Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool

1 Heritage Avenue, off Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5FW
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9.6 58 Reviews
  • Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool, London
Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Nursery and Preschool provides high-quality care in the Barnet area for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery has a great location less than half a mile from Colindale tube station and just under a mile from Colindale town centre. It's also close to Beaufort Park and the famous RAF Museum.

Bright Horizons Beaufort Park is designed to support children’s development with their large outdoor garden and roomy indoor spaces. The nursery offers ‘all-inclusive’ care providing nappies, wipes, baby formula and fresh meals prepared by their dedicated on-site chef and have a buggy storage area to help with pick-up and drop-offs.

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.

The staff at Beaufort Park have developed a strong sense of community by hosting regular events such as summer fairs, Diwali gatherings and Christmas celebrations.

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Care Provided by Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care
  • Person in charge
  • Abbie (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 27
  • Total Places for Children
  • 102
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 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
  • Parking
  • Pay and display, but the nursery does have 15 minute display tickets.


Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (58)

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Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.603) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool has 58 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

After nearly a month of my son attending Bright Horizons, I would like to take this opportunity to let you know what an amazing job you are all doing.


Everyone at Bright Horizons made it such an easy transition for both of us.


I would like to especially thank the amazing team at the baby room,

who are all so personable and caring and I only see them as members of my family now. When I leave my son, I know he is in the safest hands having lots of fun.


The team have made great efforts in all the activities they do for the children and I am impressed with the display boards in the baby room which are always up to date and current.


The team have taken on board all my comments and feedback and have not shyed away helping me with weaning my son off his dummy, giving him milk at times suitable for me and many other things.


I'm really pleased I chose Bright Horizons as my son's nursery and look forward to many more fun times with you all.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This review relates to the Baby Room. I've seen several nurseries and decided to come here, despite long walk from our home, because of the space both inside and outside, overall cleanliness, and the food freshly-prepared on site.


My child loves the nursery and the staff, and I can see they are helping

my child's development. The equipment appears to be kept well and clean and changes once in a while. Sometimes babies play together with toddlers, which stimulates them.


The daily handover/feedback is good, and you can track your child's development through a well-kept notebook. The weekly newsletter (although sometimes irregular) is a good way to know what's happening around the nursery.


If you have concerns or questions, the staff are happy to deal with them or give you an advice. The staff are generally experienced and appear to be helping each other. Apart from key persons, there are a few temporary staff on busy days, but you'll get to know them as they are always the same.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The location is great, although parking facilities should be more conciliatory considering children are being dropped off and picked up. Our experience is of the toddler room. The carers are great and the feedback and monitoring is pretty good too. The turnover of staff is disappointing and at times
worrying.


There is a lot of information fed back on activities in all rooms, as well as a good attempt at inclusiveness (the recent survey on the food menu and action taken is a good example of that). Safety/security is good and we believe it is a place where a child can thrive. The fees are quite on the high side though.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

It's our lovely nursery. My son is always happy to go. Teachers are always friendly, caring and kind. Always clean rooms.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very happy with the nursery, the staff, the activities, the safety and the food are all high quality. The only thing I would say is the garden needs some work, but its still a good space for the children.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Overall I'm very happy for my children to be attending this nursery. I have found that any issues that do arise are dealt with immediately and are never repeated again. My children are so happy to come to nursery each morning and I have noticed such a difference in their development. Both children (4
and 1 years) are constantly improving their communication, personal relationships and physical play - couldn't be happier!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Overall, we are very satisfied with the nursery and our child is extremely happy there. The staff are caring towards the children and provide a happy environment for them. There are certainly areas that need improvement which has been highlighted and the nursery could do a better job of resolving these
faster. Which include but are not limited to - room facilities maintenance (i.e hole in the ceiling) getting new toys etc. Very happy with the food quality and choice of food provided. Overall we are very pleased and will definitely recommend it to friends and family.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent staff. Very friendly and great with both children and parents.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son is currently in the baby room. I feel he is well looked after and he is now very attached to the ladies. However, I think the babies should be more involved in more activities to help them develop better their physical and cognitive growth.
I personally do not agree with the use of sand as my
child takes everything into his mouth and I have sometimes found sand in his mouth.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great place for our little ones; to develop and nourish in a caring and safe environment. Our son has developed his communication and social since starting at Bright Horizons, Beaufort Park. We are highly pleased and satisfied.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I'm very happy. Very good standard. Very good Care. Good and healthy meals. I love this nursery! It costs a lot of money a month.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Beaufort Park Nursery features a beautiful shaded outdoor play area, spacious rooms with plenty of stimulating toys and fresh food prepared on site. The room staff have really bonded with our son and it was amazing to see him thrive. The entire team, including office-based staff, know him and it creates
great confidence to see such a degree of involvement from everyone.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son is leaving the nursery at the end of this week - February 2017.
The staff at the nursery have been excellent in supporting the upcoming transition for him. When he has been a bit more emotional, staff have reassured him. When my son comes home he talks positively of the staff by name.
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been a genuine pleasure overall since my son has been attending the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

Learning well, food is ok. Cleanliness is not bad, some improvements needed around nappy changing room, smell lingers.

Reply from Marketa Cardon, Bright Horizons Team at Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool

Thank you very much for your review. We really value your feedback. Please, can I encourage you to share your comments with the nursery team? It's important to us that they are addressed and you’re totally happy with the high level of care we provide.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery appears very tidy, clean and welcoming. The staff are very friendly and delighted to help. My son loves to come, learn, play and develop.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

This nursery has been so good, I have had my son with them since he was 2 years old. The staff are very friendly. They keep me updated with his educational progress.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My children are happy to attend and have settled in well. They imitate songs they have picked up at nursery. Overall the service provided has been good and staff have come across friendly and caring.

Reply from Marketa Cardon, Mrkg at Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool

Thank you for your positive feedback.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son joined in the Preschool room and attended full time. As all parents I was worried but from the moment I walked in the manager made us feel right at home, spent time showing us around and answering my every question under the sun! They gave a settling in period where I was able to see the team
in preschool and how my son took to them all. It was a very warm atmosphere, a beautifully spaced nursery, the room was so fun and bright and my son engaged immediately. The staff are very good, gave the right amount of attention and this settled every unease I personally had with leaving my son in new territory. He stayed right up until going to primary school and was fully confident in his personal hygiene, interacting with his peers, had a nice sound introduction to letters and sounds and numeracy and learnt to listen and engage with adult led activities and instructions.


My son has done so well in school and that is greatly due to the help of the fantastic start he first had with this nursery.


I highly recommend.


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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.603)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.603) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 14 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 4.917 for Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (155 Excellents x 5) + (12 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 168 Ratings = 4.917

  • 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 4.686 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 14 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 102 number of registered child places is 20.4. 14 Positive Reviews ÷ 20.4 = 0.686

  • 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)

Abbie

Abbie

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2021

Hello,


I completed my level 3 in child care 9 years ago and have loved this job since then. Supporting babies in their development, and seeing them grow and blossom into unique little individuals is really rewarding. In particular, I admire their endless energy, honesty and creativity – it keeps me on my toes and wanting to continue to develop my knowledge to be the best I can be for the children, their families and the team at Beaufort Park.


Catherine

Catherine

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Hello, I am Catherine the Deputy Manager


Amelia

Amelia

Job Title: Third in Charge

Hello, I am Amelia, the Nursery's Third in Charge