Busy Bees QE

Our son started at Busy Bees when he was 7 months old. We had natural concerns about him going to nursery so young, however, from the start we were reassured by the lovely friendly caring staff and felt totally confident leaving him in their care. We appreciated being encouraged to call whenever we wanted to see how he was doing. We had to move to a new nursery a year later as our circumstances changed and felt really sad to leave. He clearly had lots of fun doing different activities and felt happy and secure, and we greatly appreciated how caring the staff were to him, and how cheerful and friendly the staff were to us. We were impressed with the wide range of international foods provided and how his eating skills developed there. We also particularly liked the multicultural activities, and that he often brought home his artwork and lovely cards and presents he had made. We would highly recommend to others.

Great staff both carers and admin. Competent and professional.
My son has enjoyed the care he has received there.
My wife and I are very passionate about my son’s development and we really appreciate the regular catch up opportunities we had with my son’s primary carer.
My son knows the names of virtually all the staff members and it’s a sign of the close interactions he had with the carers and that he cherished.
The admin/management team are really competent as they went above and beyond to help me secure funding for my son and extended their support even at the time of leaving the nursery due to job relocation.
We will miss all the care my son has received here and we will miss the admin support from the management.
This is a great nursery for those who want a great start for their children from a young age.

My daughter has been at the nursery for a couple of months; the enjoyment she gets out of going shows by her excitement in the morning when dropping her off and enthusiasm in the afternoon when picking her up. She’s always so animated when telling us what she’s been up to during her day and we can clearly see the various things she is learning and the little ways in which she’s developing.
The nursery uses excellent means of communicating daily, not just the meals but quantities she’s eaten, and also the activities she has partaken in. I always get a sound handover at pick up time, of the day she’s had and things she’s done particularly well in but also things she may need a bit of help on improving, which allows me to work collaboratively with the nursery in addressing those.
I’m confident she’s safe, happy and well looked after. She gets a good diet through her meals and the nursery take her safety and wellbeing very seriously, always contacting me immediately with any issues.

A massive thank you to all at Busy Bees QE. What an amazing farewell party for the nursery graduates.
Our daughter had an amazing time with her Busy Bees family and we had a fabulous time too. The party was a complete surprise and really fun for all involved. Well done to the whole organising team and a special thanks to the class teachers for looking after our baby girl. Her first graduation and all she did was have fun to achieve it

Have and will definitely continue to recommend the nursery. Luckily baby number two is still there to enjoy it all.

I have entrusted the staff at this outstanding nursery with both of my children full time since they were eight months old. My boys have benefitted from the kindness, respect, patience, knowledge and fun of each and every member of the team at Busy Bees QE; from the cleaner to the manager, everyone knows my boys’ names and their personalities and takes delight in talking about them as much as I do. They are kept safe, stimulated and developed by a great site and great individuals and I would never want my children to go anywhere else. Even though it is a large percentage of our joint income to put them in nursery-we haven’t ever regretted the decision to send them to this one of a kind facility.

Throughout unprecedented times the staff at Busy Bees have been outstanding. Not only a friendly and smiley face to welcome us in but also encouraging, professional and regimented in the rules. They have faced very uncertain times but their priority has always been the safety of the children and those associated with the children. I just can’t speak more highly of them. Thank you so much for the incredible hard work and time you give to my little boy. He is really coming out of his shell outside of the home and I put a lot of that down to the fabulous people looking after him. Thank you each and every one of you.

Excellent communication from all staff with regular updates. Always a wide variety of food offered. Always clean and well organised with appropriate age-related equipment for learning. The staff have adapted extremely well throughout covid, making changes sometimes at short notice that reflect the changing needs of children, parents and staff and have always kept parents updated via written, email and verbal communication.
You do receive value for money but fees are high which is similar in all nurseries in the surrounding area.

My child has attended this nursery for the past two years and has learnt so much during her time spent there. All activities are appropriately age-related, engaging and varied, my child especially enjoys reading and activities have been related to the current favourite story. Outdoors playtime is incorporated into the day and there is a large garden to play in. The previous year has been a roller coaster for everyone but the nursery has been fantastic with their response, adapting at short notice and helping the children adjust to this new normal. The centre is always clean, tidy and the staff are friendly and often greet all the children by name, even ones I haven’t met before. My family has grown and the staff have been brilliant with helping to prepare my child for the arrival of a new sibling and made the process much easier for all of us. I am extremely happy with the care and attention my child receives and the new sibling is already signed up to join when I return to work.

The staff have been warm, welcoming and helped my son settle in quickly. He had never really been to a nursery full-time and had spent the prior year at home and in a different country too! They have provided a caring, nurturing place and I can see that my son feels safe and happy. Additionally, his meals seem delicious!

It’s very difficult to give an accurate evaluation of the nursery during these times as the face-to-face communication is minimal. We are happy with it. They have strictly followed the Covid-19 rules and we felt safe for the last year. Also reassured as we see and feel that our child is learning but we don’t really know how, what and when. The workers are helpful and friendly but we are mirroring the feedback from a progress report or a minute chat about our son’s behaviour and progress. We don’t know activities and facilities so it is difficult to answer those boxes. Very happy it remained open for NHS workers. Thank you for that.