Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery

3 Newport Avenue, Virginia Quay, Docklands, London E14 2ED
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9.8 72 Reviews
  • Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery, London
Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery accepts children from three months to three-years-old, offering automatic progression to the electron building for preschool education for children aged two to five-years-old.

The nursery has specially designed rooms equipped with fantastic resources and a dedicated and experienced team of practitioners. These rooms are geared around safe-play and is equipped with areas such as a book corner, sensory exploration, music and movement.

The nursery has a free flow garden, giving children many opportunities to take part in the outdoor activities, encouraging them to learn, explore and discover the world around them.

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.

Located in a secure residential area and next to a local park, there are many opportunities for the children to explore outdoors and to be taken on regular walks into the local community.

All meals at the nursery are freshly prepared and cooked on-site and menus are planned to provide the children with a nutritionally balanced diet throughout the week.

The cookery club allows children to participate in preparing snacks with the nursery chef.

The nursery was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in March 2019.

Care Provided by Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Person in charge
  • Soraia (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 32
  • Total Places for Children
  • 75
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 3 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery Reviews (72)

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9.8

Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.798) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery has 72 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am extremely happy with the services and education Bright Horizons provides to my daughter. She has been going to the nursery for over 1 year now, and she has developed so much. I think when a child looks forward to going to school and doesn't want to go home when the time comes, it is a good sign.
Staff are amazing, professional and reliable. Food menu and options are also great. I would definitely recommend Bright Horizons to any parent looking for an amazing and friendly environment.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son thoroughly enjoys attending East India Day Nursery. Since he first started I have seen a tremendous progress in his development and learning. The staff are very professional and caring. I am so pleased with the Nursery that I have already recommended this Nursery to a friend who has now recently
enrolled her daughter to attend this nursery.


Great thanks to all at East India Dock Day Nursery.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The Nursery has been brilliant for my daughter since she was 8 months old and has made sure that she’s both nurtured and challenged up to now at 2 1/2 years old. They are thorough in informing us about her progress and they are very kind to the children.


My daughter’s development has been rapid at

the nursery and she loves it there. I would definitely recommend.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter has had a wonderful time at this nursery. I am happy with the progress so far.
One thing I felt that the variety in the vegetarian food (we being vegetarian) needs improvement .
Overall, the standard is very good .

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery is great! The stuff are very friendly and they look after every child with great care. There is always a lot of entertainment for kids available, from messy activities, to book reading, playing outside etc. The staff are always helpful and always willing to cooperate with parents on what
they want their children to focus on in terms of their development. Comparing to other nurseries in the area, the space is huge, there is an outdoor garden and a communal garden where kids can run and play as well as riverside walks etc.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter is part of a community at East India Dock; the staff all make her feel welcome and she has made some great friends - some inseparable with some of her first words being her friend's names. I am really happy with how she is developing and looked after. I couldn't ask for more.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child has been attending this nursery for the last 5 months and I've been very happy from the day she settled. This is the first nursery she's attended and the main staff in her room have taken a lot of care to ensure she settled well in the first few weeks. I have never worried about my child during
the day and the staff always provide detailed feedback about her day when I collect her. I've received good feedback in respect to my child's development - good to know that they track this and support her development. Having consistent staff helps with this.


My child looks forward to going to nursery and appears to go in happy and leave happy each day. I've been impressed that all staff (not only the ones in her room) know her by name and greet her in the mornings and when we leave. The managers are often visible at the nursery and available to answer questions.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

As with other parents, we also had a dilemma of which nursery and an initial scepticism of whether our child will settle down well or not.
Although we have a nursery next door, we preferred Bright Horizons (aka my nursery) due to word of mouth and we must say it was a very good decision. The staff
provided a great deal of support and took every measure to ensure our child's requirements are met and he settled down well.
Thanks to all the staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I would like to give my appreciation to the baby room team for looking after my son while he was settling in there and for reassuring me every time I called or met them. Such hard work they do in the baby room.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Bright Horizons East India has surpassed our expectations - the staff have been excellent, very enthusiastic, very caring and very good with our daughter who has developed greatly since joining the nursery.
The facilities are of a high standard and are well maintained - and the menu consists of fresh
food, which changes daily.
Overall, we have had a very good experience and would recommend the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Leaving your child at a nursery requires a lot of trust and the team at East India Nursery have actually won our hearts. They treat children like family and take excellent care of them. Highly recommended.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We love this nursery, the staff really care about the children and our daughter is constantly learning new things. Most importantly our daughter skips into nursery every morning and has a great time with the staff and all her friends. She started there at 8 months which was hard for Mummy, again the
staff were very caring and made it as easy as possible for all of us.

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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.798)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.798) out of 10 for Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 26 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.798 for Bright Horizons East India Dock Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (278 Excellents x 5) + (31 Goods x 4) + (9 Satisfactorys x 3) + (4 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 322 Ratings = 4.798

  • b) 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 East India Dock Day Nursery is based on 26 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 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

    • ii) 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 75 number of registered child places is 15, which has been reached with 26 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • 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 (3)

Ana Marie

Ana Marie

Job Title: Nursery Manager

I started working as a teacher in 2013 and have over 8 years of experience in child care. I was promoted to Deputy Manager 1st of June 2019. I am a qualified teacher and I have a degree in child care, I enjoy working on my own initiative but am the best when working in a team.


Starting on the 1st of April 2022 I have been appointed for the position of Nursery Manager at East India Dock Day Nursery, I have a real passion for working with children and seeing the difference we make in each child’s life. Watching them learn, explore and flourish.


In short, I am reliable, trustworthy, hardworking and eager to learn. I am a fast learner-focused, approachable, firm humble, honest, kind and very optimistic in life.


I am interested in nature photography, foreign languages (currently learning Spanish) and cooking family meals. I like to travel; meet new people and find out more about other cultures, music and food. I am a friendly, active person who enjoys working with a great team at East India Dock Day Nursery.


And the team are dedicated to offering high-quality care and education.


Soraia

Soraia

Job Title: Maternity Leave cover Nursery Manager

I look forward to working in partnership with you all to obtain the best outcome for each child and ensure all children under our care at East India Day Nursery have a unique nursery experience.

My journey with Bright Horizons started as a Room Leader shortly after successfully completing my Early Childhood Studies Degree - I am passionate about the quality of childcare that we offer.


I have slowly worked my way up to Nursery Manager and have had vast experience while effectively supporting many Bright Horizons branches.


I look forward to meeting the amazing staff and families very soon and getting to know the children that make East India Day Nursery a fantastic Nursery.


Kayleigh

Kayleigh

Job Title: Deputy Manager

I started my career in child care in 2008 and have been working in child care for 14 years. My experience at East India Dock Day Nursery has grown since when I first began at the setting in 2013 and I was just a nursery nurse. I have now been promoted to Deputy Manager on the 21st of April 2022. I have a level 3 in child care and a level 3 diploma in management. I enjoy working within a team to help to support others.


I am a confident and hardworking individual who is supportive and caring within a team environment. Trustworthy, reliable and honest, someone who is approachable and will listen to the needs of others.


I enjoy spending time with family and friends, cooking meals, music, food, football and shopping. I am a friendly and active person who enjoys being around people. I also enjoy my job and working with our amazing team at East India Dock Day Nursery.