Honey Bee Nursery Leeds
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Leeds for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:30, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2018, with 41 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 Leeds
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leeds 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
LS7 4JEWhat 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 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children excitedly enter the welcoming nursery and quickly settle after staff warmly welcome them. Children play happily, demonstrating how safe and secure they feel. For example, children play imaginatively with construction blocks alongside enthusiastic staff. They put on a safety helmet, and staff introduce early mathematical concepts and language. New children quickly develop confidence to join in with activities because of staff's reassurance and support.
All children make good progress and develop fundamental skills for school. This includes children who speak English as an additional language, those in receipt of additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND). For example, children love singing, stories and books, and they confidently talk to the inspector. They are well behaved and independent. For example, children readily pour their own drinks. They cut up melon at snack time, which staff describe as 'sweet and juicy'. Children enjoy sharing sociable experiences, such as learning about ancient and traditional oral hygiene aids used in certain cultures, such as a 'miswak'. Children talk about how this smells, feels and tastes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen the outdoor curriculum to increase younger children's engagement and facilitate their interests to the highest level n expand and ignite the oldest and most-able children's learning during activities to challenge them further and help them achieve to their highest potential.
- 20 April 2023Good
- 14 July 2022Needs improvement
- 21 October 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Honey Bee Nursery Leeds
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.