Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery and Preschool

Maidenbower Business Park, Balcombe Road, Crawley RH10 7NN
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9.6 67 Reviews
  • Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery and Preschool, Crawley
A purpose-built, spacious and light nursery in Crawley

Situated 10 minutes from Gatwick airport, Crawly day nursery is a custom-designed building based in Crawley Maidenbower business park.

Proving a ‘home-from-home’ environment for the children to feel relaxed and happy while being cared for by the highly qualified team. The well-qualified team of highly motivated and experienced staff work together to provide a well-balanced programme of fun activities and learning experiences, within a carefully planned curriculum.

Their unique Ready for School programme fosters an enjoyment of early literacy and maths, with their Growing Readers, Writers and Mathematicians Enhancements helping children to recognise letters, words and numbers in their environment.

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.

They would love to meet you and your child, so book a visit today and they will show you all the nursery has to offer during your own personal tour.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Jo (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 35

Total Places for Children

  • 92

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

Parking

  • Convenient drop-off and pick-up spaces are available at the front of
    the nursery and is located within walking distance to Three Bridges
    station.

Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (67)

9.6

Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.561) out of 10, based on 12 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery and Preschool has 67 reviews.

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Review from Laura C (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little girl goes full time and absolutely loves it. She loves the activities and the garden and has recently started to trail into the next room. This has been very smooth. She has so much fun and loves all the staff.
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Review from Lisa L (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has attended this nursery from a young age and loves it which assists with our experience working, the majority of the week.
Facilities are exceptionally clean and tidy and up to date. All staff are attentive and caring, catering for each individual's different personality and needs.
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Review from A R (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with the nursery. Lots of fun things for my child to do. She enjoys her time here a lot and she is well looked after. She seems so happy she doesn't even want to go home! Love the fun activities e.g. Baking, art and crafts etc! Keep up the good work!
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Review from Lorna S (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Staff inside the nursery are friendly and chatty, open and honest. Give a true reflection of how your child is progressing.
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Review from Darshna N (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We have had a great experience with this nursery. The staff have been very helpful and friendly. My son has had no issues settling into the nursery. Very pleased with the service provided, I have seen my son develop since going to the nursery and they have been flexible to meet our needs.
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Review from P L (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with the nursery and staff. Our son always comes home happy. The staff at this pre-school are excellent. Very caring, challenging and nurturing. They do different themes and different learning.
Our son loves the outside space and also the learning kitchen where they make biscuits, scones
and cheese twists.
The food is varied and our son enjoys eating (and serving food) with his friends.
Overall, we are extremely happy with the nursery.
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Review from Diane P (Grandmother of Child) published on 14 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are fabulous. My granddaughter is very settled here. She loves nursery.
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Review from Nicki K (Mother of Child) published on 14 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter loves nursery. She really enjoys cooking the children's kitchen and she loves playing with her friends. I would like pre-school to ramp up the preparation for school but love the nursery staff looking after my daughter are great.
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Review from A P (Father of Child) published on 14 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Great, warm and friendly environment. Staff are friendly and easy to approach. Their attention to my child is very good. They have a wide variety of activities, running to help develop children and food is very good range each week.
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Review from Hannah C (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery offers excellent childcare to all the children. My daughter is assigned a key worker who she loves and gives a thorough handover to every day. They keep an excellent diary of her daily activities.
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Review from Victoria J (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with our first month. The baby room has made us feel very welcome.
Our keyworker has been great, again made us feel welcome and really helped our daughter settle in.
Also, management has answered any questions very quickly and were again very helpful.
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Review from Roshni P (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We love Bright Horizon Crawley Day Nursery. My child is very happy and has grown a lot here. The teachers are lovely.
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Review from M L (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have had an excellent experience so far with Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery. All of the staff are very welcoming, polite and friendly. They are also incredibly helpful with every aspect of care. Most importantly, my daughter loves it.
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Review from C G (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son is very happy at the nursery so this is the best reflection of the atmosphere at the nursery. Credit to the staff and management.
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Review from Carly L (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We're really happy we chose this nursery. Our child really enjoys himself and is always talking about nursery when he is home. Everything is clean and well looked after and the nursery teachers in the pre-school room are fantastic, they handle upsets and tears really well.
We love coming to pick our
child up and hearing what he played with and what he ate throughout the session. Have already recommended to friends.
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Review from Roxanne D (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Amazing nursery with brilliant staff. They always give a little brief update day to day on how your child is getting on which is nice and helpful.
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Review from Katie H (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have nothing but praise for the nursery. The girls are always welcoming and give a great rundown of what my daughter has done in the day.
The nursery is always clean.
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Review from A H (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child really loved December month, it was filled with exciting pre-school Christmas activities that involved lots of glitter, glue, messy play and social activities with friends.
My child is well supported in developing independent skills and in communication targets. Staff are friendly, approachable
and open to learning. Very keen to learn Makaton. My child loves nursery and so do we as parents. Staff, facilities and hours of opening suit us so well. Thank you for all you do. You are helping fashion my child's future with such care and skill.
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Review from Linda B (Mother of Child) published on 2 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My children and I love Bright Horizons nursery and preschool.
The nursery is very bright and impressively clean, rooms are spacious with high standards of facilities, so kids can enjoy a wide range of fabulous activities. In addition to this, there is the amazing outdoor area where the kids enjoy playing
and exploring.


Staff are very professional, qualified, capable, dedicated and very caring. They are approachable and friendly as well.


Food is delicious and nutritious, there are varieties of meals that meet all dietary requirements prepared by the qualified chef.


The management team is very competent, highly qualified, very cooperative, and very supportive. Simply, the nursery has a wonderful management.


In conclusion, it is the place where you can feel reassured that your kid is in safe hands.

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Review from Amber W (Mother of Child) published on 21 August 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son loves the nursery. I was nervous about how he would settle but the staff were fantastic with him and at easing my anxiety. All the staff are really accommodating and caring. The outdoor facilities are fantastic and it's great the little ones spend so much time outdoors exploring. The variety
of food is also very good.
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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.561)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.561) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Crawley 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 12 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 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 4.909 for Bright Horizons Crawley Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (130 Excellents x 5) + (13 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 143 Ratings = 4.909
  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 4.652 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Crawley 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 92 number of registered child places is 18.4. 12 Positive Reviews ÷ 18.4 = 0.652
  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)

Jo

Jo

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2017

Jo has been working in Early Years Education since 1998 across a diverse range of settings, including schools. Jo became the Nursery Manager of Crawley Day Nursery and Pre-School in 2017. Holding a level 4 qualification in Childcare and Education, she is deeply passionate about children's learning and development. She finds immense joy in witnessing the journey children undertake at the nursery, starting from the baby room and progressing through to the preschool room. Witnessing children transition confidently to school fills her with pride, knowing they are well-prepared for the next stage of their lives.

Vruti

Vruti

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Vruti joined the Crawley team in October 2023, bringing with her 13 years of experience in childcare. She began her career as an apprentice and steadily advanced to a managerial role while working at The Houses of Parliament Nursery. Holding an NVQ Level 3 qualification, she is passionate about delivering excellence across the nursery. She collaborates closely with her team and families, striving to create a nurturing and secure environment where children can flourish, develop, and achieve success in their unique ways. She excels at addressing children’s emotional, physical, and behavioural needs, ensuring that every child receives the care and attention they deserve.

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