Busy Bees Livingston Village

The team create a nurturing and loving setting for all the kids.
Busy Bees also supported specific dietary and medical requirements for my son and made sure these were consistently adhered to.
I must mention that the childcare centre’s efforts to continue providing care and assistance to the kids during the Covid pandemic were truly commendable. It provided a lot of comfort to me and my wife knowing that our son was in secure hands during such a challenging time.
I would like to extend a special thanks to one of the early years educators, who was my son’s main carer when he started. She was consistently there to offer guidance and assistance, not only for my son but for us as parents as well. We are truly grateful for her efforts and the impact she has had on our son’s life. My son attended Busy Bees, Livingston from age 11 months old until 3 years old.
During his time at the childcare centre, I have seen a excellent improvement in his social and developmental skills.

My daughter loves coming here and I can see how it has helped with her development. Our timetables change constantly in college and they have never had a problem accommodating my daughter’s attendance. As a family we are highly cheerful with this childcare centre and I could not suggest it enough! All members of team are incredible and the Centre Director is excellent.

I’m totally delighted that I choose Busy Bees for her. She’s been going since she was 1-years-old and she consistently been so cheerful and proud of herself; she learns something new. Highly recommended! My daughter absolutely loves her childcare centre and all the girls looking after her.

I am forever thankful for the team at the childcare centre and the new management team who I think are thriving! Our daughter loves Busy Bees and has been a excellent platform for her moving into her school years. The full team is approachable and consistently attentive towards our daughter. Busy Bees had played a huge part in our daughter’s pre-school years.

The team seem nice and highly welcoming when collecting, however, there are a number of areas we were pretty unhappy with. Firstly my son suffers from a dairy intolerance and I did not sense this was taken seriously at all. On the subject of food, we were not cheerful that on a number of occasions our son had been given high sugar foods of no nutritional value (e.g. ice lollies) that did not appear on the menu. We are cheerful to give our son treats, but in my opinion, this is not a childcare centre’s place to offer these foods.

We also found the updates highly poor. This may be a result of COVID, however, a year on there is no improvement in updates with parents. The app used updates you on food and nappy changes with the rare observation, however, there is virtually no update on how your kid got on that day or about any difficulties. Emails are also not responded to. As a result, I find it highly difficult to rate this childcare centre on the items. My son attended Busy Bees for a year.

The oldest who is five now, attended Busy Bees for several years before starting pre-school and now P1. His level of discovering is above average and his social skills are outstanding. Yes, this is down to how he has been brought up, but please be assured that Busy Bees had a large impact on his development. Their care, input and assistance have helped and encouraged our grandson to become the exceptional young boy he is. Our younger grandson who is now two, has been attending Busy Bees for over a year. The first thing I would highlight is that as the oldest moved on, we felt strong enough about the care he received to entrust another grandson to them. The team are highly kid-focused and the overall setup of Busy Bees allows the young ones to playtime, interact and develop in a secure, structured and individual way. Five stars without question. Both his Grandma and myself are regularly involved in the day-to-day care of our two grandsons.

My daughter goes twice a week. The team are welcoming and approachable as is the manager. They have kept us well informed throughout the pandemic and all safety procedures followed. I am not able to comment much on the activities and discovering as we are not allowed into the childcare centre during covid. It would be great to have more parents evenings if possible. I am highly satisfied with the childcare centre.

They are full of smiles and chatter when we pick them up which tells me they have had a enjoyable and cheerful day. The team have been excellent and helping them adapt to this new journey. Despite the boys being only 13 months old, we see regular arts and crafts work which is excellent to receive and shows the varied activities they participate in.
The app is also truly great and helping me understand how they’ve been through the day with eating, napping etc. Our twin boys have quickly settled into childcare centre at Busy Bees Quarywood.

The team members in particular who my daughter adores. My daughter absolutely loves to go to Busy Bees Livingston Village even though she usually struggles in busy places she can’t wait to go and see the kids and team.

She has gained some lovely friends here and enjoys all the activities. The team are remarkable! the centre manager is excellent. My daughter has loved attending Busy Bees, especially the outside playtime and painting.