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Contact Information
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Phone Number01442 266119
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Group/OwnerBusy Bees Nurseries Ltd
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Number of Staff27
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When ClosedBank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas
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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 children88
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Age rangefrom 0 years 2 months to 5 years 0 months
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0730-1815
River Delaney
October 10, 2024 at 1:05 amHe has a excellent bond with all of his childcare centre carers who look after him during the two days that he does. They have a fantastic chef on site who prepares excellent varied meals for the kids. Busy Bees have signed up to an App called Parent Zone which is remarkable for live updates of nappy changes, food, and different things that our son has got up to. His end-of-year reviews are very thorough and encouraging. Any emails or issues that you may have with Busy Bees are consistently answered quickly and thoughtfully. Big fan of the company, so will suggest highly. Busy Bees in Apsley was the perfect childcare centre for our then 11-month-old son.
Lane Pierce
October 14, 2024 at 8:38 amMy little boy looks forward to going to childcare centre and has lots of lovely stories to tell me about his friends and educators when I pick him up. Team are attentive and great at giving daily feedback on the topics being looked at in preschool and what the kids have been discovering through the day. The team were supportive and attentive during the settling in period. Lovely childcare centre with very welcoming team.
Indigo Sharpe
October 15, 2024 at 9:10 amIt’s been almost a year now and I could see a massive change in her from the time she joined from a silent watcher to a massive talker. She likes talking a lot, singing her rhymes, being more confident, started making great friends, building a strong personality. Really want to thank Busy Bees team from the bottom of my heart for making her a better kid. Thank you so much for such a fantastic journey for my little one.
London Taylor
October 29, 2024 at 3:35 pmSuper attentive team, very communicative and consistently there to help. Couldn’t have chosen a better place for both of my kids. The kids sense secure and have the ability to learn, grow and develop in a secure setting. We would highly suggest this to any new parent looking for a excellent childcare centre.
As parents, updates has consistently been key to us and the team at Busy Bees and the Senior Management do an outstanding job in keeping us informed at all times. During the last 12 months, management has shown excellent leadership and outstanding skill to manoeuvre the childcare centre through the uncertain Covid times. Updates was consistently clear, precise and supportive. Whenever we had any questions, everyone within the childcare centre was eager to listen to us and help in any way they could.
For us, this is the best childcare centre in Apsley and in all of Hertfordshire. Busy Bees is an outstanding childcare centre.
Cameron Cross
December 12, 2024 at 11:13 amThey absolutely adore it and are consistently excited to go in the mornings. Both had some settling issues related to not being in a childcare centre setting over the pandemic but I cannot fault how the team dealt with it, and how much they adore it now is testament to this! Seeing my eldest grow in self‑assurance in pre school in particular has been incredible. The team are compassionate, attentive and enjoyable, and outstanding at keeping parents informed. Highly recommended! I am so cheerful that we chose this childcare centre for our boys.
Dakota Marsh
December 14, 2024 at 2:39 pmThe team are excellent, so attentive and genuinely care about the kids. The childcare centre has had a lot of team turnover the last year (reflective of the sector as a whole) but my kids remain cheerful there. I know my kids are secure, cheerful and discovering new things. My two kids have been attending since 2020 and 2022.
Dallas Quinn
January 23, 2025 at 7:08 pmThe teaching was far below what I expected, especially around speech and language. She also had nappy rash frequently, although this did correlate with high usage of agency team.
Meals were great and nutritious.
Indoor space looked great. Outdoor space is small, but looks nice.
Great use of an app to track their day. Would be nice to see photos though. Although my kid was cheerful here, we decided to leave as she was not developing as expected.
Finley Hobbs
February 20, 2025 at 2:40 amWhich made it very scary being left in a setting she didn’t know and having not even been left with family. Busy Bees Apsley were excellent. Reassuring to us nervous parents. And she settled in no time. The app is incredible knowing how she’s getting on each day and live the photo observations that pop up on my phone at work. It really gives you a sense that you are still involved with their development despite returning to work. It’s a lovely nurturing setting where our cheeky little girl is being helped to grow and develop. You can see the team really care for the kids. From exiting covid, our 8-month-old was very untrusting of new faces.
London Steele
February 21, 2025 at 3:37 amShe has become confident and they have plenty of enjoyable and discovering activities. The setting is secure and team are very welcoming and attentive. We couldn’t have chosen a better Childcare centre and would happily suggest this Childcare centre to other parents. We are very pleased with the level of care and affection our kid gets at Busy Bees Apsley.
Finley Carter
February 27, 2025 at 8:35 amMy little one is so close to them I could not dream of changing childcare centre. She has learnt loads and everyone says how advanced she is. I haven’t seen inside the childcare centre due to Covid-19 but from the pictures I receive it’s lovely. The team are lovely.
Elliot Hayden
March 11, 2025 at 1:12 pmMy son went here when he was small and loved every minute of it, now my little girl goes here and is really enjoying it. Highly suggest Busy Bees Apsley. All the team and management at the childcare centre are incredible.
Marley Sawyer
March 17, 2025 at 5:21 pmCheerful, polite and expert team.
My daughter is enjoying the childcare centre and although she was reluctant in the first days (cried at drop-off point) the team has helped her accommodate quickly.
I do suggest this childcare centre.
Winter Cross
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 amI can’t praise them highly enough. They are attentive and consistently put the welfare and development of the kids first. Throughout the pandemic they have been supportive and responsive, consistently doing their utmost to assistance me as a key worker and still needing to go to work. The manager and the whole team are absolute stars! My son attended Busy Bees Apsley until he went to school last year and my daughter is currently in Toddlers, about to move into Pre-School and they both absolutely adore(d) it there.
Hayden Randall
March 31, 2025 at 6:06 pmThe ladies in the childcare centre are nice and excellent with the kids. My boy is cheerful to go to the childcare centre every day.
How they can get better, is the parent’s visibility on their kids’s achievements and/or struggles. A parent’s day will be nice so we can get to see the room our kids are playing in and get a full report on how they are doing.
Other than that, I would suggest it. The overall journey is not bad.
Billie Griffin
May 4, 2025 at 1:32 amWe are really pleased with the childcare centre, especially the team/parent liaisons. As a parent, I sense that they really listen to parents, readily accept feedback and their updates is remarkable. It feels like nothing is too much trouble. My husband and I sense very secure sending our kids there. We are consistently greeted with a smile and my daughter tells me how her educators are “so nice”. I can see both our kids developing well. My two kids have been attending Busy Bees in Apsley since last June.
Blake Bishop
May 6, 2025 at 4:26 pmThe team are excellent, and he has become close to them during his short time as they are a very attentive and attentive team. Would highly suggest them. My son joined in December and has loved going to preschool within Busy Bees.
London Page
May 21, 2025 at 12:10 amMy son started back before Christmas when me and my husband began to return to work. We were both very anxious as we have not left him before but the girls at Apsley have been incredible and put our worries to rest. They have all been so attentive and attentive to our son and we couldn’t be more grateful if we tried. They follow his routine so well, which has really helped him settle, and they have supported us through our worries. I adore how we get daily updates of his nappies, feedings and sleep as well as photos and videos of him playing and discovering. It consistently puts a smile on my face. I want to thank the girls and the manager for all the hard work they do and for taking care of our pride and joy. What can I say about Busy Bees Apsley!
Winter Bishop
June 4, 2025 at 6:35 amTheir attention to care, elements of discovering and development are exceptional. My son has particularly developed in leaps and bounds because of the kid specific assistance from his key worker. My son adores all his educators and the team at Busy Bees Apsley and we as parents sense comforted that our son is so cheerful at the childcare centre, we too sense apart of the small childcare centre community. We highly suggest Busy Bees Apsley and all the team that assistance and work at the setting. Busy Bees Apsley have been an incredible part of our kids’s live for two years.
Jordan Holland
June 23, 2025 at 3:27 pmThey have played a huge role in their development and particularly care and assistance through Covid 19. They pay excellent attention to detail to the kids and their social and emotional development. They are extremely supportive of us as a family also. A excellent team and really an extended family to us and our kids Busy Bees Apsley has assistance 2 kids for nearly 2 years.
Finley Drake
July 7, 2025 at 10:33 pmWould definitely suggest this childcare centre. My daughter has massively progressed in her development since starting childcare centre during lockdown, her social skills have also developed.
The team are outstanding with my daughter, continually update parents during the day on the app and give a rundown of the kid’s day at the end of the shift.