Busy Bee Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Fleetwood for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2013, with 39 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal funding (15 hours a week) is available for all 3 and 4 year-olds. Some 2 year-olds are also funded for 15 hours a week. Working parents / families can access 30 hours for 2 - 3 and 4 year-olds.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
FY7 7BSWhat 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.
- 24 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 2 November 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 6 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff build good relationships with children who attend the pre-school. They find out about the things children like to do and incorporate these ideas into children's play. For instance, staff bring in dressing-up clothes related to characters that children know well. Staff support children who speak English as an additional language to settle into the pre-school by learning words in their home languages.
Children are happy and demonstrate they feel secure in the pre-school. Staff encourage children to use their manners and to be kind to others. Children happily play alongside their friends and understand how their actions impact on others.
Staff mostly offer children meaningful learning experiences. For example, they encourage children to use marks to create pictures and stories about books they have read. Children are creative and inquisitive. Staff have high expectations of what children are capable of achieving in their learning and development. For example, they talk to children about different concepts, such as how the spine of a book holds the pages together and how some children use braille. Children demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning and are keen to engage in the experiences available to them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase opportunities to celebrate the backgrounds of children who attend to further enhance their self-identities n enhance the consistency of teaching for younger children so that all children benefit from highly effective implementation of the curriculum.
- 6 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 8 July 2022Outstanding
- 1 December 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bee Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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