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  • Phone Number
    020 8599 0066
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  • Group/Owner
    Busy Bees Nurseries Ltd
  • Person in Charge
    Katie Harvey (Centre Director)
  • Number of Staff
    40
  • When Closed
    Bank Holidays
  • Type of Service
    Day Nursery – Privately Owned Open all year Full Day Care Sessional Day Care
  • Total Places for children
    124
  • Age range
    from 0 years 2 months to 5 years 0 months
  • Parking
    Car park for ease of drop off and pick up.
  • Directions
    Within the grounds of King George Hospital, Barley Lane.
  • Opening Days
    Mon-Fri
  • Opening Hours
    0645-1900
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  • Marley Sutton
    September 2, 2024 at 4:15 am

    My daughter loves her educators and loves coming to school. Team made sure my daughter had a special birthday party with educators and friends, they even provided her with a cake. Thank you Busy Bees for giving my daughter a excellent start to her journey through school. All team are welcoming, inviting and welcoming and provide a spotless, spacious setting to learn through playtime.

  • Sawyer Parker
    September 5, 2024 at 9:50 am

    Outstanding service and facilities. Location is excellent and the food menus are truly great. Daughter has made loads of friends. Cheerful kid, cheerful mother Remarkable childcare centre, my daughter is so settled and team are so welcoming.

  • Harper Quincy
    October 1, 2024 at 8:10 am

    Busy Bees at Ilford, especially his key worker, has made the transition highly smooth.
    They look after my son truly well and encourage him to playtime. He has truly picked up on his food since going to childcare centre and I couldn’t thank the childcare centre and team enough. Makes going back to work a lot easier.
    Would highly suggest this childcare centre. Right through from the settling in period to now I have felt the team have understood my son’s individual needs and are truly welcoming. Was a nervous mum going back to work and leaving little one at childcare centre as he is highly clingy and breastfed.

  • Emerson Turner
    October 2, 2024 at 8:57 pm

    I am a midwife and needed childcare to be able to work.
    All of my son’s carers have been incredibly supportive and accommodating and settled my son in without any tears. He loves the new friends he has made and looks forward to a full day of adventures.
    The childcare centre manager and her team are expert and compassionate and I couldn’t do without them! Busy Bees helped me and my son tremendously when at the height of the pandemic, our old childcare centre setting had to close.

  • Logan Page
    October 28, 2024 at 4:34 am

    The team are highly trained and just remarkable at what they do. The childcare centre has such a inviting, welcoming feeling to it; this is due to the friendliness of all team members who are forever smiling.
    My husband and I extensively researched nurseries around the area before making our choice, we are so delighted with our choice and would highly suggest Busy Bees Ilford to parents looking at nurseries. Their meal choices for kids are exceptional, freshly made nutritious food. Activities my twins do while at childcare centre is providing a real boost to their development. They are definitely getting the right encouragement to get off to an incredible start. Our journey overall with Busy Bees Ilford has been nothing short of incredible.

  • Dallas Underwood
    November 15, 2024 at 6:24 pm

    The childcare centre enabled my son to be prepared for the transition into reception, the team here are highly well‑informed and qualified and have a wealth of journey. As a result my daughter now attends the childcare centre and I believe that she will also have the same positive journey. As a parent of two kids who have attended Busy Bees Ilford, I would like to reassure you as a parent that I would highly suggest Busy Bees Childcare centre, and I personally would not send my kid anywhere else. I would definitely suggest Busy Bees Iford childcare centre, my son previously attended this childcare centre and had a remarkable time and discovering outcome.

  • River Bishop
    November 25, 2024 at 8:38 pm

    She was nervous at first but she has truly grown into it and has been made to sense highly comfortable and confident by the outstanding team. An extra special thanks to 3 members of team in particular for making our daughter’s day enjoyable and helping her to look forward to her day at childcare centre. Our daughter has formed a truly great bond with each of them.
    They make all food fresh on-site which we are told our daughter eats everything, consistently. They keep the activities on rotation with a well thought out schedule and they deal with situations professionally. They have thought of contingencies such as safety protocol and Covid and have great security measures. Keep up the great work everyone. Busy Bees is excellent for our daughter.

  • Elliot Wells
    December 29, 2024 at 2:43 pm

    I was so nervous of leaving her when returning to work. I have never left my daughter with anyone, even family for a few hours. This childcare centre has been outstanding since the start in all aspects. My daughter has been going to this childcare centre since she was 11 months of age.

  • Charlie Grant
    January 9, 2025 at 1:27 pm

    I can’t praise the team highly enough, they have gotten the best out of my daughter and helped her to achieve the social and educational skill set she needs to get off to a great start at reception. They are consistently cheerful to help and listen to any question you have and provide answers. The facilities are remarkable as well as the food which is highly varied. I can’t suggest Busy Bees at Ilford enough. Thank you. I can safely say that this is a remarkable childcare centre.

  • Kai Cross
    March 2, 2025 at 5:09 pm

    Since he has been attending he has come on in leaps and bounds with his language, numbers and social skills. At the age of 18 months, he actually looks forward to going to ‘school’! The team are highly attentive and welcoming. They make every member of the family sense welcome. Thank you Busy Bees for your outstanding service! I have recommended you to others! We could not be happier with our grandson’s experiences at Busy Bees.

  • River Frost
    March 6, 2025 at 4:57 am

    My daughter suffered a severe Anaphylactic shock and had to be administered an epi-pen. The childcare centre may try to say that they followed the correct procedure but in fact, many mistakes were made. They may also say that they have since re-trained team and taken the discovering from this journey, which angers me as my daughter is not a guinea pig and this incident should never have happened.
    Please do your research on this childcare centre, and ask questions, I took my daughter out after the incident and found somewhere better. My daughter suffers from multiple severe allergies (Anaphylaxis) and attended Busy Bees at Ilford in Sept 2021 for one month.

  • Quinn Pierce
    March 26, 2025 at 12:58 pm

    Highly experienced in childcare even for little babies. My mind is consistently at peace whenever I drop my little one with them. They have been open full time even During the COVID- 19 lockdown which has been highly supportive for me to attend my NHS work. They continue to provide the same outstanding care during this difficult time which shows their dedication and goodwill in itself. Highly welcoming and expert team.

  • Spencer Frost
    March 30, 2025 at 8:45 pm

    Team are inviting and welcoming and it’s clear they truly know and care about your kids. When our son has been a bit homesick, team have made him collages of family pictures and pictures of his favourite things (transport!) to put him at ease, they truly know his interests. The facilities and range of activities are remarkable and there is consistently a variety of things for little ones to do. I adore the fact they have lots of outdoor space which was lacking in a lot of other providers we visited. The menu is varied and nutritious and our son eats well there too. Probably better than he does at home! Team are so welcoming and have been truly supportive with things such as toilet training offering advice and what the routine is at childcare centre. It’s such excellent value and I/we are truly pleased with our choice of childcare. Thanks, Busy Bees! From the moment we came in for a tour last summer we knew this was the right place for our son.

  • Dallas Morgan
    April 6, 2025 at 3:06 am

    From his minimal settling period to present (Oct 2017) his journey has been nothing short of exceptional. From the appearance of the setting, right through to the attention and professionalism of every member of team across each room, it has been exemplary. Busy Bees are a national brand and this childcare centre should hopefully be an example of how a care setting for kids should be. Whilst it’s not the cheapest of fee structures, you get a comprehensive tailored range of services for what you do pay. Only things we supply are spare clothes and medicine for our highly cheerful boy! Special mention to his room leader who is terrific! My son has been attending BB (Busy Bees) Ilford since late November 2016.

  • Charlie Lawson
    April 6, 2025 at 4:33 pm

    An outstanding spotless and spacious kindergarten with a super welcoming team.
    My kid loves it, he has already made new friends.
    We are highly satisfied and I suggest it to all friends. Highly nice journey.

  • Shawn Irwin
    May 1, 2025 at 2:27 am

    My son’s speech has come a long way. The team are so lovely and welcoming. Incredible childcare centre.

  • Jesse Brooks
    May 8, 2025 at 3:29 pm

    I cannot suggest this childcare centre enough. All the team are incredible with both my son and me! I adore how they have a separate outdoor area for different ages and the baby rooms are big enough and also have adjoining rooms to them if babies are sleeping or it’s food time. I have 3 kids and it’s the first time I’ve used a childcare centre for my youngest.

  • Jamie Flynn
    May 15, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Everyone knows my baby’s name and is familiar with his schedule and basic needs. The “Key Person” system works and my baby isn’t passed between lots of people each day. The purpose-built facility provides a huge variety of discovering/playtime stations for kids of all ages. They do a variety of activities: artwork, messy playtime (in water, sand), outdoor/garden playtime, etc. Plus, my baby gets adequate nap time because he has a dedicated crib in a quiet room. In fact, this is the only childcare centre I visited that has a separate section for non-walking babies, which is divided into a playroom and a sleeping room. They are highly well organized, so nothing gets misplaced/lost; and the use of booklets to track his day and his development are supportive. It’s generally quite spotless and the outdoor garden space is nice (broken into separate sections for kids of different ages and easily accessible to all rooms). We couldn’t be more pleased! The team are highly expert and attentive.

  • Sidney Frost
    June 20, 2025 at 5:56 pm

    The 1-2 year old room key workers are incredible. So attentive, my son has learnt so much over the last few months. The times are excellent too; I start work at 8 am so drop him off at 7. Not many nurseries offer that flexibility. Michelle and her team are excellent and can’t fault them at all. I would highly suggest them to all parents. My son started full time in Jan 2017, he was 13 months when he started.

  • Parker Delaney
    June 24, 2025 at 10:15 am

    The team are consistently welcoming, welcoming and their updates and level of care is outstanding. The facilities, discovering activities and playtime/garden areas are excellent. I like that there’s consistently something going on such as themed days and events – some of which, parents are welcome to join. My daughter loves it so that says it all. I have felt highly comfortable leaving my daughter at Busy Bees for the past two years.

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