Busy Bees at Blaby
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2009, with 84 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 Leicestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicestershire 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
LE8 4DPWhat 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 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at the nursery and build positive relationships with the staff. Babies snuggle into the staff as they are fed with a bottle and smile when they wake up, happy to see familiar staff. Toddlers are interested in exploring the sand; they say, 'hide it' to staff as they bury small toys and excitedly dig with their hands to find it again. They are eager to fetch the brush to help sweep up the sand when they have finished playing. Pre-school children confidently talk about colours and numbers with staff as they concentrate on throwing beanbags into hoops on the ground. They talk about how many beanbags of each colour they have thrown.
Children jump up and down with excitement when staff praise them for their 'good throwing'.
Children behave well and are motivated to take part in the activities. Staff plan the curriculum with the children's interests at the centre and continually consider how they can consolidate and extend each child's learning. Children choose to join the activities supervised by staff. They benefit from the staff's enthusiastic and supportive approach as they engage with them. Staff provide reassurance and extend children's confidence and communication skills as they play with them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff skills in order that they share information more clearly to give children time to think, work things out for themselves and respond to questions n support staff to consistently reinforce the rules and boundaries during activities to help children to understand what is expected of them.
- 20 February 2023Good
- 24 August 2022Inadequate
- 6 February 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees at Blaby
- 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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