Bright Horizons Canterbury Day Nursery and Preschool

Reviews

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  Damon Hoford

  Sep 19, 2025
  1.0
  Our son had many regular accidents here and we were constantly having to sign unexplained accident reports. He regularly came home dirty faced, snotty nose, with soiled clothes and shoes. There is no curriculum for learning or structure they followed, mostly free play as minimal staff watch over them running wild and fighting. When my son fell off the school’s equipment and suffered a 1.5 inch laceration to the back of the skull, concussion and other related prolonged medical issues, they refused to accept responsibility and failed to follow protocol to make timely accurate Reports to relevant Professional Bodies/Department eg Ofsted and HSC. After escalation and a lengthy investigation which resulted in no action, we have had to remove him for his own safety and is now thriving, learning and comes home clean, happy and so talkative. Other parents we have spoken to have mentioned numerous accidents here, but no one really knows about other kid’s accidents, and this information is not posted in the public domain. Be aware and keep you child safe.
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  Charly Ryan

  Jul 25, 2025
  5.0
  My son has been attending this nursery since he was 9 months old, he is now 14 months. The staff are absolutely lovely. The manager is always willing to help. 100% recommended. Safe, clean!! And friendly.
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  Amy Thompson

  Jun 24, 2025
  5.0
  This is a really lovely Nursery and Preschool for my son. There’s so many opportunities here for him to learn and grow. The new refurbishment is looking lovely! The staff are very welcoming. My son is really happy here
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  Ewa Da Silveira

  Sep 19, 2024
  5.0
  No clue what the previous reviewers were drinking but my children are mixed race and from a multilingual background and we have never had any issues with getting a place or with bad treatment. The nursery has always been very accommodating - we went from two days to three to four down to two again. No issues ever. In my daughter’s group lots of diversity- more than in her primary, sadly, which I believe is a reason why she thrived- there were other children who looked like her who were happy. Great team as well, great SENCO (son had some stammering issues an intervention was immediately put in place with home support).
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  Tahani

  Jul 15, 2015
  5.0
  Hi Amy, Sure. My son Yazan went to pre school at Asquith Spring Lane Day Nursery. We were just arriving to the UK, and my son didn’t know any English at all. His teacher Clair was fantastic. Patient, aspiring and very professional. He spoke his first full sentence in English four months later, which was amazing !! I was really happy, every mum could’ve imagined how I felt each day leaving him knowing that if he even wants to go to the toilet, he might not be able to say it. Yet, in no time he felt happy, proud and cheerful. Thank you Clair, Yazan is now at class 2. However, you are still his favourite teacher. I hope you read this one day :) All the staff were brilliant, the nursery is super clean and well organised. Yazan loves the play area and all the activities. I highly recommend it. Thank you 😊 you left a very happy memories, we’ll take back with us when we return home.