Full-day nursery in Pipps Hill, Essex
Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool
C/o David Lloyd Leisure Club, Festival Leisure Park, Pipps Hill Rd South, off Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, SS14 3DG · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
C/o David Lloyd Leisure Club, Festival Leisure Park, Pipps Hill Rd South, off Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, SS14 3DG · More nurseries in SS14
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Festival Leisure Park and Ghyllgrove Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Gloucester Park4 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Essex there are about 2.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at C/o David Lloyd Leisure Club, Festival Leisure Park, Pipps Hill Rd South, off Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, SS14 3DG, in Pipps Hill, Essex. It is registered for 142 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 9 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited.
Run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (company), which runs 245 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Willows Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Ghyllgrove Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.6 miles
- Noak Bridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 0.7 miles
- The Bridge Pioneer ages 3–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Whitmore Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.0 miles
- Fairhouse Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.0 miles
- Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 miles
- St Anne Line Catholic Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected September 2024 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 26 July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 142 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool?
Basildon is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01268 206269 and visit www.brighthorizons.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY286089 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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