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Contact Information
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Phone Number01206 844133
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Group/OwnerBusy Bees Nurseries Ltd
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Person in ChargeKate Whitnell (Nursery Manager)
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Number of Staff27
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When ClosedBank Holidays
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Type of ServiceDay Nursery – Privately Owned Open all year Full Day Care Sessional Day Care
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Total Places for children84
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Age rangefrom 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0730-1800
Indigo Marsh
September 17, 2024 at 10:28 pmHe has become more confident in himself and his surroundings. This is due to all the incredible team that work with him each day. We are so glad we made the switch to Busy Bees, Colchester and cannot thank you all enough. Remarkable childcare centre and remarkable team who are a credit to the company. Since moving here in August last year, we have seen a huge change in our son.
Cameron Wells
October 8, 2024 at 2:03 pmMy daughter now 1 year old has a hard transition to get into childcare centre but every single member of team helped and she is now having the best time. I would suggest Busy Bees to anyone. My son who is now 6 years old, enjoyed every single day at Busy Bees.
Gray Sharpe
October 13, 2024 at 12:22 amThe classrooms are lovely and spotless and we sense like our kids are well looked after. The team are consistently so lovely and attentive and consistently on hand to answer queries. An incredible childcare centre. We have two kids at the childcare centre and even though they only attend one day a week all of the welcoming team know their names and say hello.
Marley Hunter
October 13, 2024 at 11:07 amMy baby has an incredible bond with her key person and has continued to thrive in her development. My 2-year-old is discovering new language and her key worker is enabling us to promote her language skills, building her self‑assurance. My two kids are in attendance full-time and could not be happier during their time.
Charlie Knight
October 30, 2024 at 12:12 pmMy son has now gone to primary school, but my daughter attends 5 days a week. The childcare centre team are all incredible with the kids, the childcare centre is very spotless and tidy and has an incredible outdoor playtime area, as well as different areas of playtime and discovering activities inside. My daughter looks forward to childcare centre and consistently has lots of enjoyable whilst discovering at the same time. The childcare centre also has dress-up days/celebrations/parties. I consistently have peace of mind whilst my daughter is at Busy Bees, she is in secure hands and consistently enjoys her time there. Both my kids have attended this childcare centre.
Quinn Blair
November 11, 2024 at 9:42 pmMy Daughter has been at Busy Bee’s since she was 10months old and will be starting school in September and although she is excited to start school she is so sad to leave Busy Bees. My Daughter is consistently greeted with smiles and asked how she is and if she is ready for some Breakfast and this is every morning that she attends without fail. This also includes the Manager which I think makes the service even more personable, she too will greet the kids to take them to their room and at pick up will bring the Kids out, knows all the Kids by name and who their parents are and it’s clear that all the Team and Kids think the world of her.
It is just all in all a very cheerful, welcoming, secure place and I consistently sense comfortable and at ease when my daughter attends. So much so that I am due a baby in July and have already applied for my Baby to attend Busy Bees. I would 100% suggest Busy Bees at Colchester.
Quinn Finch
November 25, 2024 at 1:55 amMy boys have consistently had a lovely welcome from all team which made me sense so at ease.
Not once throughout my three years of using Busy Bees have I had anything to be disappointed about. The manager is exceptional and all the team are welcoming, approachable, compassionate, attentive and my boys have loved them. Thank you Busy Bees for making our journey as parents in using a childcare centre as easy and relaxing as possible. Both my boys have attended Busy Bees at Colchester, from the moment they started attending I was extremely cheerful with my choice of childcare centre.
Drew Hayden
November 30, 2024 at 10:44 amYou get such a inviting welcome on arrival and they make my son sense so special. He loves to come in with various toys and wearing fancy dress and it’s never an issue, he loves when the team makes a fuss and allows him to walk in as a lion. We’ve had no issues in the two years my son has been attending. They make us sense settled and cheerful. He is very well looked after. My little boy loves coming to childcare centre.
Billie Wells
December 9, 2024 at 3:07 amMy little boy has been at the childcare centre since he was 7 months old and they consistently go above and beyond for him and for anything I have to query. The girls consistently give me really great feedback about what he has been doing/eaten etc when I come to pick him up. He consistently has something to bring home from childcare centre such as paintings, drawings or arts and crafts which is really nice. The management and team are consistently really quick to help with anything and are really lovely. My son is very cheerful at Busy Bees and really enjoys going straight in! Cannot fault this childcare centre.
Justice Keller
December 16, 2024 at 12:39 pmWhen I started my day childcare journey I never thought that I would sense the way I do – Busy Bees are my extended family and there is nowhere else I would choose to care for my daughter.
Just to say, attending childcare centre with all the new COVID secure restrictions in place has been seamless every time – another example of just how expert the team are.
Busy Bees at Colchester – you are FAB! Busy Bees at Colchester isn’t just another childcare centre, it’s the most incredible secure haven for my 2 year old daughter to attend.
My daughter only goes once a week but I know that she has the most fulfilled day from the minute she arrives to when she is picked up.
Every member of team within the childcare centre (even those not within her room), treats my daughter like one of their own – they all know her name and in turn my daughter is confident with them all and I can relax knowing she’s in the best hands.
The manager has consistently been a massive assistance to me personally and someone I’m now so lucky to call a friend.
Kai Reid
February 27, 2025 at 8:12 amUpdates during drop-off and pick-up is very detailed and you are given lots of detail about what your kid has done during the day. The baby room is well resourced with lots of different activities and our daughter is very comfortable with her key workers. We are very pleased with the amount of time provided outdoors in the modern playtime area too. It is excellent that all team members know our daughter’s name even though they may not be directly involved with looking after her. Updates are regularly given on the parents’ app with photos and lots of detail. The food menu is varied and it’s great to know our daughter is getting nutritious meals every day. The childcare centre is consistently spotlessly spotless when you go in and it has a lovely atmosphere to it. We would highly suggest this childcare centre to anyone. From our daughter’s first day at childcare centre, the team have been very attentive and expert.
Blake Quinn
March 8, 2025 at 10:21 pmMy son has been attending Busy Bees for over a year now and attends on a full time basis. The team are so genuine and welcoming and look after him so well. The level of care is outstanding, and he is discovering so much. My son was once read 24 books in a row by one of the lovely team members. I could not be happier, and I am so grateful that I chose Busy Bees on Severrals Landas my sons childcare provider. I could not be any happier with a childcare centre for my son.
Sawyer Jarvis
March 24, 2025 at 3:10 amI cannot suggest this childcare centre highly enough. Seeing my son flourish so much over these last few years has been fantastic, and that, without a doubt, is down to the well‑informed team at Busy Bees who are also truly attentive and attentive.
They come home well fed with a varied menu, and having food cooked on-site is one of the reasons I picked this childcare centre.
Activities are varied, and the childcare centre make the effort to celebrate a variety of days from Mother’s Day to Chinese New Year with either food, artwork or another related activity.
I really am very grateful for Busy Bees Colchester and their team and they’ve only proven themselves further by being a rock during Covid19.
While I’m not ready for my little boy to start school in September, thanks to Busy Bees, he certainly is. Thank you! My son has attended Busy Bees for 3.5 years, and my daughter for the last 8 months.
Quinn Frost
April 10, 2025 at 5:05 amEvery day she comes home full of happiness and telling me about how her day has been. She’s consistently singing new songs and telling me the activities she’s done from rolling hula hoops in the garden and building bricks with her key person. She has an incredible key person and I’m more than cheerful taking my daughter to childcare centre. It’s like a second home to her, she goes off happily with whoever it is taking her off me when I drop her off and is full of smiles and laughter when her daddy picks her up. Couldn’t thank this incredible childcare centre enough for everything they’ve done for our daughter, since she’s been attending it’s so outstanding. Thank you so much. Since my daughter has been attending childcare centre she has absolutely thrived.
Dallas Holland
April 23, 2025 at 4:05 pmHe has grown and learnt so much with the help of childcare centre. The ladies treat him as one of their own. Whilst childcare centre isn’t the cheapest, it’s most definitely worth every penny for helping shape my son and others, also there is content available to help parents at home which is exceptional as a first-time parent. The ladies at childcare centre are consistently cheerful to help with any advice around dealing with issues like biting and are cheerful to explain how it’s dealt with, nothing is too much trouble. My son absolutely loves childcare centre and so do my husband and I. The ladies have done a fantastic job and continue to do so. My son has attended Busy Bees at Colchester since April 2020, he started just as lockdown started and he has thrived.
Robin Bailey
May 12, 2025 at 1:19 pmMy daughter started at 1-year-old full time and is now coming up to 3 years old. One member of team was particularly incredible as an early years practitioner and sometimes looks after my daughter in the current room. She is so full of energy I don’t know how she does it! All of the team there are so lovely and attentive towards all of the kids I never have any hesitation in dropping her off. All of the team are so welcoming, know all the kids by name and just generally could not do enough to help. A huge shout-out to the director too. She is so cheerful and welcoming every day. A pleasure to drop off and pick up. I cannot suggest Busy Bees enough – in fact, I have recommended a great friend whose son starts in January.
Jamie Grant
May 13, 2025 at 8:13 pmIt is like a second home to him and us. Everyone who works there really goes the extra mile for the kids, even on a Friday night running back to the childcare centre to rescue the favourite bedtime bear! He has thrived there. I cannot have asked for anything more or a better start for my little boy. He is consistently so excited each morning to go to Bees. They keep the kids interested and engaged with so many varied and exciting activities. From the first settling in session until today, everyone at Busy Bees do everything to make parents sense at ease and give the best journey to the kids in their care. I will be sad to say goodbye once primary school starts, but I know my son will be well prepared for his next steps when that time comes. My son has attended Busy Bees at Colchester, full time, since he was 8 months old and is now nearly 3 years and 8 months.
Charlie Bishop
May 23, 2025 at 8:29 amMy son has special needs and I 100% trust everyone with my boy. They know how to assistance his needs and have helped so much with getting funding and I. He has grown so much and discovering new things all the time. Absolutely incredible, the team are exceptional.
Taylor Knight
May 23, 2025 at 10:18 pmTo see her self‑assurance grow from a shy little girl worried to leave her Mum’s side to seeing her bounding through the doors of the childcare centre excited to spend the day discovering with her peers is incredible and we now have the pleasure of seeing our son enjoying this incredible setting for the next 2 years. The level of care and attention that is given by the team is second to none. Nothing is too much trouble when settling the kids in initially and the bonds that the kids form with the team is so reassuring as a parent.
We have consistently been made to sense extremely welcome by the management and team and are constantly kept up to date with any achievements or development our kids have made. There’s nothing quite like receiving a notification by way of a picture of your kid with the biggest grin on his face enjoying his time at childcare centre. Worth every penny to know they are secure and cheerful. Our daughter has recently left Busy Bees for school after 2 years of outstanding care and discovering.
Sawyer Quinn
June 21, 2025 at 7:54 pmThe difference in care is off the scale. My grandson has turned into a cheerful and confident little boy thanks to the care given to him. I cannot thank them enough. My grandson was at another childcare centre before coming to Busy Bees.