Bright Horizons Tudor House Nursery

A converted Tudor House, original architectural features and a separate cot room give this Burgess Hill nursery a recognisable character. Bright Horizons Tudor House Nursery caters for children aged 6 to 60 months and has 65 places in total.

At its June 2023 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall and Outstanding for behaviour and attitudes, with effective safeguarding arrangements at that time. Those findings need to be read alongside the organisation-wide safeguarding action dated June 2026, discussed below. The historical grade is not a current safeguarding assurance.

For everyday planning, opening hours run from 7.30am to 6pm on weekdays. Funded childcare and privately paid hours are both offered, with a stretched funding arrangement and separate food charges for funded attendance.

Rooms and Ages

The under 2s suite includes a separate cot room, giving babies a quieter space for sleep away from their main room. The toddler and Rising Preschool room has direct garden access, allowing children to move freely between indoor and outdoor play. These arrangements give the youngest children somewhere calmer to rest and older children opportunities to be active outside.

Original features remain within the converted house. The garden adds practical play spaces, including a Mud Kitchen and Water Play, while the wider outdoor offer includes cycling, ball games and climbing to reach a slide. This gives physical exploration a concrete place in the day rather than confining it to an indoor activity.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for learning, development and care: children build communication, physical and social skills through play and everyday experiences. Alongside the early years foundation stage, the group-wide Nurture Approach brings emotional wellbeing together with learning and care.

In June 2023, preschool children investigated magnets, trying them against different materials and using them in models. Babies explored ice and water in the garden, while toddlers persisted with an obstacle course. These were different experiences for different stages: investigating how things work, discovering textures and practising balance.

Books also featured throughout the rooms in June 2023. Younger children chose stories to share with adults, while preschool children used books to investigate other children's lives and asked questions about what they heard. Staff extended vocabulary through those conversations. Learning drew on children's experiences beyond nursery too, including holidays shared by their families.

There was an important teaching caveat. In June 2023, some adults intervened too readily in children's self-directed play, interrupting their thinking with excessive conversation. The improvement priority was to help staff recognise when to guide an activity and when to give a child more time to pursue an idea.

In June 2023, babies built relationships with their key person, and settling arrangements allowed children to become comfortable at their own pace. Parents contributed information about children's experiences, and an evening event helped families prepare for the move to school. These examples placed relationships and family knowledge within the nursery's daily work.

Emotional support had practical tools in June 2023: children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), used picture cards or words to communicate feelings. Additional funding paid for resources or extra staffing where needed. These are useful examples of how support was organised at that time, rather than a promise about an individual child's current provision.

The group-wide Family app provides updates about children's experiences and development. An onsite chef prepares meals during the day, making food part of the nursery's practical care offer.

In its compliance action dated 22 June 2026, Ofsted recorded a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring Bright Horizons to strengthen organisational safeguarding leadership, oversight, staff support and the handling of concerns and allegations, with actions due by 1 August 2026; it distinguished organisational failings from findings at individual nurseries: the notice did not establish that every branch had safeguarding concerns, but the organisation had not demonstrated consistently effective safeguarding across its provision. The latest published position is that notice and its required actions. It should not be converted into either a finding that Tudor House itself breached those requirements or an assurance that the organisational work has been completed.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is Tudor House, Gloucester Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 8QD. Onsite parking and a Buggy Park support the practicalities of bringing a young child to nursery.

Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The nursery operates throughout the year, closing for bank and public holidays, one inset day and the period between Christmas and New Year. Families therefore need to plan cover for those closures even when their usual attendance continues beyond school terms.

Funded attendance is offered through 10-hour sessions beginning at opening time. Hours attended beyond that funded session are charged separately, and purchasing additional hours is not a condition of taking a funded place. Enquiries can be made by telephone on 01444 223 881.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funding arrangements include 30 Hrs for eligible children from 9 Months and at 2 Years, plus 15 Hrs and 30 Hrs for the 3's-5's age band. Funded hours are stretched across 50 weeks. This spreads the entitlement beyond term time; families need to distinguish their funded allocation from any additional paid childcare in their arrangement.

For privately paid care, meals, snacks, nappies and everyday essentials are included in fees. During funded attendance, food is charged separately, and that charge is non-mandatory rather than a condition of accessing the place; consumables associated with funded hours are supplied by Bright Horizons. Additional paid hours are also non-mandatory.

A registration charge applies, and payment is collected monthly in advance by direct debit. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation, which should separate childcare hours from food and other applicable charges.

• Organisational safeguarding action. The notice dated 22 June 2026 set an action deadline of 1 August 2026. Before joining, ask how the organisational requirements are being implemented at Tudor House and what follow-up has taken place.
• Space for children's ideas. Adult intervention in independent play was the June 2023 teaching improvement priority. A visit is an opportunity to discuss how practitioners now decide when to support and when to step back.
• Funding and the family timetable. Funded sessions last 10 hours and start at opening time, while the nursery also closes for an inset day and over Christmas and New Year. Match those arrangements against your working hours and request an itemised quotation.

Tudor House suits families seeking weekday childcare across the year, including those combining stretched funded attendance with additional privately paid hours. Its converted building, separate baby sleep space and direct garden access are tangible attractions. The June 2023 account adds encouraging examples of curiosity and independence, alongside a clear teaching improvement priority. The later organisational safeguarding notice remains a material consideration in deciding whether to join.