Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool

Milford Road, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford ST17 0LA
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9.9 105 Reviews
  • Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool, Stafford
Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

The nursery is set in a brightly refurbished large Victorian school surrounded by fields, farms and animals. The snug and nurturing baby room has a mixture of sensory and messy areas. The toddler room help children to develop their thought processes and imagination with an indoor slide and access to the outside area as they wish.

The spacious nursery room enhances all areas of child development and has direct, safe access to the outside area while the preschool room contains modern technology to prepare the children for school.

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 nursery also takes part in outings to local places including the Shirehall sensory room, local libraries, farms and parks.

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

Care Provided by Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care
  • Person in charge
  • Rebecca (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 25
  • Total Places for Children
  • 76
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:00-18:00
    Tuesday 07:00-18:00
    Wednesday 07:00-18:00
    Thursday 07:00-18:00
    Friday 07:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool Reviews (105)

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Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.899) out of 10, based on 24 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool has 105 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been at the nursery a short time, however, we are so pleased with how welcoming and warm and nursery has been. She comes home from nursery so happy and we are very pleased with her development and the care she receives. Thank you.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are very friendly. Security is good.
My granddaughter is always happy and smiling, as are all the children when I collect.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have been so pleased with how my son has settled in the baby room. He has developed good relationships with the staff and seems really happy to be left. Really pleased.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely nursery. My daughter is very content here. Would recommend to anyone and the staff are superb.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Overall we are very happy with the care our daughter has received since beginning her settling in sessions two months ago. The staff are excellent - they are happy, helpful and our daughter adores them. The one thing which stands out is how our daughter is seen as an individual. Our son attending the
same nursery and we couldn't fault the provision. The same can be said now.
Our daughter's needs are fully met and within just a couple of settling in sessions, our daughter's key worker knows her personality and routine very well. Thank you to all the staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Attentive, caring staff. Clean facilities with lots to do for all ages. The "preschool" is a valuable experience to get them used to the routine of school.

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My son loves coming to nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter enjoys going to this nursery, she gets on well with the staff.
Her learning seems to improve on each visit and is talkative on the way home.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter loves being at Milford Day Nursery. She is well cared for by all of the staff. Her key person has a really strong bond with her and is really supporting her development and moving up to her next room. The variety of resources and activities that are available are fantastic and there is generally
- weather permitting - the opportunity to be outside. The variety of food provided is also excellent.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The nursery has been really flexible taking our son at short notice due to relocation.
Our son has settled in really well and we are really happy with the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very happy, excellent staff and facilities. Child very happy and loves coming to nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fabulous nursery. Staff are all so friendly and great with my little one.
Provide a good range of meals and different foods which my little one loves.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

It's a great nursery and my son has come on very well being here and he enjoys coming.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fabulous from beginning to end. 100% satisfied with the experience.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Quality provision with great staff and good focus. We always collect happy children telling us about their fun day.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son really enjoys his time at nursery. He loves to play with his classmates and enjoys building and making. The staff are attentive and challenge the children to explore new things.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

When choosing a nursery for my son, there really was no contest, from our first walk around to having just completed his first week in nursery, the staff have made us feel so welcome and at ease. I really couldn't think of anyone better to look after our son when the time came for me to return to work.
My son has settled in so well and I think having the opportunity to come for numerous settling sessions and stay and plays prior to starting has really made a difference. He loves going off and exploring, there is so much to keep him occupied and stimulated, he loves it! The staff are so friendly and are always happy to answer any questions, I cannot recommend them enough!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has just started at the nursery he settled straight away after some settling in sessions. He loves his time in the baby room. Looking forward to him growing and developing over the next few years.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A lovely nursery. The staff are lovely and my little girls absolutely love them. The learning journeys are full of photos and descriptions of what my daughters have been doing, what learning has taken place and what their next steps are. The meals provided are excellent and are very varied. I like
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery is one of the best in Stafford. My son has made huge progress since arriving at the nursery when he was 10 months old. The tracking of his progress has been methodical and the communication between parent and carer is impeccable and consistent.


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routines from home are mirrored at nursery.
This nursery is fantastic and I highly recommend it. The girls treat the children as if they were their own - this is comforting. Highly recommend! Three staff members, in particular, are Queens! Always kind and supportive, yet professional.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.899)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.899) out of 10 for Bright Horizons Milford 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 24 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 24 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 4.899 for Bright Horizons Milford Day Nursery and Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (260 Excellents x 5) + (27 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 288 Ratings = 4.899

  • 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 Milford Day Nursery and Preschool is based on 24 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 76 number of registered child places is 15.2, which has been reached with 24 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)

Rebecca

Rebecca

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2004

Hi, I am Rebecca, the Nursery Manager.


I have worked at Milford since 2004 and I became manager in 2012. I love supporting, caring and working with our families to ensure we provide excellent childcare for their children. I have two children of my own so I am able to work closely with parents that find leaving their children hard and sympathize with the challenges this brings as a parent. My door is always open to everyone.


Hannah

Hannah

Job Title: Deputy Manager

I have been a part of the team here at Milford for eight years now, and have fulfilled many different roles during this time. I have worked my way up from a nursery nurse to my current position of Deputy Manager, gaining lots of valuable experience along the way.


I thoroughly enjoy working to support all our families and children at the nursery and love how no two days are ever the same in childcare.


I have a little girl of my own who I absolutely adore and we enjoy lots of traveling in our spare time.


Nicole

Nicole

Job Title: Third in Charge

Hi, I am Nicole, the nursery's Third in Charge.