Full-day nursery in South Farnborough, Hampshire
Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool
40 Reading Road, Farnborough, GU14 6NB · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since August 2019Reference 2547670Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 3 August 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places92 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 25 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
40 Reading Road, Farnborough, GU14 6NB · More nurseries in GU14
Stations
- North Camp20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Buller Court, Church Road West and Shaftesbury Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- King George V Playing Fields7 min walk
- Queens Road Recreational Ground7 min walk
- Napier Gardens11 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Queens Road Recreational Ground Play Ground playground8 min walk
- Playground12 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 Hampshire there are about 2.7 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 Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool is a full-day nursery at 40 Reading Road, Farnborough, GU14 6NB, in South Farnborough, Hampshire. It is registered for 92 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 10 reviews (October 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.3 miles
- South Farnborough Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- South Farnborough Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Napier School ages 5–11 0.4 miles
- Marlborough Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.8 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Holly Lodge Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool Good at its inspection on 3 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 92 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool?
Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool?
North Camp is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery And Preschool?
You can call 01252 917072 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 · 30 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2547670 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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