Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool

Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood HA6 2RN
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  • Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool, Northwood
Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

The secure and spacious gardens allow the children to take their learning outdoors, the large outdoor space is suitable for all age groups and there is an undercover canopy area to use on warmer days.

The nursery offers French and Spanish lessons, as well as Boogie Mites and myHappymind programmes as a part of their Healthy Hearts and Minds activities. They also follow unique 'Growing Enhancements' and 'Ready for School' programmes to prepare your child for their next big steps.

To further support this, the three- to five-year-olds are provided with a uniform of polo shirts and sweatshirts.

The nursery was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in March 2017.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Hayleigh (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 46

Total Places for Children

  • 124

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:20-18:00
    Tuesday 07:20-18:00
    Wednesday 07:20-18:00
    Thursday 07:20-18:00
    Friday 07:20-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • Limited parking space

Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (80)

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Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.0 (9.040) out of 10, based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool has 80 reviews.

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Review from Manoj M (Father of Child) published on 10 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My child has been going to the nursery since he was 3 years old. The staff were extremely supportive throughout his development journey. The staff are extremely friendly and hardworking.
Would appreciate if more work goes into the area of preparing the child for school and if there is a tracker to
track child progress.
Reply from Katherine O'Brien, Digital Marketing Coordinator at Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review. I have passed on your comments back to the Manager and she would really like it if you can arrange to come in at a time convenient to you, you can…read more
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Review from R P (Mother of Child) published on 8 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son has moved to squirrels a month ago. His keyworker and the whole team have helped him settle so well.
There is an excellent balance between help/cuddles and helping him grow to become independent.
They take him out every day to play which he absolutely loves.
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Review from L J (Mother of Child) published on 8 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been at Bright Horizons since September full time. She settled in very quickly, largely thanks to the wonderful staff.
The nursery has fantastic facilities and they do lots of extra activities including yoga and singing.
The parents evenings to update you on their progress are fantastic.
I
would definitely recommend it to people looking for a good all-round nursery.
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Review from Steven B (Father of Child) published on 8 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very happy with our experience at the Mount Vernon Nursery.
The nursery provides excellent care for our son, meeting all his needs. The facilities and activities are first class.
The staff are very caring and keep us informed of his progress.
My son looks forward to seeing his friends and
staff.
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Review from Y U (Mother of Child) published on 3 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff are very friendly and accommodating to both children and parents' needs. My children settled very well and I believe this is because of the nurturing and warmth of the staff.
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Review from Lamees G (Mother of Child) published on 29 March 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are extremely impressed with the level of care from staff and management at Mount Vernon Nursery. Our daughter enjoys coming to nursery every day and is continuously learning new things. The staff are always kind and welcoming which is reassuring for any parent.
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Review from S S (Mother of Child) published on 29 March 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Since my daughter has been in the toddler room, she has flourished both emotionally and academically. She is always enthusiastic about attending the nursery.
The staff have been very encouraging and supportive, especially whilst my daughter is being toilet trained.
There appears to be a lot of new
engaging activities invested over the last few months and these have been very well received.
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Review from Rebbecca R (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Each morning dropping my daughter is easy as the staff are so warm, full of cuddles for the youngsters. This fills me with joy, knowing my daughter is happy to come to the nursery with no tears. She is so excited to inform us of all the activities she has done that day.
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Review from Tara M (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am extremely happy with the service at the nursery and the staff are all great and work very hard. My daughter loves her time here and I would recommend to anyone. Only negative is the parking.
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Review from Antoinette (Mother of Child) published on 22 March 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son started this Nursery in September 2016 and has loved every minute of it.


His social and educational development skills have excelled with the help of attentive and experienced staff who take pride in everything that they do. We receive daily feedback on what he has done and a full list of

what yummy meals and snacks he has eaten throughout the day. His key workers keep me up to speed with his development and are happy to pass on advice through their experience and work with me to continue his progress into primary school.


The staff are not only dedicated to the children but very supportive to the parents and pride themselves on making sure that everyone (parents and children) are happy through regular communications either verbally or through emails.


I would definitely recommend this Nursery ??

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Review from Jordan M (Father of Child) published on 28 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been at Bright Horizons for months now and I have noticed such a big difference in his ability to play nicely with other children and interact, he seems to learn so much in his physical ability and I also love the different cultural aspects that he otherwise wouldn’t know or understand as
he gets older. The other positive is the feedback we get when we collect him is great, they’re able to tell us exactly what he’s done through the day, what he ate and how much. In all, I just want to thank everyone at Bright Horizons for making me feel although he’s not with me or mummy he’s still safe in your care.
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Review from Matthew W (Father of Child) published on 2 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Friendly staff, nice environment for babies.
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Review from S C (Mother of Child) published on 23 November 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Since the change in management, I can see an improvement. Everyone, all team members are friendly and accommodating. Food has improved, the menu is much healthier. Although the nursery opens at 7.20am, it would be ideal if they could open at 7am to 7pm.
Previously in the baby room, they had a diary
but it is now just a verbal handover. It would be great if we could be given something is written down and give it to us. Otherwise, all good.
Reply from Katherine O'Brien, Digital Marketing Coordinator at Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you for taking the time to submit your review, I will feed your suggestion back regarding the day sheet at the end of the day.

Kind Regards
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Review from Ellie L (Mother of Child) published on 30 October 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both my husband and I are so grateful and impressed by the service provided by all staff at Mount Vernon Nursery. Our son went in the past and always enjoyed it. Now our daughter is here and has moved from the baby room to the toddler room. The staff are so caring, kind and warm and go out of their
way to welcome her and make her feel happy. I can go to work with the comfort of knowing she is being well looked after. She now smiles and waves goodbye every morning which is a positive reflection of the high standard of care she receives.
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Review from Paulomi R (Mother of Child) published on 12 October 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The nursery continues to be very nurturing, pastoral, with keen focus on individual children needs. The staff have continued to act in the most professional manner.


Very pleased with recent refurbishments of the nursery.
Feeding times continue to be delayed on many occasions but pleased in-house

catering has been introduced which I hope will resolve the feed time delays. Overall happy!
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Review from Sarah B (Mother of Child) published on 19 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery - they have been great at bringing out the best in our daughter. She has certainly flourished and grown in confidence there. The staff are approachable, friendly and clearly, enjoy working there. Activities are brilliant and at the age of 4 she can count to 10 in French and Spanish
and has knowledge of other words as well. My only criticism is the fact that parents are still charged when the nursery is shut on bank holidays, which I know is not unique to this nursery but does seem unreasonable.
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Review from Kim S (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2017 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Overall my daughter has been well cared for and learnt many things in the past couple of years, particularly her love for drawing which has blossomed since she has been at the nursery. She is happy and has made new friends in her group as well as some of the team, especially her key workers.
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Review from Danielle K (Mother of Child) published on 13 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter joined the baby room in June 2015. Her key worker made not only our daughter feel at ease but us as well. She looks forward to going to nursery and it's a delight to see her go off and play, feeling safe and secure with kindness and support shown by the staff. Her language skills have developed
beautifully, so have her feeding skills and her ability to play and explore.


The work she took home at Christmas time melted our hearts, such a lot of hard work must have gone into preparing such gorgeous activities. Our friends were very impressed with the quality of work.


Our daughter has special dietary requirements and the nursery has always made sure she never misses out, when they do cookery activities the staff always provide similar but safe options especially for her.


Her learning journal and daily diary is a really wonderful way of keeping us informed of her developments. We love reading the observations made by the staff.


We cannot thank the nursery enough for exceeding our expectations of a setting and keeping our little girl happy and safe!!

Reply from Marketa Cardon, Mrkg at Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you for your kind feedback. We are delighted to hear that you are happy with the nursery and we will share your warm words to the nursery team.
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Review from Louisa H (Mother of Child) published on 21 October 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both my children attend Mount Vernon Nursery. One child is 3 and the other is 1.


This setting is a very warm and welcoming place to both children and parents, which has enabled both my children to settle well and feel safe and secure in a loving environment.
The care for the children is excellent.


Communication

is fantastic. When you collect your child you are told lots about their day etc and you can ask anything you wish to. Via email there is lots of communication and I particularly enjoy reading the newsletter about what each room will be learning about that month. This enables us as parent to support the learning by consolidating what's been done at nursery and also preparing them for this.


The staff are very approachable at all times and are happy to answer any questions I have had throughout the 2 and a half years my son has been here.
The support for my son has been amazing and the staff have been more than happy to support us a parents on ways forward for him.


The children have a well planned, broad and balanced curriculum, full of fun filled activities such as music, dance, gardening club, languages, piano and much more. As well as their expected learning curriculum.


My son is now in Pre Prep and starts school in September 2016. This nursery are preparing him well for school with the structured routines and expected behaviours. His social development has come on leaps and bounds with a huge input from the staff.


My son has learnt so much here and the staff really take time to put strategies in place on how to bring each individual forward to the next steps of their learning.


My son has had really lovely keyworkers and staff working with him, whom he is grown very fond of and talks about a lot at home. They are part of the family.


My daughter started in September 2015 one day a week. She enjoys the toddler room and has settled well. She too has lovely people working with her and feels safe and secure.


I would recommend this nursery 100%

Reply from Marketa Cardon, Mrkg at Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you so much for your positive feedback. We are delighted to hear that you are happy with the level of care our nursery provides.
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Review from Kelly J (Mother of Child) published on 2 October 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Mount vernon Day Nursery since he was 9 months old, he's turning 4 next month! I have been extremely happy with the level of care, attention and professionalism the nursery has offered to not only my son but to us as parents too.
Both the staff and activities in the Baby room
and Toddler room have been fantastic. They helped make his transition into the nursery easy even helping me as an upset parent!! Now he is in the pre prep and loves every minute! He can't wait to go in especially on a Wednesday for show and tell and his piano lesson. I am happy I made the choice to keep him here for another year instead of a school nursery as he does so much more including Spanish and French lessons, Piano, Ballet and Woodwork.
I have been extremely happy with everything about the nursery and will continue to recommend friends and family here too!!
Reply from Marketa, Mrkg at Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you for your positive feedback.
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Current Review Score: 9.0 (9.040)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.0 (9.040) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 8 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.1 out of 5 from 8 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.917 for Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (88 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 96 Ratings = 4.917
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.123 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Mount Vernon Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 8 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 3.8
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 124 number of registered child places is 24.8. 8 Positive Reviews ÷ 24.8 = 0.323
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (2)

Hayleigh

Hayleigh

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2010

I joined Bright Horizons in 2010, which is where my career really took me on a wonderful journey to where I am today!
I started as a nursery part time member of staff and found that I loved my job! I couldn’t see myself doing anything else. The passion I had for working with children pushed me to go further from my level 2 which I studied at school and became a full time nursery assistant studying my level 3 through Bright Horizons.
I was promoted to a 2-3’s room leader and then again on to become a deputy manager.
I transferred from my role as a deputy manager at The Park nursery in Watford, to here at Mount Vernon in April 2017. I have taken all my different experiences from working amongst age group ranges to members of staff to be able to provide exceptional care to all children who attend the nursery. I strive myself in supporting families and providing a loving, caring and educational environment for all.

Bindi

Bindi

Job Title: Deputy Manager Joined: 1995

I joined Mount Vernon Nursery in the summer of 1995 and I proudly have over 30 years’ experience in childcare. I am a mother and a grandmother. Fostering a maturing environment for a child in the early years has been a passion of mine. I am motivated by the ability to be a part of introducing the concept of education to a wide spectrum of children. Helping to ensure our families receive excellent care each and every day is key to my role. After all these years at the nursery, I still look forward to what tomorrow brings.

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