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Chelmsford Day Nursery & Preschool
WHY CHOOSE BRIGHT HORIZONS
In a Mumsnet survey of 131 users of Bright Horizons Nurseries: 82% would buy again and 85% would recommend
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Chelmsford Day Nursery and Preschool is a beautiful purpose built setting for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery is conveniently located on the new Beaulieu Park development in the north of Chelmsford, just 2 miles from the town centre.
There are five individual rooms, each tailored to the children’s different age groups as well as a naturally inspiring outdoor play area where your child can explore and flourish. We also have a dedicated outdoor classroom for our 3 – 5 year olds providing exciting outdoor learning opportunities.
Bright Horizons offer unique growing programmes including Growing readers, writers, mathematician’s and scientists. We also have a focus on ICT for our older children including an interactive touch table and ‘bluebots’ which introduce early programming skills to prepare your child for the next step in their education.
Our safe and secure nursery mirrors your routine at home, with settling in sessions tailored to you.
The nursery also provides nutritionally balanced meals, prepared fresh each day by our onsite chef! Our fees are fully inclusive, we provide all nappies, wipes, creams, formulas and meals.
Tom Diaper
Nursery Manager
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Nutrition
Our excellent nutritionally balanced menu is changed regularly to encourage a varied diet and is approved by Action for Children. Here is an example of a typical menu.
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Supporting and Learning
Growing Mathematicians
1-2-3-4-5! Mathematics is embedded in everything that we do and experience in our day-to-day lives and our Growing Mathematicians programme has been created to help your child understand the purpose and importance of mathematics.
Growing Readers
Growing Readers brings together home and nursery life, providing parents with some of the theory behind developing children’s reading skills, and also providing handy Hints & Tips, recommended reading lists and suggested activities for parents and children to explore together.
Growing Writers
Our Growing Writer’s approach supports the complex magical journey from making a mark, to emergent writing, to confident writer, laying the foundational skills that enable each child to flourish with the confidence and capability to succeed at school.
Fees & Availability
Where possible we look to offer flexible booking patterns and a range of funding options, including the government's 30 hours funded childcare* provision. To request pricing and availability, please request a call back by clicking the button below.
*Terms and conditions apply to 30 hours funding. Click here for more information.
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Meet the Team
Tom Diaper
Tom started working with children in 1997 as part of his Duke of Edinburgh award. He worked in nurseries and out of school clubs in a variety of roles, before taking a break from childcare to work as cabin crew for several major airlines, progressing his career to Cabin Crew Manager and Trainer.
Returning to children's services saw Tom working in a variety of roles including Development and Quality support on behalf of the local authority, Project Managing childcare initiatives such as childminding development, extended schools and early help. Most recently, prior to his role at Bright Horizons, Tom was a Regional Manager for a large children's charity, supporting nurseries, out of school clubs, youth services for the armed forces and early help targeted projects. When the charity closed suddenly, Tom decided to take the opportunity to return to nursery and work directly with children and families.
Tom is qualified to Level 4 with a Higher Diploma in Early Years, alongside Level 3 training in Playwork. He firmly believes that children should remain at the very centre of everything that we do and is a strong advocate for child led learning and effective family partnerships, supporting a child to achieve their very best potential.
Claire Jackson
I have worked at Bright Horizons since January 2018 starting off as a baby room leader and working my way up to Deputy. I have worked with children for just over 5 years and have always had a passion for working with children ever since a very young age. I enjoy building close relationships with parents and watching children’s individual characters grow from a young age, I take pride in the fact that mine and my teams influence has an impact on the people they grow into. I am proud to be a part of such a wonderful, caring and enthusiastic team that work together to provide a fun, stimulating and secure environment for the children in our care.
Candy Floss
Hi, my name is Candy Floss, I joined Bright Horizons in March 2010 as the ‘Super Safety Hero’ to help nursery children stay safe and manage risks. My role as a Health and Safety Super Hero is unique to Bright Horizons and I’m in every nursery, 365 days a year.
Back in 2010, I saw a job advert for a Zebra Super Safety Hero – I was very excited, applied and was invited for an interview with several other zebras. We were interviewed by all the children who then voted on which of us would be their Super Safety Hero. It was hoof biting but I was thrilled when they told me I was the most voted for by the children who all loved me because of my cape and bag. My bag is very special, if something fits inside, it’s a choking hazard. You might be wondering how I got my name. The children in our nurseries chose five names and voted for their favourite. I love it as it’s unique, I mean have you ever heard of a zebra called Candy Floss? Exactly!
Why Bright Horizons
The Bright Horizons passion and enthusiasm for providing high-quality care isn’t just common knowledge within our own business – we’ve also gained some impressive accolades from external sources for excellence as both a childcare provider, and as an employer. We are the only childcare company to have been listed for the last 11 years as one of the country’s top 50 “Great Places to Work” by the Great Place to Work Institute.
