Bright Horizons Great Cornard Day Nursery and Preschool

Lovely nursery. We travel a little further than we first wanted as we felt so happy with the setting and its staff. My son always has a great time and is extremely well looked after. The nursery is also very accommodating.

The staff are excellent, really warm and enthusiastic.
They have tried their best during the pandemic to make sure the children don’t miss out and are well cared for.
My son’s development has definitely shown a spiked improvement since he has been attending the nursery.

My daughter has been at Crocus Great Cornard since she was one and she has loved going since her very first day. The nursery team have supported her through all sorts of difficult times including being in a spica cast on and off for almost a year and more recently with a minor hearing impediment, which is impacting her speech and her confidence. We could not be more grateful to her brilliant key worker for the special activities she has planned for the class to encourage and support our daughter. She has progressed in leaps and bounds and still runs into the classroom full of smiles every morning. Crocus Great Cornard might not look very impressive from the outside, but the care and effort that goes into the children’s education are amazing, and it’s what happens inside that really matters. The staff are full of energy and every day is packed with different activities. The meals are nutritious and interesting. We highly recommend this nursery/pre-school.

Our kids are very happy at the nursery and as parents we feel safe leaving them under the nursery care.

My daughter was very anxious about going back to nursery but all of the staff dealt with both our worries and anxieties very well and now she loves nursery. The nursery also provides a weekly activity booklet full of little tasks and fun things to do as well as fun little tasks they can do at home based upon what they have been learning about during the week. The nursery staff are always welcoming and happy to help with any concerns. I would and do often recommend this nursery.

My child loves coming to Crocus, he has made a little group of friends who he will be moving to big school with. This has eased his worries about moving on to primary school a lot. He regularly says ‘mummy pick me up late’ so he must be loving it!
He has a real soft spot for two members of staff in particular and I know he will miss coming when he leaves in July.
He loves doing yoga and playing outside.

Every member of staff is superb and so caring and supportive of not just our son, but all the children in their care.
Our son adores going and asks daily when he is going back to nursery!
Couldn’t have chosen a better nursery for our son and won’t hesitate in sending our youngest son there also.

Absolutely brilliant, flawless experience with this wonderful nursery. The staff are so, so lovely and are so well educated, on how to ensure they are all able to provide the unique details to my child’s nursery experience in order to fulfil the developmental needs she has, whilst supporting her as she is growing as her own individual self and also as she is learning specific skills she will need when she moves on to primary school. The level of support and encouragement she receives, alongside receiving all of the developmental observations and updates, fills me with complete confidence that she will be able to transition smoothly into primary school, when the time comes. This also reassures me of any developmental acceleration/deceleration, so we can address together as a parent/setting team. Furthermore my daughters key worker has been brilliant from day one, in keeping me posted of anything my daughter gets up to in her day. She has been the friendly face, welcoming her in.

The staff at Bright Horizons in Great Cornard do an amazing job. They work tirelessly to ensure our son is happy, content and continuously developing. We are very grateful for the team and feel so happy with how settled our son is there

Although I’ve put down my review as relating to February 2023, this is for the duration that my child has been with the nursery (over a year). On the whole, this nursery is very good. The staff are friendly and genuinely care about the children they look after. It’s been really gratifying to see my child develop and have fun with the other children and the staff. You can tell they really get to know each child on a personal level. The app they have is a great feature to see how your child is really getting on there.
We’ve had some historical issues with the nursery that were ultimately caused by matters they didn’t have much control over (staffing during the pandemic, broken heating, and a roof leak). These issues did mean that my spouse and I needed to take time off work at short notice on a few occasions. However, these issues have been rectified, we haven’t had anything like them occur again recently, and the communication from the nursery has always been great. Highly recommend.