Full-day nursery in Dorking, Surrey
Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool
Moores Road, DORKING, RH4 2BG · 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
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Moores Road, DORKING, RH4 2BG · More nurseries in RH4
Stations
- Dorking13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Dorking West15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Moores Road, Council Offices and The White Horse.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cotmandene1 min walk
- Meadowbank Park4 min walk
- Dorking Rec - Meadowbank Recreation Ground5 min walk
- Fraser Gardens12 min walk
- Meadowbank Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 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 Surrey there are about 2.6 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.
What parents say
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Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Moores Road, DORKING, RH4 2BG, in Dorking, Surrey. It is registered for 96 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 16 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Dorking Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11 0.6 miles
- Powell Corderoy Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 1.0 miles
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.2 miles
- Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 1.6 miles
- North Downs Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.8 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 Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 29 November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 96 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool?
Dorking is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Dorking Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 020 3824 7087 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 EY542724 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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