Full-day nursery in Hutton, Essex
Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool
Long Ridings Avenue, Hutton, CM13 1DU · 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 January 2004Reference EY275826Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 April 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places68 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 June 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Long Ridings Avenue, Hutton, CM13 1DU · More nurseries in CM13
Stations
- Shenfield11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Long Ridings School and Walton Gardens.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hutton Poplars Green5 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 Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Long Ridings Avenue, Hutton, CM13 1DU, in Hutton, Essex. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (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
- Long Ridings Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 under 0.1 miles
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Willowbrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- Brentwood School ages 3–19has a nursery class 1.4 miles
- Mountnessing Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 1.4 miles
- Endeavour Co-Operative Academy ages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.5 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 Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 23 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool?
Shenfield is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01277 289123 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY275826 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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