Bedgrove's Busy Bees Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Aylesbury for children from birth to 5, open 08:45 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 42 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Buckinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Buckinghamshire 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
HP21 7UEWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 20 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and excited for their day at this welcoming setting. They separate confidently from parents as they put their books back in the lending library. Children are greeted warmly by the friendly staff who help them settle into activities. Staff know the children well and have strong bonds with them. Children show they feel safe and secure as they confidently talk to staff and choose from the wide range of activities that staff have planned.
Staff have high expectations for children's learning and development. The welcome carpet time gives children information about what they will be doing during the day and helps them to decide activities of their choosing. Staff are good role models, and children behave well. If conflicts arise, staff support children to find solutions to resolve these themselves. This supports children to understand about their own feelings and the feelings of others.
Children learn about the local community and the world around them. Staff plan walks to help children learn about the local area. This raised questions from the children about different buildings and the role of businesses. For example, children ask questions about the church, and staff extend children's learning by planning further visits. Staff print photos of the buildings, and children use these when using junk modelling to recreate what they have seen.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support all children to access the activities on offer and develop their social interaction.
- 20 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 24 April 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bedgrove's Busy Bees Pre School
- 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.
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