Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Allesley Green
Outstanding★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Coventry for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2002, with 46 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 Coventry
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Coventry 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
CV5 7PNWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 9 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this highly nurturing and awe-inspiring nursery. They thoroughly enjoy the activities and experiences that are on offer to them, which reflect their current interests and developmental needs. Children are introduced to new learning in exciting and stimulating ways. For example, as children talk about animals that live in the Arctic, they learn about ice and how it melts. Staff have extremely high expectations for all children. As a result, children's behaviour is excellent. Children use exceptional manners. They share resources with their friends. They comment that 'sharing is caring'. Children demonstrate that they feel very safe and secure in the nursery. They are completely confident in their surroundings and have formed wonderful relationships with both staff and their peers.
Children make wonderful progress at this nursery. They benefit from an abundance of opportunities to develop their independence skills. They set their tables for lunch, vote on activity topics in the nursery and tidy up when they have finished playing. Children develop their speaking skills excellently. They are regularly introduced to new and challenging vocabulary. For example, they learn the words
'camouflage' and 'experiment' and then confidently use these words in their play.
- 9 December 2022Outstanding
- 30 March 2017Outstanding
- 11 June 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Allesley Green
- 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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