Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool

27 Winn Road, Portswood, Southampton SO17 1EJ
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  • Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool, Southampton
Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

The charming refurbished Victorian nursery boasts beautiful rooms filled with high-quality, natural resources with every room finished to an exceptional standard to provide the best learning and play environment for the under-fives. From sensory development in babies to learning new ICT skills in preschool, children have a great time as they get that all-important head start on school education.

Their unique Healthy Hearts and Minds activities provide inspirational and engaging learning experiences using the innovative and well established Boogie Mites and myHappymind programmes.

An enriching Ready for School programme gives every child the opportunity to gain knowledge and confidence to thrive in school and beyond.

An on-site chef provides your child with nutritious and delicious food every day.

The setting is based in central Southampton, close to the M3, M27 and universities, and is on good bus routes. Parking is also available on-site.

The nursery was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in September 2019.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Kellie (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 31

Total Places for Children

  • 69

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (112)

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Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.298) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool has 112 reviews.

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Review from T L (Father of Child) published on 1 June 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Westwood Park provides a comfortable environment. Staff here are kind and responsible. Children here are smart and polite as well. My daughter catches her English speaking up very well, and she learns how to act in groups and help. I recommend the Westwood Park Nursery to those who are seeking a lovely
place for their children to grow in.
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Review from Linda S (Mother of Child) published on 1 June 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My experience has been really good with the nursery. Staff are always friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable in what they do. They are easy to talk to about any issue I may have. I always know I have people to rely on.
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Review from G M (Mother of Child) published on 26 May 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery catering for working parents 7:30 - 6:30. My daughter has been there for 2 and a half years and loves it. Staff are the best thing but the rooms are great. As she moves up into the pre-school room there is so much for her to do.
There are lots of open days which I think are unnecessary
and I would love them to do 'tapestry' whereby you get sent pictures of them, so I can see pictures of her at nursery but we are very glad we chose this nursery.
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Review from Rachel F (Mother of Child) published on 19 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child is happy at pre-school and excited to come in each time. We feel confident that he is well looked after and her next learning steps are catered for. It is quite obvious to us all the learning she has been doing through exciting activities as she will often tell us all about it at home. Her
key worker is brilliant with her and has a great relationship with her, however the other staff are also very good with my child.
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Review from V G (Mother of Child) published on 19 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son really enjoys coming to pre-school and usually looks forward to the end of week-end. He is clearly looked after with care and is encouraged to develop.
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Review from Katie M (Mother of Child) published on 19 May 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am so pleased with how my daughter has progressed in her time in the nursery, it has given her so much confidence and interaction with others in her preparation for starting school.
I am very pleased with all the nursery have done for her over the 3 years she has been attending.
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Review from Laura O W (Mother of Child) published on 27 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Westwood Park Nursery has provided great quality care for my son in the baby unit. They allowed him a generous amount of settling in sessions to ensure he was comfortable in his new setting and he has since thrived socially and with his confidence. There are no other children in our family so it is
important he can have the opportunity to meet others his age. His key carer has been really helpful and all the baby care staff are always very welcoming and informative. I look forward to my son's future years at Westwood Park and love seeing him so happy, even though his dad and I are at work.
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Review from E B (Mother of Child) published on 19 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter has flourished at Westwood Park she loves caring and has excellent relationships with staff in all rooms and management. I feel happy knowing she is well cared for and enjoying herself while I am at work.
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Review from M K (Mother of Child) published on 19 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great staff. Great facilities. My child really enjoyed her time here.
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Review from C L (Father of Child) published on 19 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic friendly staff and facilities.
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Review from Jamie C (Father of Child) published on 19 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very pleased with all aspects of Westwood Park.
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Review from N S (Mother of Child) published on 19 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with the nursery and my son seems very settled.
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Current Review Score: 9.3 (9.298)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.3 (9.298) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.4 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 12 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 4.428 for Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (132 Excellents x 5) + (10 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) + (9 Poors x 2) + (14 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 166 Ratings = 4.428
  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 4.87 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 12 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 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    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 69 number of registered child places is 13.8. 12 Positive Reviews ÷ 13.8 = 0.87
  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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Kellie

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Hi, I am Kellie the Manager of Bright Horizons Portswood.

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