Busy Bodies Pre School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Hayle for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2002, with 20 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 Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
TR27 5JLWhat 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, 20 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at this welcoming pre-school. Caring and nurturing staff know the children and their families well and create very good bonds with them.
Children enjoy cuddles with staff when they need reassurance, and staff use what they know about children to ensure that their needs are met. Children are happy, confident and well settled. The experienced and enthusiastic staff team are supported well by their dedicated manager. They strive to provide the very best for all children that attend.
The curriculum is well designed to support children's interests and builds on what they need to learn next. For example, following the discovery of a snail by the back door, children are keen to take their magnifying glasses outdoors to look for more bugs. There is great excitement to find worms and woodlice under the plant pots.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- monitor and support staff further to enhance the quality of teaching to enable consistently high-quality learning throughout the pre-school n ensure that opportunities are included to develop and extend children's knowledge and understanding of numeracy.
- 20 November 2023Good
- 16 March 2018Good
- 13 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bodies Pre School
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.