6 hours ago One of the UK's largest nursery chains whitethorn not beryllium gathering safeguarding and payment requirements, according to the acquisition regulator.
Ofsted served Bright Horizons, which operates 247 nurseries, a compliance announcement aft checks betwixt October 2025 and June identified "significant weaknesses successful organisational safeguarding leadership, governance, oversight and practice".
The Ofsted scrutiny was prompted by what is described arsenic "concerns pursuing a superior safeguarding incident" past September.
Ofsted issued the announcement connected Monday and said it would "monitor their advancement closely". Bright Horizons, which has until 1 August to improve, has been approached for comment.
The Ofsted study says the bulk of settings "continue to conscionable requirements", but "the supplier has not demonstrated that it tin guarantee safeguarding is consistently effectual crossed its provision".
It carried retired 172 inspections, tract visits and "direct engagements" with elder unit and recovered breaches successful 75 settings.
One Bright Horizons nursery successful north-west London, which employed Vincent Chan who carried retired 56 intersexual offences including abusing children, closed successful May 2025.
Some of the parents of children astatine that nursery are taking steps towards a judicial review.
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