The Downley School Competitors

This is more than childcare. This is childhood. We have a network of over 300 Bright Horizons nurseries delivering exceptional care and education. In our nurseries, our teams practice our unique Nurture Approach; an evidence-based blend of holistic learning alongside support for children’s emotional wellbeing. These key elements are seamlessly woven into daily nursery life to nurture your child as a whole – sparking their curiosity, building emotional resilience, and giving them a strong sense of self alongside practical skills. Begin a career that matters. You’re the difference. At Bright Horizons, our people make us who we are. You’ll be appreciated for your talents, accomplishments, and individuality. You’ll gain a true sense of inclusion and belonging, and feel encouraged to bring your unique perspectives and personality to work. - Secured a ranking for the 20th year-in-a-row on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ List (super large category) - Ranked 13th on the 2024 UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women list - Ranked 18th on the 2024 UK’s Best Workplaces for Development™ list - Ranked 17th on the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™ list Work+Family Solutions Helping you look after your people, nurture talent, and grow your business. This is working. From Back-Up Care and Workplace Nurseries to Coaching & Development, our comprehensive, practical solutions enable your people to thrive in life and perform at their best. We remove barriers to talent, performance and diversity in your business by supporting your people in life. We offer: - Essential Help - practical support that empowers your people to focus on the task at hand - Expert Advice & Support - specialist guidance & coaching that enables your people to get the most from work and life We partner with leading employers around the world, across nearly every industry, helping to increase productivity and engagement, enhance employee wellbeing, and improve recruitment and retention.

Brilliant Beginnings helps surrogates and intended parents come together and pursue surrogacy. Based in the UK, we help with matching and support for surrogates and intended parents in the UK, as well as project-managing ethical surrogacy in the US and Canada for UK parents. Our clients are a diverse range of parents, including many who are LGBT+. We also campaign to influence positive change, law reform and to spread and raise awareness of surrogacy in the UK and around the world.

Our infant, toddler, preschool and school-age programs encourage positive nurturing relationships which we believe are the foundation of healthy growth and development for early childhood. We work hard to promote social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. We create hands on environments that are safe, innovative and encourage academic learning through play, inquiry, and exploration. Our unique philosophy uses a combination of planned themes and emergent lessons. We believe that children thrive in nature and have developed outdoor classrooms as an extension to enrichen their learning experiences. 1990-Our building on Cottage Grove Road was constructed as one of the original Gingerbread Preschools. It had 3 classrooms, a kitchen and small office space. 1994-The building was purchased by current owner Linda Kudrna and renamed Learning Ladder. At that time, another building located a few blocks away on Main Street was also being occupied by young Learning Ladder students. After-school programs were operated for many years in Cottage Grove School and Taylor Prairie space. 1998-An addition to the Cottage Grove Road location doubled the size of the building to over 11,000 square feet. This allowed us to add 4 more classrooms along with office and storage space. The Main Street location was sold, and those children were moved to our current building. 2005-Due to growing demand for infant and toddler care, we remodeled one of our preschool classrooms and divided it into 2 rooms for our youngest students, giving us a total of 8 classrooms. 2008-After several years of planning, LL partnered with the Monona Grove School District to offer 4K in our building along with wrap-around care for families. In addition, we operate an inhouse 3K & 4K preschool program for students who choose not to participate in the district's program or live outside the Monona Grove School District. 2014-LL became nationally accredited through the National Accreditation Commission (NAC) and received a 5-Star rating from Wisconsins ...