Bright Bees Nursery
Outstanding★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:15 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2010, with 135 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 Leicester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicester 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
LE4 7DAWhat 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, 29 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the nursery happily with smiles and giggles. They confidently settle to play, making choices freely from the exciting range of resources. Staff give all children and parents a warm welcome. Leaders design an ambitious, structured curriculum offering stimulating experiences. Children are consistently engaged and active in their play. They concentrate for significant periods relative to their ages and work together to solve problems. One example is when they experiment with resources in a water tray to guess, and then check, which items float and which sink. They talk with staff about how some materials soak up water. Children make marks on a chart to show what they have discovered to their friends.
Children explore the wider community extensively. For instance, staff take children to choose fruit and vegetables for their snacks at the local shop. Children investigate the world around them with great curiosity. They visit parks, woodland and farms and enjoy daily outdoor play at the nursery. Staff help children to learn to care for others. For example, children feed the chickens in the garden and watch with awe as they lay fresh eggs. They learn to keep themselves safe, including thorough handwashing after careful handling of the birds. Staff teach children to understand where food comes from and how to cook ingredients such as eggs.
- 29 January 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 11 February 2019Outstanding
- 11 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Bees Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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
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