Busy Bees Day Nursery at Holmes Chapel
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Cheshire for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2022. Open since 2015, with 105 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 Cheshire East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East 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
CW4 8ABWhat 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.
- 11 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all ages show that they feel confident and 'at home' in the busy nursery. Babies sit happily alongside attentive staff, or toddle away to explore the familiar toys and surroundings. Older toddlers ably follow well-established routines when they wait to wash their hands and go to find a chair at the lunch table. Staff encourage children to be curious and they become self-motivated learners. For example, pre-school children notice that rays of late afternoon sunshine are shining through the blue water container. The water moves and blue light dances on the children and the walls. Children are excited. They experience and learn about the properties of light and water. They make links in their learning when they say, 'it's like the ocean'.
Parents praise the nursery's organisation during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, staff and parents meet at the outer door when children arrive and leave.
Parents know that they can enter the nursery, or communicate by telephone, if they have confidential matters to discuss. The nursery's strong partnerships with parents help to promote children's development. For example, some children felt ready to send their dummies to the 'dummy elves' during the Christmas holiday.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - focus improvement planning more clearly, so that staff know precisely what they are aiming to achieve, and the impact on the quality of children's education is measured n support and train staff to make better use of the nursery's outdoor spaces, in order to fully promote children's learning and development.
- 4 January 2022Good
- 24 August 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Holmes Chapel
- 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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