Busy Bees Day Nursery at Milton Keynes Oldbrook
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Milton Keynes 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 April 2023. Open since 2005, with 100 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 Milton Keynes
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Milton Keynes 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
MK6 2RXWhat 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, 13 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and babies receive a warm welcome on arrival. Staff provide a calm and nurturing environment, which enables children to feel safe and secure. All children settle quickly and demonstrate their strong bonds with staff. Staff know children extremely well and are attentive to their needs. Children are confident to explore and show a positive attitude to their learning. They behave well.
Good arrangements are in place to support children who speak English as an additional language. For example, staff find out about children's home language and vocabulary. They use visual picture prompts and simple signing to support young children's language development.
Children are curious and keen to learn. They find what is taught interesting and this helps ensure that they remember what they have learned. For example, young children model animal noises to well-known rhymes, toddlers stomp like dinosaurs and older toddlers use a range of tools competently as they explore cinnamonflavoured dough. Pre-school children are gaining in confidence and can recall prior learning. For example, children are able to describe how they explored rain clouds, looking at the water cycle. Children learn words such as 'movement' and
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - give children an appropriate amount of time to consider their responses to questions n strengthen routines so that children who require a sleep benefit from uninterrupted rest and relaxation.
- 13 April 2023Good
- 15 September 2017Good
- 2 April 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Milton Keynes Oldbrook
- 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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