Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool

Robinson Way, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0SZ
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  • Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool, Cambridge
Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

The nursery benefits from a beautiful garden, complete with age-separated areas, climbing frames, a cycling track and a mud kitchen.

A professional team of staff looks to strike up partnerships with parents in order to achieve the most rewarding time spent in nursery care and education by their children.

Children benefit from indoor and outdoor activity, supervised at all times by the experienced and passionate staff team at Long Road.

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.

They are proud to be rated 'Good' by Ofsted in January 2019.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 33

Total Places for Children

  • 152

Age Range

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

Opening Times

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

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (77)

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Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.741) out of 10, based on 25 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool has 77 reviews.

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Review from Joana R (Mother of Child) published on 9 May 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are great and the facilities are very good and clean. Has a great outdoor space which is ideal for our little ones to be outside when the sun is shining. Thanks for taking so much care of our daughter!
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Review from Mabel P (Mother of Child) published on 20 January 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
As parents of three children under the age of five, we have been using the nursery for 5 years having just enrolled our 4 months old baby. The nursery has over the years gone from strength to strength. The purpose-built facilities have been impressive from day one and they are constantly renewing and
improving having just completed a major overhaul. We have experienced all rooms, from babies to pre-school. All rooms are excellently run with caring and understanding staff and equipped appropriately with age appropriate facilities and activities.
We cannot rate this nursery highly enough. We have had over the years, issues and concerns, as our children grew and their needs changed and these have always been dealt appropriately, efficiently and exceeding expectations.
We have always felt that our girls were understood, cared and loved and as parents that is priceless. The staff is well supported and in return offer a superb standard of care. We wish they would also run primary schools!
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Review from Phillip P (Father of Child) published on 16 January 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have 2 children (3.5 yo and 18 mo) enrolled at BH Long road. We are extremely happy - the management, support staff, care staff, catering staff, cleaning, everyone. There is always great service and friendly smiles.


My 3.5 yo often asks if we are going to school, on weekends (and during the Christmas

break) because she loves it so much! She will miss it when she moves onto Reception class.
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Review from Tracey C (Mother of Child) published on 30 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have now had three children pass through Long Road nursery. My elder two are now both at school, but my third is almost 2 and is very happy at Long Road. The staff are always very friendly and welcoming. The Manager runs a tight ship, but one where the staff always seem to be smiling and happy: exactly
the kind of environment that I feel comfortable for my child to be in. The food is good, the facilities excellent and all my children have gone from strength to strength there.
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Review from Christopher A (Father of Child) published on 23 August 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fabulous building and facilities and loving staff.


The smile on my son's face at the start and end of each day is a testament to the handwork and dedication of everyone at Kidsunlimited Long Road.


Thoroughly recommend.

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Review from J C (Father of Child) published on 23 August 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have been very impressed by the standard of the nursery, particularly the commitment and dedication of the staff. My child has developed well and feels very comfortable with the people who are looking after her. At the end of her first year, we were shown a report of her progress which was filled
with daily observational notes by her keyworker and a scrapbook compiling some of the highlights during the year. I could not help but notice how attentive the staff are to my child's needs and progress. For a moment I thought it was a secondary school report!


As for the facilities and general resources, I personally think it is one of the better ones in the area, if not the best. It is clean, well organised and has plenty of equipment lying around.

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Review from Kate M (Mother of Child) published on 23 August 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We couldn't be happier with long road nursery. They have been excellent at settling in my children. Nothing seems to much trouble. The staff are friendly and seem to really get to know the children. We would highly recommend this nursery to anyone.
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Review from Kayley L (Mother of Child) published on 23 August 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loves going to nursery, she adores all the staff within her room and has come on so much since attending. Before she started the nursery she was unable to speak and in a short amount of time she is now speaking like most of the children her age.
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Review from Jane C (Grandmother of Child) published on 23 August 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My granddaughter attended the nursery over the summer period as she had started school and it's hard to get childcare in the summer. It made it so easy for us to have the opening hours from 7am until 6pm if needed.
The staff are very caring and always making an effort to keep her fully occupied. She
comes home talking about their very own Olympics and having a gold medal for their achievements. Very good nursery and she has also told me that our home food needs to be like nursery.
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Review from Liz P (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our two sons attend Long Road Nursery and we are very happy with the care they receive and would definitely recommend this nursery to others.


All staff are friendly and supportive, our boys are happy, do a wide variety of activities and have developed good social skills. The facilities are great

and new play equipment seems to appear regularly. The new book library is a lovely addition. Food is balanced and fresh, and there is lots of outside play time. Parent feedback is listened to and acted upon. And we really appreciate the sensible and practical attitude to inevitable childhood illness - staff do give medicine when needed and exclusion periods are sensible.
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Review from Elisa M (Mother of Child) published on 21 July 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Outstanding children care.


My son is always very happy to go there. They help children to become sociable and to develop their own skills with self confidence.


Outstanding food.


All staff is always available to give us advice and support.
We feel very like to have our son on such safe and

inspiring environment.
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Review from Anna R (Mother of Child) published on 19 July 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The staff at Long Road are very attentive to my 18 month old son's needs. I cannot praise his key worker enough, feel lucky to have her looking after him. He settled in very quickly and enjoys all of his days there. There are a wide range of toys to play with and also guided activities to do.
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Review from Louis B (Father of Child) published on 29 April 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I love this nursery, staff are amazing and facilities are outstanding.
My daughter is always happy to go to nursery, and that says it all.
She is also learning so much, I am impressed.
I would definitely recommend this nursery.
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Review from Mailis (Mother of Child) published on 12 April 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I think that the nursery is well organized and I am always surprised by how much my daughter picks up at the nursery. At the nursery they started with the growing readers and growing mathematician programs and since they have started this I have seen an enormous step forward in my Daughter. The other
day she wrote a few words and my daughter copied them, she came to show it to me and said mummy I think you will be so proud of me, and indeed I was, I was amazed by how good it was.

My daughter really seems to love it at the nursery.
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Review from Ana B (Mother of Child) published on 24 March 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been in the nursery since she was around 2 years old and she is so happy.
All staff is wonderful and make sure children are happy and safe. The manager is outstanding.
Facilities are very good and food as well.
I will definitely recommend this nursery to everyone, and I feel very
lucky that my daughter is part of this nursery.
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Review from Kate B (Mother of Child) published on 10 March 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
KU Long Road has been a fantastic nursery for our son. He only attends a day a week and they did not hesitate to take extra care to help him settle in. They are fantastic when it comes to dealing with issues in their care. I am always kept informed and they will always do their best to manage illnesses
with care (i.e. natural cooling down before they call to ask if they can administer calpol, advising of illnesses going around) and take ownership of the care - as opposed to many friends who get called at the sight of a sniffle. Each unit has their own room and garden space that they are free to roam. Shoes are not allowed in the 'baby' room but are in all other rooms - which is practical for toddlers running in and out. They have a strict policy in regards to allergies and meal times.
The staff are all friendly and always know the parents associated with each child. We haven't had much exposure to an ongoing curriculum but I get a weekly email with the menu and the activities.
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Review from Janine W (Mother of Child) published on 23 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I am very happy with the service that this nursery provides. The management team are efficient and always happy to help. The nursery staff are very caring and always have time to listen to the parents. They also form excellent relationships with the children they care for. My little boy enjoys nursery
very much.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.741)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.741) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Long Road 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 25 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 25 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 4.919 for Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (276 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 298 Ratings = 4.919
  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 4.822 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 25 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 152 number of registered child places is 30.4. 25 Positive Reviews ÷ 30.4 = 0.822
  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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Awards / Recognitions (4)

Meet the Team (2)

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Jess

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Jess the Nursery Manager embarked on her journey with the nursery in November 2005. Starting as a Deputy Manager at Long Road, she diligently worked her way up within Bright Horizons. In November 2011, she transitioned to Ely Day Nursery, continuing her role as Deputy. Demonstrating her strong leadership skills, she assumed the position of Nursery Manager at Ely in November 2012, where the nursery achieved an outstanding Ofsted report in December 2017.

Despite her success at Ely, her heart remained with Long Road. In August 2021, Jess returned as the Nursery Manager, driven by her unwavering passion to provide the best for children. Her commitment lies in empowering children with the skills to navigate through life successfully.

Jess thrives on the close collaboration with families and staff, striving to achieve optimal outcomes for all involved and we are proud to have her as part of our team.

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Shannon

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Shannon, the Deputy Manager, began her career at the nursery in September 2014. Starting as a newly qualified Nursery Nurse in the toddler room, she delved into the childcare industry.

In this role, Shannon has developed a foundation for understanding and knowledge of children and young people, emphasising their learning and developmental processes. Shannon's focus was on crafting an enabling environment and pushing the boundaries to challenge the children within their care to achieve their utmost potential while prioritising safety and care needs.

With time and dedication, Shannon transitioned to the role of Deputy Room Leader, collaborating closely with the Room Leader to bolster the team and environment.

In January 2020, Shannon's journey was promoted to the esteemed position of Deputy Manager. In this role, she expanded her understanding of Bright Horizons' heart values, while fostering the growth of her team. Shannon now stands as a beacon of experience and knowledge, poised to guide others on their paths to success.

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