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Contact Information
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Phone Number01375 480600
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Group/OwnerBusy Bees Nurseries Ltd
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Person in ChargeKasey Hardwicke (Centre Director)
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Number of Staff35
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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 children92
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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 Hours0700-1830
Harper Bailey
September 1, 2024 at 3:20 amI was so nervous when my daughter first started at Busy Bees. But now she’s excelling, developing, growing and being well looked after at the childcare centre. The managers and team are so accommodating and I would suggest this childcare centre to anyone and everyone. A massive thank you to you all. Incredible childcare centre, incredible team.
Carter Wells
September 1, 2024 at 3:57 pmThey are supportive, encouraging and much more important they adore what they do. I don’t have a bad word to say about the cleanliness, food and activities. My little boy consistently enjoys himself when he goes and he has progressed educationally so much more than I could have ever hoped. The team here are incredible!
Avery Irwin
September 22, 2024 at 6:02 amI dislike the use of so many bank team as it doesn’t provide consistency and parents don’t know who they are. Lastly, it appears that interpersonal skill and training of bank team are not to the same high standard of key workers. Use of updates regarding traffic around childcare centre sent by management is really useful! Overall, I would rate childcare centre as very great. Key workers in the specific room consistently seem attentive.
Drew Hunter
October 5, 2024 at 9:00 pmThe atmosphere the team create is incredible, consistently upbeat, welcoming and welcoming. Both my kids have attended, one flew the nest this year and the other still attends.
Since September and all the changes to the setting because of the Government’s guidelines, etc, the team have been as welcoming as they consistently have been. My son loves going to childcare centre and the team really do recognise the areas of development my kid is thriving in and those areas where help is needed and they factor these things into the daily activities set for my kid.
Updates is great also which is of utmost importance when leaving your kid at childcare centre.
I would highly suggest this setting and in fact, I have recommended them very recently to another parent who has booked their kid in to start at the childcare centre. This is childcare centre is fantastic.
Billie Owens
October 16, 2024 at 12:34 amBusy Bees – Howard Road was recommended to me by a friend, I was invited in for an intro session and knew I had found the right place. It is a secure welcoming setting, the team are remarkable. My son was given various opportunities to learn, all of which he loved. So much effort goes into special occasions such as Mothers Day, Easter etc where he would have proudly made something for me or his dad. He made lots of friends and he relished in the care and attention of the “ladies” as they took the time to know HIM. I knew what he had done each day. He ate well and was encouraged with specific things when I asked for assistance, so it felt like a very personal service – despite the room being full. His transition to school was so smooth as he was prepared for it so well – he is well balanced and confidently able to assert himself in any group he finds himself. I spent a lot of time trying to find the right childcare centre for my son as I was anxious about the change and what this would mean to him.
Rowan Rowe
October 16, 2024 at 4:31 pmPrior to their start date, they attended some settling in sessions which helped them and the team understand their routine and needs. The team have been extremely supportive and I cannot fault them: they have looked after my kid exceptionally; have spent the time communicating their day which helps me as a parent understand their meals and nappy changes, and have adapted easily when their routine at home had changed. The App that the team use to explain their day is easy to use and can be checked at work. I am very pleased we chose this childcare centre as our kid is cheerful, comfortable and well looked after – they delight in going. I have definitely relaxed from the start and definitely sense confident that my kid is being cared for. My kid started childcare centre at the start of January 2018.
Justice Brooks
October 29, 2024 at 1:49 amThe team have made us comfortable from day one and are like a second family. They have made leaving her in their care much easier than I thought it was going to be.
I would thoroughly suggest the childcare centre. I have been so pleased with their care that my 9-month-old son has now started with them and my daughter can’t wait to see all the team when we drop him off. My daughter was at the childcare centre from 6 months until recently when she left for school.
Casey Marsh
October 29, 2024 at 6:24 pmCouldn’t think of a better place to send my little boy. Thank you all so much for everything you have done and are still doing for my little boy. I would consistently suggest Busy Bees to all my friends and family. Incredible team that go above and beyond.
Casey Reid
November 9, 2024 at 6:55 pmMy daughter has gained in self‑assurance throughout her time at the childcare centre and built a remarkable bond with all the team here at Busy Bees Howard Road. She formed bonds with kids and still talks about her childcare centre friends. My daughter’s key workers consistently involved myself and her father with her development and were consistently on hand to offer us help and assistance. The management within Busy Bees Howard Road uphold their open door policy and are consistently there to listen and assistance you as a family unit.
The food within Busy Bees is remarkable offering a wide range of new foods and team are supportive in supporting kids in eating.
Myself and her father would like to thank everyone at Busy Bees Howard Road for helping our daughter grow and move on to the next stage of her life at big girl school. My daughter attended the childcare centre for 4 years from the age of 8 months after looking around at local nurseries.
Elliot Owens
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 amMy granddaughter attends the childcare centre a couple of days per week, and has progressed through all the rooms.
Her discovering and development have come on leaps & bounds since attending the childcare centre, and I cant thank the team enough.
My daughter and son-in-law work full time, and we had many reservations about sending her, but our worries were put at rest at the beginning, and we have had no issues since
I can’t suggest the team, and the childcare centre enough.
Billie Frost
December 2, 2024 at 9:38 pmThe team are remarkable, attentive & welcoming. We wouldn’t take our kids anywhere else.
My eldest son is currently in pre-school & has been there for almost 3years. He is dropped off in the mornings where he has his breakfast, fueling his tummy for a busy day ahead. He is involved in many activities where we notice each day he has learned something new. His self‑assurance has grown and interacts well with friends & helps to build bonds with the carers. They have large rooms & garden where they can go out for fresh air.
My youngest son is on his 4th week, at first I was upset to leave him but as the day went on I felt at ease knowing where he was. Both are fed well during the day. Both open in trying new recipes as there is a wide variety of them that you can take home to try. All the kids eat together encouraging each other to eat well. They are all fed healthy and nutritional meals and snacks throughout the day, Yum.
I can not thank the team enough for what the do for my sons. We adore the childcare centre.
Parker Keller
December 8, 2024 at 9:42 amI literally could not wish for anymore from a Childcare centre. The team are incredible; every single one of them has gone above and beyond to care for my son and for me too. My son has multiple allergies and the dedication, understanding and care the Manager, Chef and Team have shown is exceptional. I cannot thank them enough. My son loves going to Childcare centre and has come on leaps and bounds since he started. He adores the team that looks after him and gets excited when he sees them.
The Childcare centre and the Rooms are perfect; spotless, creative and adapted well to suit the kids’s ages. It is a loving and secure setting. Updates with the Childcare centre has consistently been very easy. I honestly could not have gone back to work if I had not have found this childcare centre, I one million percent suggest it! I absolutely cannot fault this Childcare centre.
Skyler Frost
December 27, 2024 at 1:28 amShe is developing more and more every day. Team are welcoming and she loves going into her room. She now loves it so much she wants to attend at the weekends. She has made so many friends, all her ‘best friend’s as she calls them. I can’t suggest enough. My daughter has been attending the childcare centre since October 2019.
Jamie Wells
December 27, 2024 at 1:30 amNow he cannot wait to get to childcare centre, even wanting to attend on weekends, he very much enjoys both team and kids’s interaction, never seeming to want to come away. So much so it can often take 10 minutes or more just prizing him away from activities he is involved in. All team members are consistently very polite and welcoming, consistently have time for any questions you may need answering no matter how big or small.
Meals are of such varied choice and consistently seem to be eaten and tends to eat much more whilst in childcare centre.
Very cheerful with this childcare centre overall. Fantastic atmosphere, so welcoming.
Would absolutely suggest to other parents and fully intend later on unrolling our 2-month-old here also.
Well done Busy Bees, keep up your hard work.
😉 My 3-year-old has transferred recently to this childcare centre from another nearby as was becoming very bored and began noticing changes in his behaviour.
Indigo Delaney
January 4, 2025 at 5:33 pmShe was very unsettled at first, and it took her a while to settle, but now she loves it. It was difficult dropping her off whilst she was so upset, but team and management reassured me, and made me sense better. I was sent pictures on the app of how settled she was during the day and this put my mind at rest.
Very great childcare centre, cheerful we chose this one. My daughter has been attending the childcare centre since late 2018.
Winter Jarvis
January 5, 2025 at 2:56 amOn the couple of occasions I’ve collected her, the team are so supportive, and welcoming, and cheerful to give me lots of information on her daily routine, along with this I’ve noticed she has developed from everything shes learnt, her numbers and colours have improved, and her self‑assurance and interaction and social skills have also developed, and i’m a very proud nanna. Over the last 3 months i’ve noticed an extreme difference in my granddaughter, this must be a reflection on her attendance at busy bees childcare centre.
Harper Irwin
February 23, 2025 at 7:02 pmI could not ask for a nicer group of people to look after my son. Consistently polite and reassuring I sense at ease while I’m at work which is such a relief. My son has made excellent development and consistently comes home in high spirits. I highly suggest this childcare centre to anyone. I adore the parent zone app where I can log on and see what my son has been up to and look at his observations and photos etc. I look forward to watching my son grow and development at Busy Bees. The team at Busy Bees are all remarkable.
Marley Marsh
April 2, 2025 at 12:20 pmThe manager continues to keep safety and security her priority, the highly qualified chef provides high protein nutritious yummy food by which the kids consistently want more. Now what could I say about the three childcare centre assistants my son doesn’t wanna leave their arms and continues to tell me about his enjoyable days which consistently ends with “I wanna go back to see my childcare centre teacher mummy, I don’t wanna go home” Incredible Incredible, Incredible, I was really apprehensive to change my son’s childcare centre having moved into a new area it was the best choice.
But what sets my mind at rest and my worries aside was how expert supportive, compassionate, welcoming and protective the team are at Busy Bees childcare centre.
Inviting welcoming and highly trained I knew my son was in great hands.
Marley Quincy
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 amThe team are outstanding and attentive and I cannot fault them. My little girl absolutely adores coming here.
Alex Morgan
June 9, 2025 at 10:00 amShe loves the ladies in the room looking after her, and I have full self‑assurance in them as practitioners. The safety measures in place regarding COVID are practical and easy to follow, as well as effective. I can really tell the team adore their jobs and really care about the kids. Since returning to childcare centre in September my kid has settled in so well.