Busy Bees Day Nursery at Chorley Brooke Street
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chorley 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2024. Open since 2000, with 209 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 Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
PR7 3BSWhat 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.
- 12 August 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 8 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders provide a calm and nurturing environment that promotes children's safety and well-being. They focus on helping children to identify and express their feelings and emotions. Children use new words, such as 'disgust' and 'frustrated' to explain how they might feel in different situations. Staff support children to understand the importance of turn taking and using good manners. Children are kind and friendly to each other. They share the resources, work together and behave very well.
Staff implement a curriculum that is ambitious for all children. Communication and language development are particularly well planned for. When learning about the human body, staff support older children to learn the meaning of new words, such as 'excrete'. They extend children's sentences by adding description words to provide more context. For example, when younger children say 'sun', staff add
'yellow and hot' to further describe the sun. This helps to broaden children's vocabulary. For children who speak English as an additional language, staff use recording devices to help them hear words in their home language. Children are happy and confident communicators. They are well prepared for future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the procedures for staff supervision, coaching and mentoring to provide more consistency in the quality of education.
- 8 July 2024Good
- 22 February 2019Outstanding
- 12 August 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Chorley Brooke Street
- 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.
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