Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Stoke Gifford
Good★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Bristol for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2004, with 109 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 South Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in South Gloucestershire 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
BS34 8HLWhat 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.
- 22 September 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children engage well in all aspects of their learning. In particular, there is a strong focus on developing children's communication, language and literacy skills through books. Young children listen well to a lively story. They remain focused and staff motivate them to engage fully. For example, they find items around the play space that correspond to the colours they have found in the book. Children achieve this well and staff competently extend them further, for example asking them to find items that are the same shape, reinforcing their learning well. Children receive praise as they make attempts to draw the shapes they have found, learning new vocabulary, such as 'spiral'. Children develop high levels of self-esteem.
Pre-school children love the opportunity to use the tape measure to measure items around the room. They work together, one measuring and anther making marks to represent the numbers. Children use mathematical language, such as saying 'this is not that long'. Staff interact well, modelling language and number formation, to support children's learning.
When babies decide to build with the soft-play shapes, staff interact well. They provide a good narrative to babies' actions, building their vocabulary. Babies listen well and follow simple instructions, for example matching the two blue shapes, placing them on top of each other. Older babies show curiosity as they explore the sand. They investigate using the different tools, developing good small-muscle skills as they pour, dig and sieve the sand. There is good commentary throughout as children hear and use new words in their play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- engage all parents in sharing information about their children's care, learning and development to enable more consistency in meeting children's needs n improve the consistency in opportunities for staff to develop their personal effectiveness n review the organisation of lunchtime transitions to enable children to remain focused and engaged in their learning.
- 7 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 15 November 2022Good
- 21 December 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Stoke Gifford
- 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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