Full-day nursery in Wavendon, Milton Keynes
Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool
Newport Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8AE · 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 April 2005Reference EY304881Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 15 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places63 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 June 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
Newport Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8AE · More nurseries in MK17
Stations
- Woburn Sands19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including The Wavendon Arms, St Mary's Close and Cross End.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wavendon Heights Playing Fields4 min walk
- Wildwood5 min walk
- Wavendon Heights Playing Fields9 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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 Milton Keynes 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 Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Newport Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8AE, in Wavendon, Milton Keynes. It is registered for 63 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 7 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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| Bright Horizons Wavendon 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
- Glebe Farm School All-throughages 2–16has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.4 miles
- Wavendon Gate School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.6 miles
- Swallowfield Primary Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.9 miles
- St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.0 miles
- Heronshill School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.3 miles
- Heronshaw School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.3 miles
- Heronsgate School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 1.4 miles
- Monkston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2021 1.4 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 Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 15 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 63 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool?
Woburn Sands is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Wavendon Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01908 586518 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 · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY304881 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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