Balham, London · URN EY286661
According to Ofsted's inspection on 30 July 2026, Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool in Balham, London was graded on 6 areas of its report card: curriculum and teaching: Needs Attention; achievement: Needs Attention; behaviour and routines: Urgent Improvement; welfare and wellbeing: Urgent Improvement; inclusion: Needs Attention; leadership and governance: Urgent Improvement. Source: Little Bees Nursery Intelligence, from Ofsted's published record.
Balham, London · SW12 0EF. Location from the Ofsted register. This setting Nearby Same provider
Report card: six areas graded separately.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result.
Earlier inspections
On the EYR and the CCR and the VCR.
Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool in Balham, London was last inspected on 30 July 2026. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 6 areas: curriculum and teaching — Needs Attention; achievement — Needs Attention; behaviour and routines — Urgent Improvement; welfare and wellbeing — Urgent Improvement; inclusion — Needs Attention; leadership and governance — Urgent Improvement. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Yes. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result. Strong standard and exceptional sit above it; needs attention and urgent improvement sit below.
Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool is registered for children aged 0 to 4.
Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool is registered for up to 65 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool has been registered with Ofsted since 3 June 2004. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY286661.
Bright Horizons Balham Day Nursery and Preschool is one of 245 settings on Ofsted's register run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited. The nearest 6 are below.
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