Honey Bees Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leominster for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 November 2023. Open since 2009, with 53 places.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HR6 8LLWhat 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
Staff implement a curriculum that builds on children's prior knowledge and focuses on what they need to learn next. Activities are tailored to meet children's individual learning needs and interests. As a result, children are curious and motivated to take part. They make good progress in their learning from their individual starting points. Children forge close relationships with staff and their well-being is given high priority. Staff interact positively with children and know them well. They offer comfort when children are upset or unsure. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure as they snuggle up to staff for reassurance.
Staff introduce positive behaviour management strategies to teach children how to behave in an appropriate way. Children learn to share and take turns. For example, older children raise their hands when they want to answer a question at circle time and wait patiently until it is their turn to speak. This also begins to prepare children for what will be expected when they move on to school. Children invite their friends to join in their play. They work cooperatively together to build a 'house' for the toy dinosaurs by using blocks and say that the 'house' they have built is for the 'T Rex'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- monitor the changes that have been recently implemented to ensure that they are embedded fully into practice and quality continues to improve and develop n help staff to recognise how to organise and extend activities more effectively so that children make even better progress in their learning.
- 20 November 2023Good
- 28 June 2023Inadequate
- 25 November 2022Needs improvement
- 16 December 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Honey Bees Day Nursery
- 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.
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