Full-day nursery in Winchester, Hampshire
Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool
3 Wales Street, WINCHESTER, SO23 0ET · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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 November 2014Reference EY483981Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 1 June 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places79 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 October 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
3 Wales Street, WINCHESTER, SO23 0ET · More nurseries in SO23
Stations
- Winchester15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Moss Road, Garbett Road and Bus Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Giles Hill Park6 min walk
- Abbey Gardens7 min walk
- The Weirs8 min walk
- Winnal Manor Park9 min walk
- Wrack Hill12 min walk
- Playground3 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 Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at 3 Wales Street, WINCHESTER, SO23 0ET, in Winchester, Hampshire. It is registered for 79 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 4 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
- Winnall Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- St Bede Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- The Pilgrims School ages 4–13 0.5 miles
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- St Swithuns ages 2–18has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Lanterns Nursery School and Extended Services Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected April 2023 0.9 miles
- The Westgate School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.1 miles
- St Faith's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.1 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 Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool Outstanding at its inspection on 1 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 79 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool?
Winchester is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Horizons Winchester Day Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 01967 750333 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 EY483981 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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