AJJ'S Nurseries T/A Bizzie Bees
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Dunstable for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2012, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours for 4,3 and 2 year olds & 30 hours funding for 3 & 4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Central Bedfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Central Bedfordshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
LU6 3QFWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 30 April 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time in nursery. They choose equipment and activities that interest them, helping to trigger even more ideas and games. Babies are captivated by the familiar songs staff sing. They join in, using tuneful sounds, and quickly learn to make actions with their arms during the songs and rhymes. This helps babies establish the foundations for communicating with others and forming sounds needed to begin to build recognisable words. Older children are delighted when staff lead a group game about a wolf telling the time. They carefully count their footsteps before squealing with excitement when they are chased back down the garden. Through their games, children learn to take turns, follow instructions and strengthen their muscles through physical movement. They build on their expanding vocabularies through the introduction of exciting and uncommon words and phrases used in the traditional rhymes and chants.
Children are confident and curious and are keen to join in adult-led activities. They work out how they can connect poles together to construct a house. They watch others to see how they can solve the problem before having a go for themselves.
Staff support children, asking questions that encourage them to work out what might help them to join the poles up.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- organise the environment more effectively to provide sufficient spaces for babies and children to maximise opportunities for learning and self-expression n support staff to add suitable challenges to children's play and explorations that build on what they already know and understand right from the start n review how and when routine tasks are carried out to ensure they are effectively completed, setting good examples for children to follow.
- 19 October 2022Good
- 23 November 2016Good
- 7 April 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for AJJ'S Nurseries T/A Bizzie Bees
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.