Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bitteswell
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Lutterworth for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 September 2022. Open since 2014, with 110 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
LE17 4LNWhat 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.
- 17 October 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Pre-school children enter the nursery eager to tell key practitioners what they have been doing at home. Toddlers, who are sometimes reluctant to enter, are distracted by practitioners who excitedly tell them of the great range of play on offer. Babies show they feel confident as they hold at their arms to their key practitioner and wave 'bye' to their parent. Practitioners have a good understanding of how to support children's learning. They work closely with parents to ensure the support they provide is reflective of children's interests as well as their stage of development. Consequently, all children make good progress.
Children enjoy accessing a wide range of interesting and exciting learning experiences. For example, two- to three-year-olds enjoy exploring mud and sand in the tough spots. They dig and search for laminated worm pictures and show good small-muscle skills as they use large tweezers to pick them out. The children explain to visitors how practitioners help them to make their own wormery and show them the 'wiggly' lines the worms make.
Children learn to manage risks. Pre-school and two- to three-year-olds risk assess the garden each morning to check for any potential hazards. Practitioners help them to think about how they know the garden is safe and how to minimise risks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen practitioner's teaching skills in order to help them have a better understanding of how to support individual children's learning during activities
- provide younger children and babies more support to help them feed themselves independently using appropriate cutlery.
- 29 September 2022Good
- 3 June 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bitteswell
- 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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