Busy Bees Day Nursery at Salisbury
Outstanding★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Salisbury for children from birth to 5, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2003, with 93 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 Wiltshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wiltshire 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
SP1 3YUWhat 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, 5 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this well-established nursery. They arrive eager to learn and thoroughly enjoy a stimulating range of interesting resources and thoughtfully planned activities. For example, they thoroughly enjoy exploring different coloured paints on a plastic screen, using their fingers and brushes to create varied effects and write letters. Staff are dedicated to finding out as much as possible about each child and offering them tailored support and learning. This ensures that all children flourish, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
or those who speak English as an additional language. Children evidently love attending, and feel safe and secure with the nurturing staff. They are exceptionally well behaved. They show great respect for one another and willingly share and take turns. They spontaneously use good manners and listen carefully to instructions from staff.
The nursery remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic, and leaders and staff took highly effective steps to support those children attending and those who stayed at home. They focused on minimising the impact on children's learning.
- 5 May 2022Outstanding
- 27 February 2015Outstanding
- 28 November 2008Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Salisbury
- 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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