Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hillingdon
Good★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Uxbridge for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2022. Open since 2010, with 114 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 Hillingdon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hillingdon 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
UB8 3NNWhat 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, 19 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happy and excited to begin their day. They receive a warm welcome from the friendly and caring staff team. This supports children to settle in quickly and they happily say goodbye to their parents. Children's independence and self-care skills are encouraged throughout the nursery. Younger children take on small tasks to develop their awareness. For example, they know to take their plates and scrape any left-over food into the food bin after mealtimes.
They learn about the importance of handwashing as they take part in activities where they wash the germs away. Pre-school children's independence is progressed further, for example, as they learn to serve themselves their food and help to clean the tables before and after mealtimes. They also take part in completing the garden risk assessment with the staff. They have their own clipboard and risk assessment papers to help them learn about how to keep themselves and others safe.
Young babies are content and have a secure bond with their key person, who meets their individual care needs very well. Babies snuggle into their key person for their milk feeds; this supports their emotional needs and confidence to develop.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure staff consider when planning learning activities how they can extend children's communication and language with their questioning techniques so that it encourages children to think and respond fully n increase opportunities for younger children to express their own creative and imaginative ideas in their art work or drawings.
- 19 May 2022Good
- 24 April 2017Good
- 14 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hillingdon
- 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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