Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Maunds Hatch, 1-2 Parington Road,
Harlow, Essex, CM18 7RG
Opening hours
Days & Times: Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm Saturday 9am to 6pm Sunday 9am to 5pm
Centre charges
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Indirect
Escorted family time
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual family time (Supported)
Virtual family time (Supervised)
To make a referral,
contact:
Telephone: 07732 327680
Alternative: 07517 923048
This centre is accredited to provide supervised contact
Accreditation is a way of checking that your contact centre is safe and meets our standards.
How is a centre checked?
An assessorSomeone working on our behalf who has experience and an interest in child contact services and must assess if a service meets our standards. looks round the centre’s rooms, toys, equipment, and any outside play areas to make sure that they are safe and good for you to use. They talk with the people at the centre to make sure that they are trained and helped to do their job as well as possible. They then check the informationThe assessor checks through the centre’s accreditation portfolio which includes policies, procedures, risk assessments, reports (if the service offers supervised contact) and information for families. on what happens at the centre and how it keeps you safe. If your family time happens in the community The service might use local community venues to deliver their service or in some cases, residential properties including family members’ homes, where this is safe and appropriate., then the assessor will check that this is going to be safe for you.
When the assessor is happy that a centre meets our standards then they are awarded their accreditation and you can find them on this website. Accreditation happens every three years with extra checks if needed.
Accreditation Summary
Date: 30/09/2025
Summary:
The Bright Connections is a relatively new centre in Harlow, Essex (opening in 2022) and operates from an Ofsted-inspected pre-school facility after school hours, on weekends, and during school holidays. The centre is close to public transport links with limited onsite parking and nearby street parking.
The spaces available for family time are bright and child friendly with a kitchen where families can prepare food or bake. There is access to a large garden, and a recreation park is directly opposite the centre, making community sessions easy to manage.
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website and documents with a range of information included on this for the children and families that may use the centre. This information helps them to anticipate everything from making a referral to the appropriate steps to take if they are unhappy or feel unsafe.
During the assessment visit staff present were friendly, knowledgeable, and clearly enjoyed their role at the centre. The centre meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) family time accreditation.
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