Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool

Active Learning House, Moores Road, Dorking RH4 2BG
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A happy and stimulating nursery in Dorking

Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and preschool is conveniently located close to Dorking train station and provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

With a large garden and in walking distance to a park, the children can take advantage of a variety of resources at the nursery, including an Art Studio and a sensory room for the younger children. The nursery also offers swimming lessons for the preschool children.

All-inclusive fees mean that you have less to pack on a busy morning, with everything from healthy lunches and snacks to branded nappies and wipes included.
The nursery has been awarded an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’ for their commitment to high quality childcare and education( Jan 2019).

The Team is excited to be part of your child’s journey and look forward to meeting you and your little one soon. Book a personal tour with the nursery today.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Pippa (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 18

Total Places for Children

  • 89

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 Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (93)

9.8

Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.824) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool has 93 reviews.

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Review from Rebecca R (Mother of Child) published on 12 February 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I cannot recommend this nursery enough! My daughter loves her days here and I know she is being left in safe hands. All the staff I have spoken to are very welcoming and friendly. All of this has made my return to work so much easier, knowing my daughter is well cared for and enjoying her time at nursery.
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Review from C E (Mother of Child) published on 7 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very happy with my daughter's care at Bright Horizons Dorking. They offer excellent opening times. The staff are attentive and hard working. They treat each child as an individual. There are always lots of stimulating activities. At the end of the day we get a thorough handover so I know they have
been attentive to her needs. I feel I can trust the staff so I know she is safe and well cared for.
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Review from F L (Mother of Child) published on 7 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent staff who really care for our baby's wellbeing. Our son seems to thoroughly enjoy his time at the nursery. Always smiling. A true testament to all of the staff. Thank you!
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Review from Sarah K (Mother of Child) published on 5 December 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My 11-month-old daughter attends Dorking Active Learning nursery full time and she is very happy there. The management and baby room staff are very supportive, enthusiastic about the activities and passionate individuals. We cannot thank you enough for taking good care of our baby girl, making her happy
every day and helping in her development through creative and educational activities. Thank you!
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Review from Andrea S (Mother of Child) published on 5 December 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending the nursery for 21 months. He was welcomed into Jumblies at 18 months and settled in very nicely. The girls made me feel very happy leaving my son in their capable hands for a few days in the week. He has been taught and learnt so much, he is now in Preschool and now learning
to write, with the encouragement of management and the rest of the team. I can highly recommend the nursery to all friends and family. I have never had any doubts. Thank you, ladies!
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Review from Anna D (Mother of Child) published on 5 December 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little girl loves her time at Active Learning Dorking (Surrey). The staff form wonderful relationships with the children and play a pivotal role in their early development. They also show incredible empathy and consideration towards what might be happening at home. Whenever we have needed extra
support or flexibility due to life’s ‘twists and turns’ we have always been blown away by the kind response of the staff.
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Review from Sarah M (Mother of Child) published on 4 June 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We viewed a number of nurseries before visiting Active Learning Dorking (Surrey) and none of the other places made me feel confident that my daughter would be properly cared for and noticed. It was imperative that the nursery could look after babies as I was required to go back to work after 7 months.
Active Learning Dorking (Surrey) was so receptive to our needs, the nursery management was engaging and thorough in providing all the information and showing us around. We were very impressed!
The staff are lovely, the activities are stimulating, fun and age-appropriate across the board. The facilities are impressive too. What we really love is that my daughter's personality is encouraged to shine through.
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Review from Susie M (Mother of Child) published on 4 June 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been there three months and we have had a really positive experience. The staff have gone above and beyond to help him settle in. He loves playing in the garden there.
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Review from Clair M (Mother of Child) published on 17 May 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Active Learning is a lovely, clean, safe and welcoming environment for little ones. My daughter attends two days a week and has a fantastic time. I love reading about all the activities she has been involved in throughout her day. The staff are kind and patient and bring out the best in her.
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Review from Jess (Mother of Child) published on 11 March 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son attends Active Learning Dorking twice a week and he is really happy there. I'm always pleased to hear about the number of activities he has been involved in during the day and he is growing in confidence all the time. The staff are lovely and really care about the children they look after. I
would definitely recommend the nursery.
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Review from Ella F (Mother of Child) published on 5 March 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son attends on a full-time basis and we can't thank the nursery staff enough for all that they have done for my son, and continue to do so every day. We have experience with two other nurseries in the Surrey area and can honestly say Active Learning Dorking is high above the rest and we would highly
recommend it to friends and family. The staff are great and are always very approachable. The manager is the best and her deputy is always there to help. My son enjoys swimming, ballet and French lessons. More recently he has been enjoying cooking in the newly installed kitchen and the strong emphasis on Art at Active Learning Dorking is the one thing my son extremely enjoys. The nursery has been recently refurbished to a very high standard and the outdoor area is great for my son to burn off his bags of energy.
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Review from Alex M (Mother of Child) published on 30 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We chose Active Learning Dorking because of the space, variety of activities, the caring and friendly staff and the passion for keeping children safe. At our show around it seemed we would have no issues with our son settling in as he just wanted to play in every room. But then during the first week
of him starting he had a cold and teething combined. All of the staff were fantastic with him! Now he loves going to nursery! He's made loads of friends and built fantastic relationships with all of the nursery. Couldn't be happier with the decision to go to this nursery and his transition.
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Review from Julie T (Mother of Child) published on 18 April 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I chose this nursery because the facilities are fantastic (baby sensory room, performance zone, food cooked on site, art zone, sectioned outdoor space), the activities are creative and often child stimulated, and the staff have great relations with the kids. My son has settled in brilliantly, due in
no small part to the very caring approach of the staff. In particular, every member of the team (including managers) can tell me in detail how his day has been and can answer any query. I've found any incidents are also handled extremely professionally. It is a delight to leave my son there every day.
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Review from Kirsty E (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started nursery in September and was a little unsettled in the beginning. The staff were very supportive through this time and before long she was telling me all about the activities she had been up to including sports, art and French!
Now she asks me every morning if its nursery day,
and is very settled and made lots of new friends and learnt lots of new things! I am very happy with the care and support of the nursery.
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Review from Anna P (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We have been very happy with Active Learning Dorking (Surrey).
The staff have been very welcoming and supportive of our child who moved there from another nursery.
The staff are enthusiastic about the activities they do with the children.
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Review from Beth C (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Active Learning Dorking for just over a month now and I am delighted with the nursery and how the staff care for her. She is my second child and my son also went to the same nursery (from the age of 1 all the way through to pre-school), and because of the relationships
we had forged over the years and the service we received I was very confident about sending my daughter there. The staff are hugely caring, positive, very friendly and you can really tell that they genuinely love being with the children. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Active Learning Dorking to prospective parents.
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Review from Kate M (Mother of Child) published on 12 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
They have created excellent learning links between nursery and home. In particular, the art drop-in session for parents to enjoy with their children is fantastic. The art teacher is often creating art materials and resources for us to take home and do together. We are incredibly impressed with the extra
touches like this. The nursery strives to provide the best learning environment above and beyond what other nurseries do. My sons love regularly going swimming with pre-school - an opportunity which most nurseries don’t seem to provide. They are generous not only with the range of activities they organise but with their time and care. Staff are extremely friendly, organised and of a high standard. Active Learning Dorking keeps exceeding our expectations and we’re incredibly happy.
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Review from Krina S (Mother of Child) published on 12 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
A caring and stimulating environment for my 2.5-year-old. The staff always make sure he's happy and he has settled in well in the first couple of months. He comes home full of beans and excited to tell me what he's been up to and the activities like ballet and specialised art are a definite selling
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Review from Karen S (Mother of Child) published on 16 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been at Active Learning Dorking (Surrey) since just turning 1 and he is now 3 yrs old.


Every time he has moved up a class I have always been told how well he has settled in and this is mostly thanks to the staff being so welcoming. Every morning staff say hello to him in passing and

some of these I know were not in certain rooms when he was there, it is such a lovely welcoming place. Often he asks if members of staff can come and play at our house. He comes home every day full of stories of what he has been up to and often with sculptures and drawings he has made in art. There is always so much going on at the nursery to get involved with and weekly newsletters keeping everyone informed.
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Review from Melissa F (Mother of Child) published on 16 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our little one has been attending active learning since January 2017 when he was 3 months old. He is now part of the furniture! He loves the nursery and all the staff and activities. The nursery has played a key part in his development to where he is now, a very inquisitive, sociable, little character!
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.824)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.824) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Dorking 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 17 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 17 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 4.869 for Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (175 Excellents x 5) + (22 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 199 Ratings = 4.869
  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 4.955 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 17 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 89 number of registered child places is 17.8. 17 Positive Reviews ÷ 17.8 = 0.955
  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)

Pippa

Pippa

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Since gaining my NNEB qualification in 1995 I began my career in Childcare, and have worked within Bright Horizons since 2003 where I have worked in various settings across the regions, starting as a Nursery Nurse and working up to my current role as Nursery Manager since 2013.


I enjoy all aspects of my role and work alongside my team to provide the children in our care with the best opportunities for learning and play.

Paige

Paige

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Paige has been with Bright Horizons since 2016, during which she completed her Level 3 Diploma in Children’s Learning and Development. Starting as a nursery assistant, she steadily advanced to the position of Deputy Manager. Currently, Paige serves as the nursery’s SENCO (Special Needs Coordinator) and holds a Level 3 Award in Early Years SEN Coordination. At Dorking, the team collaborates to ensure all children under their care receive enriching learning opportunities conducive to their growth and development.


Paige is deeply committed to providing exceptional care and provision to the children, fostering a nurturing, safe, and joyful environment. Witnessing the children's learning, development, and progress within the nursery brings her immense joy and fulfilment.

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