Busy Bees Haywards Heath

This leaves me with such self‑assurance and comfort, knowing I can go to work and she is cheerful and cared for. The team are all so welcoming, compassionate and experts in the field of kid development. My daughter has learnt so much in her first year there. She is now 22 months old and, I sense, that she has developed so much more than if I didn’t work and she were at home with me every day! She comes home each day and has been painting, or doing crafts or cooking – she seems to have learnt a new word, song or action every day. She thrives there.

The facilities are impeccable. The building is secure and inviting, there is a secure outside area for the kids to playtime and each room has ample space for all manner of activities.

Thank you to all at Busy Bees for allowing me the peace of mind while I work, knowing that my daughter is secure, cared for and is receiving a terrific and enjoyable educational start in life! My daughter literally skips into childcare centre each day – she loves it!

The team are attentive and the facilities truly great plus the food is cooked on site and my kids adore it! It’s not surprising they are outstanding Both my girls adore their time at Busy Bees Haywards Heath and baby number 3 is already on the waiting list.

It’s consistently spotless and well presented, with great playtime equipment. Although it is situated in an old chapel, the inside of the building has a modern sense, and there’s a playtime area outside which the kids can be taken out to.
The food is freshly prepared on site, with a 3-weekly menu which is changed every season and my kid consistently enjoys the meals there, and eats everything. His special dietary requests are well catered for and taken highly seriously.
There is a lot of free playtime, and they also have discovering initiatives such as ‘babble to chatter’ and ‘shake and write’.
The team are consistently welcoming and have a great attitude towards the kids, which I’m sure goes a long way to nurturing their self‑assurance and self-esteem. If I ever ask anything, they will consistently remember to follow it up and look into things for me. My son is in the preschool room and looks forward to going to childcare centre and has made some lovely friendships. The childcare centre is run highly efficiently, with highly expert team.

After 10 months at home, we entered the world of day care at Busy Bees and we would not look back! Dropping off and picking up our daughter is a joy. She has found her second home, smiling at the building as we get out of the car and waving us out the door as she has breakfast with her friends. Team are exceptionally attentive. There is a true family atmosphere here. Team and management throughout, go out of their way to build positive relationships with kids and parents. After just a few days, everyone seemed to know our daughter’s name, her favourite things and personality traits. From settling sessions, to room transitions, to messy playtime and cheerful mealtimes, we cannot fault their care and enthusiasm. The resources, activities, atmosphere, cleanliness, nutrition and general organisation led us to choosing Busy Bees. We have not been disappointed. Thank you for turning my return to work into a remarkable and loving journey for our daughter every day. What a fantastic place.

He has made friends with the other kids and team and we adore seeing the range of activities they get up to via the app. Daily updates on food, naps etc are highly useful and the team are welcoming and well‑informed. My son has been at the childcare centre since around 1 year old and having settled in straight away, has loved it ever since.

The team are absolutely incredible, finding the right childcare centre is so important and we believe we found it.

The team are so compassionate and thoughtful and consistently take the time to talk about how my daughter is progressing and what she’s been up to. I even get pictures of her put together in a little scrapbook, which is lovely and it makes me sense like I’m there with her. For me, it wouldn’t make sense to send my daughter anywhere else, especially during these uncertain times. I’ve looked at a lot of nurseries before deciding on taking my daughter to Busy Bees and other nurseries have been exceptionally bossy with everything from mandatory school uniforms by the age of 2 (!) to not allowing settling in sessions due to the pandemic… which would be straight up traumatic for most babies or kids in a new setting. Busy Bees went out of their way to make sure my family was consistently comfortable with how to move forward and that is the reassurance you truly want as a parent. Both my husband and I are pleased. My daughter loves Busy Bees and literally drags me out of the house to go there in the mornings.

We had chosen to send him to a childminder as we thought that approach was more personal- but after he didn’t settle in well there, we found Busy Bees, and we haven’t looked back since.

Each key carer that he had, he bonded with and was highly fond of. The level of attention and care given to him was what you would expect from a expert childcare centre, but what we didn’t expect and came to truly appreciate, was the levels of affection that he also received. He was given enjoyable discovering experiences in an setting where he felt secure and cheerful.

This autumn he has happily made the transition to school- and I think a large part of his self‑assurance in that setting and his eagerness to embrace the discovering, is down to his time at Busy Bees.
I can wholeheartedly suggest this childcare centre and team, to anyone. Our little boy first went to Busy Bees when he was barely 11 months old, and stayed until the week before he went to school.

Face-to-face team are attentive to kids. Excessive staffing changes and management changes in 2022 – difficult to keep up with who is working there and who has left. Highly rigid in their adherence to corporate policy no matter what. Great examples: arriving 4 mins early for a meet and greet event and being told to wait outside in the rain because the event has not started yet. If you work Mondays, you will be penalised by being made to pay for every bank holiday including unusual ones like the Queen’s funeral – so this is truly a waste of money. Generally well-meaning and welcoming personal contact with team.

The care, enjoyable and education provided by the dedicated, inviting, well‑informed team is outstanding. The great updates between home and childcare centre makes it sense like an extended family. My kids have been so cheerful and secure here, I have never had cause to worry and my son is now reaping the rewards of such a great pre-school education, at primary school. My son has just left this childcare centre for school after 4 years and my daughter is in the toddler room.