Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool

Gresford Close, Callands, Warrington WA5 9UY
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  • Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool, Warrington
A BRIGHT AND SPACIOUS NURSERY IN WARRINGTON
Recently refurbished nursery in Callards offering high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years, with an added holiday club for children aged up to 11 years.

The well-qualified team of highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced staff work together to provide a well-balanced programme of fun activities and learning experiences, within a carefully planned curriculum with a unique Ready for School programme. Fostering an enjoyment of early literacy and maths, with a Growing Readers, Writers and Mathematicians Enhancement, helping children to recognise letters, words and numbers in their environment.

Callands nursery has a spacious outdoor play area with separate gardens for each age group. Children enjoy using balance bikes, mini rocking horses, hula-hoops and the wooden tepee.

Support for your child also extends beyond regular nursery hours, they also offer a holiday club for children aged 3 months to 11 years where they can participate in a range of fun activities.

With all-inclusive fees, which means you have less to pack on a busy morning, the onsite meals are prepared with nutrition in mind. From healthy lunches and snacks to your chosen branded nappies and wipes included in the fees.

The nursery has been awarded an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’ (Oct 2019) for their commitment to high quality childcare and education.

Recent fee reduction - contact for more info.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Kate (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 28

Total Places for Children

  • 123

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Fees have been reduced to support our local families, please contact us for more info (Nov 21)

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

Parking

  • There is a large car park at the front of the building

Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (140)

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Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 10 (9.960) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool has 140 reviews.

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Review from Hannah T (Mother of Child) published on 15 December 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Bright Horizons Callands since she was 8 months old (she is now 4), and she absolutely adores going to nursery, and has built some lovely bonds with her key workers throughout her attendance. The nursery is super supportive, and I am amazed every single week with what
she learns! The food is lovely, and she has no issues eating it all (never have clean plates at home). it really is like a family rather than a ‘nursery’, and I never feel worried when I drop her off.
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Review from Melanie W (Mother of Child) published on 11 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is a fantastic nursery. The staff are all so friendly, my daughter loves coming to nursery. She comes home happy every time, full of stories about what she has been up to all day. I would recommend this nursery to anyone!
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Review from K C (Mother of Child) published on 10 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little boy is in the pre-school, his keyworker always makes lots of effort to tell me what he has learnt in that day. He loves her.
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Review from V A (Father of Child) published on 7 November 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Well managed and maintained. Friendly staff.
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Review from Kerry K (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son started at Bright Horizons Callands in January 2018. His development has come on so much. My son is very happy at the nursery and has made many friends. The nursery has a lovely environment and has a fantastic outdoor space.
The nursery staff are amazing. Nothing is ever too much trouble and
that applies to the office staff too. I would highly recommend this nursery.
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Review from Mihaela R (Mother of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All good and I'm happy as long as my children are happy. Excellent staff. Five stars.
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Review from Lee G (Father of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We have had three children come through this nursery and have always had a good experience. We feel that consistency of staff through the years has helped us a great deal. Staff have helped us as a family over the years through difficult times and thank you all. We have never had any doubts about the
children here and they have all developed on their journey.
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Review from Peter G (Father of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent, outstanding and caring staff.
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Review from K C (Father of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of our children have attended Bright Horizons Callands. We have always been very happy with the level of care and attention our girls have received. The facilities available are excellent, in particular, the outside area is excellent. The staff have always had our utmost trust and we would recommend
the nursery to others. In fact, family friends now attend the nursery on our recommendation.
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Review from Sarah R (Mother of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son has been very well cared for at preschool. He struggled to settle in initially and the staff went out of their way to make him feel secure and happy. He has had lots of fun during his time in preschool and I'm certain he will miss everyone when he leaves in September.
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Review from H F (Mother of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Bright Horizons has been outstanding in settling my daughters into the preschool environment. After a negative experience at a previous nursery, I brought my girls to Bright Horizons. From speaking to the manageress, I knew that my girls would settle in fine and I wasn't wrong. All the staff have been
amazing, not only for my girls but for myself too. Communication has been excellent and the experience has been nothing but positive. I wish they could stay beyond preschool. Thank you.
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Review from Felicity U (Mother of Child) published on 7 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Over the past two years, our daughter has thrived. She has enjoyed every single day and made wonderful friendships, not only with other children but with the staff.
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Review from H S (Mother of Child) published on 2 August 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
Overall, the service provided over the last three years has been good, however, still very expensive compared to other local nurseries. My daughter enjoys attending and learning and her development needs are managed with a wide range of fun activities. Communication between staff in relation to child's
care needs is something which needs to be improved and when a care plan is put in place, it needs to be followed by all staff and for more than a couple of weeks.
Reply from katherine o'brien at Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review for our Callands setting. I will ensure your comments regarding staff and parent communication is fed back to the Nursery Manager for consideration.…read more
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Review from S B (Mother of Child) published on 3 April 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Come to spend the morning with my son and see how he is progressing. It's lovely to see him interact with his friends and watch his development. The nursery is well laid out with plenty of activities to keep him occupied and grow each day.
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Review from Katy C (Mother of Child) published on 3 April 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started at Bright Horizons in January she has settled really well and I am really pleased with all aspects of the nursery. The staff are very friendly and always helpful.
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Review from Lisa J (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have found the nursery to be a very safe and welcoming place for us and our son.
All of the staff are friendly and genuinely care about the children. We are kept well informed about his development and what he is learning about and I would recommend the nursery to anyone.
Also, it's really clean.
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Review from Jowita D (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
When I chose this nursery, I was wondering about my son and how he would manage in a new place. After a few weeks, he was absolutely fantastic. The place is lovely, friendly for the kids and parents, kids can learn new things and develop skills. Ladies in the nursery are very friendly, nice, kind and
patient. I always got a phone call when my son had an accident. They explained everything, described my son's day, what he did or how he behaved.
I highly recommend this nursery. I could not choose a better place for my son.
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Review from Cathie K (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I moved my child from a nursery I wasn't happy with (this has since been shut down).
I couldn't have chosen a better nursery to change her to. The staff are fantastic, it's very clean and my daughter is coming along a treat.
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Review from Deborah A (Mother of Child) published on 22 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Friendly staff members who seem interested in both children and their family members and make the effort to get to know them, making this nursery a very welcoming place.
Staff members seem dedicated and happy.
So helpful that the nursery is open the majority of the year and that reasonable common
sense is used to determine whether children are well enough to be in nursery or need to be at home.
Great progress is seen in our child’s development socially and academically and he has settled in well, enjoying his days there.
I would like to know more about day to day activities and learning written on daily info sheet for parents - this can be quite basic at the moment.
Reply from Katherine O'Brien at Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool
Thank you for your kind review.

I have fed back your comments to the Nursery Manager to ensure feedback is looked into in further detail.

Kind Regards,
Katherine.
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Review from Jennifer G (Mother of Child) published on 11 September 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We came along to the teddy bear picnic with our daughter, was an amazing afternoon. The staff were all amazing and made sure all the kids had what they needed and nothing was too much trouble and every child was included. My daughter feels really comfortable with all the staff and really loves coming
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.960)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.960) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 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 4.960 for Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (312 Excellents x 5) + (11 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 324 Ratings = 4.96
  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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 27 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 123 number of registered child places is 24.6, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  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 (5)

Meet the Team (2)

Kate

Kate

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Kate has been a valued member of the Bright Horizons family since 2008. Before stepping into their current role, she was the Deputy Manager at one of the Bright Horizons nurseries in Liverpool, where she gained extensive experience supporting children and families from diverse backgrounds.


Passionate about helping children learn, grow, and thrive, Kate takes great pride in their role as SEND Coordinator. She finds it incredibly rewarding to collaborate with families and support children in reaching their full potential, continually drawing inspiration from the progress each child achieves.


Kate holds a BA (Hons) in Learning Development and Support, which has played a key role in shaping their commitment to delivering exceptional care and guidance for every child she works with.

Charlotte

Charlotte

Job Title: Deputy Manager Joined: 2012

Charlotte joined Callands in 2012 as a student after completing her Level 3 diploma in childcare and later became a full-time staff member in the Toddler room. While studying Education and Childcare Studies at Liverpool Hope University, she continued working at Callands as bank staff.


In her final year, she gained her Level 3 Forest School qualification and returned as Deputy Manager in 2018, having previously worked as a room leader.


Charlotte is passionate about her work, enjoys building relationships with families, and loves watching the children grow. Outside of work, she enjoys family days out with her daughter, Penelope.

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