Busy Bees Day Nursery at Warton
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Warton 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2022. Open since 1993, with 30 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 Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
PR4 1ASWhat 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, 25 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders understand the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children's emotional well-being. Bespoke settling-in sessions are carefully tailored to children's needs, and key persons are allocated in accordance with children's preferences. This helps children to settle quickly and contributes towards the special bonds that they form with their key person. Children are very happy and settled at the nursery. They clearly understand the expectations for behaviour. For example, babies willingly swap resources with their peers during water play.
Younger children are careful not to bump into others when riding a bike outdoors.
Leaders and staff create an ambitious curriculum that focuses on what children know and enjoy. Babies explore materials, such as water, using their senses. They listen to stories that they enjoy and recall the sounds that a monkey makes when looking at the pictures. Younger children develop good balance when riding a bike.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend ways for older children to develop their creative thinking skills and use more complex language, to help them make the very best possible progress in their communication and language development n strengthen the established performance management systems and identify precise targets that focus intently on enhancing staff's good teaching practice, to help raise outcomes for children to an outstanding level.
- 25 March 2022Good
- 9 January 2015Outstanding
- 9 July 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Warton
- 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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