Nursery World - Achieving Outstanding - Bright Horizons Blue Berries Nursery

Neither staff nor children waited to be asked by the inspector how they felt about their outstanding nursery, says Karen Faux.

Bright Horizons Blue Berries nursery in Kent is housed in a listed Georgian building which has been given a substantial extension to provide care and education for up to 148 children.

As one of the 23 per cent of nurseries in the Bright Horizons Family Solutions group currently rated Outstanding, it provides a benchmark for the group as a whole. Regional manager Virginia Middleton says, 'The vision is for all nurseries to achieve this, although we view inspection success not as an end goal but as a starting point for providing the highest quality care and education for the early years.'

The company engages in continuous monitoring and self-reflective practice in order to identify and action areas for improvement. Early years quality improvement managers work collaboratively with regional managers to create an Improvement Plan for each nursery, and considerable emphasis is placed on enabling nurseries to sustain improved practice and to continuously improve.

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