Bright Horizons North Finchley Day Nursery and Preschool

We have had a brilliant experience of the nursery. Our child has an amazing time in the baby room. The staff are excellent and he has learned and developed in leaps and bounds. Our son has recently moved up into the toddler room and has settled very well within a week. The staff are brilliant and very welcoming. They plan a variety of activities everyday. The activities are fun and educational. They go in the garden as often as they can, depending on the weather. I could not be a happier parent.

Given this nursery has the best outdoor space of all the nurseries in the area, we found this unacceptable. Raising this with management had little or no impact. We felt that staff in the toddler room were not motivated as after 5 months our son had not settled. The joining up of the toddler and baby room at the start and end of each day creates a very chaotic and unsettling atmosphere for the children and it often seemed there were insufficient resources available to manage the mix of children.

The nursery is nice and clean, and feels like a good environment for children when you step into it. The outdoor space is really large and very good as my son loves to be outdoors. They keep the children active and engaged in activities and the main thing is my son is happy to go to and be at nursery, which indicates that he is enjoying himself there and it is a caring environment.

I am very happy with active learning Finchley. The mentors are great, they look after the kids well, they have various activities going on which help in child development and most importantly my daughter loves going to her nursery

I fell in love this nursery when we came to see it at their open day,

My daughter has multiple food allergies and the nursery has handled then really well,

My daughter loves nursery so much that she doesn't want to come home.

The team are absolutely fabulous.

The staff are so friendly and my son looks forward to going to nursery, which is a huge relief to his working parents. They do a wide range of activities and my son has developed good relationships with some of the other children.

It's a lot more expensive than other nurseries we looked at but we feel it's worth it for the care she receives.

This is a great nursery with a huge curriculum covering languages, the arts and sport. They have a wonderful outside space which the kids love. My son has thrived in this environment and the teachers are wonderfully loving and supportive.

We have been using this nursery for the last 6 years for all of our three children. We have nothing but positive comments to say about them! The staff are so warm, friendly and professional. The activities for children are wide-ranging, stimulating and promote fun and enjoyment as well as learning. Our children could not have been in better hands. The meals are high quality too! We often wish we could have our lunch there! It is expensive but they are a high-quality outfit.

My daughter has attended nursery since she was 5-months-old. At each stage, I have been impressed with the care she has received and the knowledge of the staff. Now she is older, I find every stage of her growing up fantastic if she says something or does something, I think: "Wow! How does she know that." She comes home talking about numbers and shapes - she loves art and music, dances all the time, sings songs at the top of her voice and runs everywhere forwards and back. She is thriving and loving nursery.

We have put both our children through Active Learning and it has been a wonderful experience. They offer an amazing curriculum with caring, professional staff that go the extra mile day in day out. In addition to core subjects, they have specialist language, art and Music teachers. There are regular music performances as well as a sports day across all ages. When my daughter went to school, she and the other Active Learning children were already ahead of where they should be for reading and maths. This nursery is fantastic! Worth every penny.

The girls and boys looking after our children really care and love them. They do need to work on getting the most out of the outdoor space though. One of two half our sessions is not enough! Please please please pay the staff who look after our children more. My fees per month are not representative of how much you pay them. Shocking!

The staff are very focused on each individual child's enjoyment and development. At the end of every day, we get feedback about activities our toddler has enjoyed. When I arrive to pick up my son, he is always pointing our things he has done that day. It is a happy, safe environment in which to grow and learn.

My daughter joined just under as year ago. Staff are all very friendly, approachable and caring. The interaction i've had with the staff has been good. My daughter enjoys attending.

This nursery is at the limit of our financial possibilities but it's worth every penny. It's the model of what a nursery should be. Please don't let the new management change it in any way. Parents and children notice even the smallest cut made to save money.