Busy Bees at Stokenchurch
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in High Wycombe for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2004, with 58 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
HP14 3TGWhat 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 April 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff provide a warm and inviting nursery. On arrival at the setting, all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), demonstrate they feel safe and secure, and confidently transition into activities alongside their peers. For instance, babies show high levels of curiosity. They investigate different sounds as they shake and explore sensory objects. Older children negotiate different roles and take on diverse characters as they engage in pretend play. Staff consistently praise children for sharing resources and listening to others. This persistent feedback supports children in meeting behavioural expectations at a level of their understanding.
Leaders plan a well-structured curriculum that helps children develop a range of skills and experiences over time. For example, staff carefully choose weekly focus words, books and songs to help embed new knowledge and build on children's learning. Children delight in singing songs and learn new words in context, such as
'faster' and 'slower'. Staff seize every opportunity to teach children new concepts and descriptive language that will support their future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff, particularly those working with babies, to plan adult-led activities even more precisely to ensure they consistently focus on the intended learning.
- 5 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 5 March 2024Needs improvement
- 11 April 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees at Stokenchurch
- 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.