have learned regarding recycling. They also expertly recall where boxes of each type of material need to be placed. This helps children to learn about the wider world around them.
Children of all ages thoroughly enjoy sports activities. They are welcome to attend regardless of their attendance. Children benefit from staff adapting each session for the abilities of the children who are participating. Children learn new skills with ball control, hand-eye coordination and listening for instructions. Children of all ages are confident learners and readily talk with staff regarding their needs and wishes.
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines: Strong standard
There is a positive culture of respect in the nursery. From leaders to staff down to the children, they all listen to each other's needs. Babies right up to pre-school children learn the importance of using kind hands. Older children regularly work together to problem-solve. Staff teach children how to manage their own feelings, which is evident in their wonderful behaviour. Children and staff have developed clear bonds, which further support their positive behaviour.
Leaders and staff work together to support children's attendance. They follow up with parents and carers to support any absence. Staff and parents work together to swap days and add extra to help to overcome any barriers to attendance and to support families in times of need. Staff have embedded well-established routines across all rooms. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are fully aware of what happens next and help to support staff. For example, they help to count how many chairs they need for lunchtime.
Children's welfare and wellbeing: Strong standard
Staff have an excellent understanding of children's routines and expertly adapt settling-in processes to meet their individual needs. Staff work closely with parents and carers to understand children's needs. They extend and adapt sessions to support children's individual needs. Children settle extremely quickly, ready to start their learning and development. Children of all ages are fully aware of routines. Staff follow babies' individual routines to nurture their development and wellbeing. Older children have rolling mealtimes to enable calmer experiences for children and to enable children who have an early sleep to have plenty of rest during the day.
Children recall expertly what staff have taught them. During focus activities for Earth Day, children explain how they recycle and compost. They explain, when asked by staff, which items go into which recycling bin. Children recall how food composts and how it can be used to help in the garden. Teaching is embedded well to support children to understand healthy habits and the natural world around them.
Leadership and governance: Strong standard
The senior leadership team at the nursery is very effective. Leaders have developed a positive culture of responsibility across the staff team. Staff receive opportunities to review how to spend grants to make positive improvements to the quality of the curriculum provided for all children. Parents and carers describe how positive the leadership team is and how it actively communicates with them regarding any changes to the nursery and staffing structures. They also explain how staff give detailed feedback and suggestions on children's learning and development and the progress they are making. This helps to provide consistent continuity of care for children.
Leaders are highly skilled in identifying where areas need more support and the training staff require. They respond rapidly to these to ensure everyone has opportunities to improve their own personal development. This in turn positively impacts the quality of teaching for all children. All staff and leaders work well together to review workloads and support each other. There is a high regard for staff wellbeing throughout the nursery. All staff look out for each other and step in if they require help or support. This shows in the calm atmosphere throughout the nursery.
What the setting must and should do next
The provider should:
- Leaders should ensure continued improvement to support children's creativity and imagination, especially during focus activities.
Ofsted's words, from the report on the inspection on 22 April 2026. Read the full report on the Ofsted website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history
Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)
Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.
The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.
Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.
Source: Ofsted reports
Funded childcare hours in England
All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.
Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.
Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.
The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.
Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)
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Schools nearby
- Ashmead Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School - Primary, 0.1 miles
- Oak Gardens Primary School - Primary, 0.2 miles
- Myatt Garden Primary School - Primary, 0.2 miles
- Addey and Stanhope School - Secondary, 0.4 miles
Bright Horizons Brockley Day Nursery and Preschool on the Ofsted website