Full-day nursery in Longfield, Kent
Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool
Brickfield Farm, Main Road, Longfield, Dartford, DA3 7PJ · 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 September 2000Reference 127245Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places89 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 July 2026Food 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
Brickfield Farm, Main Road, Longfield, Dartford, DA3 7PJ · More nurseries in DA3
Stations
- Longfield12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Brickfield Farm Close, Longfield Academy and St Marys Way.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground11 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 Kent there are about 3.2 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 Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Brickfield Farm, Main Road, Longfield, Dartford, DA3 7PJ, in Longfield, Kent. It is registered for 89 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Rowhill School ages 5–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.3 miles
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2024 0.4 miles
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.8 miles
- Steephill School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Leigh Academy Hartley Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 1.0 miles
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.4 miles
- Istead Rise Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.6 miles
- Leigh Academy Milestone ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.6 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 Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 23 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 89 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool?
Longfield is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01474 558100 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 127245 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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