Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bury St Edmunds
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Bury St Edmunds 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 May 2024. Open since 2010, with 96 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 Suffolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Suffolk 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
IP33 2GJWhat 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.
- 3 April 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 17 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily enter the nursery and are welcomed by nurturing staff. Staff work closely with parents to make sure they know babies' routines at home and follow these to help them settle quickly. As a result, babies have strong attachments with their key person, which promotes their emotional well-being.
Staff plan an effective curriculum to help children make good progress and be ready for the next stage in their learning. The environment for babies is planned well to enable them to develop their core muscles as they pull to stand on low-level furniture. Children take part in small group activities where they enjoy songs and dance. Staff read familiar stories to children and encourage children to recall familiar phrases. Children show positive attitudes towards their learning and play, and they generally behave well.
Children enjoy being physically active in the outdoor environment. Young children develop their hand-to-eye coordination as they scoop mud, leaves and twigs into bowls to make mud pies. Staff teach children to be resilient learners. For example, when they pour their mixture from one bowl to another and it spills on the floor, they encourage children to try again. This supports children to work hard to achieve and gives them a sense of pride in what they can do for themselves.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to maintain the quality of interaction with children throughout the day, especially at times of transition n help staff working with younger children to build on behaviour management strategies to help children understand what is expected of them and how their behaviour affects others.
- 17 May 2024Good
- 15 August 2019Good
- 24 September 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bury St Edmunds
- 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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