Busybugs
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Stoke on Trent for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 98 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 Stoke-on-Trent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Stoke-on-Trent 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
ST1 4PRWhat 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, 27 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this inclusive setting eager to start their day. Staff warmly welcome children when they arrive and take time to talk to them and their families.
Relationships within the setting are positive. Staff treat children with kindness and respect. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have particularly close relationships with their key staff. They display affection and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in their nurturing care.
Staff plan a range of fun and engaging activities to support children's learning. For example, pre-school children practise their balancing skills as they play a game of tag. They listen carefully to instructions from staff and try hard to recall the sequence of actions they need to follow. Children's learning is extended as they are challenged to jump over an object. Staff offer extra support for children who need it. This creates positive and memorable learning experiences.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop questioning techniques to help children to develop their critical thinking skills and guide their own learning during play n focus more precisely on monitoring staff's teaching practice to help address variations and consistently raise the standard of teaching to the highest level.
- 27 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 7 March 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busybugs
- 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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