Honeybuns Day Nursery
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Cannock 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2024. Open since 2006, with 61 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 Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
WS11 9QXWhat 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, 13 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
This is a warm and welcoming setting. The staff are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and happy. An effective key-person system means that they have warm, trusting bonds with the children they look after. Staff are quick to offer cuddles and reassurance to children who are distressed or upset. This supports children's emotional security and helps them to feel safe. Effective care practices ensure that children's personal care needs are met well. Staff follow children's individual routines as closely as possible. They support children to become increasingly independent in self-care, such as handwashing and feeding. This motivates children to do things for themselves and boosts their self-confidence.
Staff have developed a suitably ambitious curriculum that enables all children to make progress in their learning and development. They provide a balance of adultled and child-initiated learning based on children's interests. Furthermore, staff offer a range of experiences that help to support children's wider personal development. Visitors, such as a vet and the police, are welcomed into the setting to talk to the children about the work they do. Staff also take children on visits to the local area and expose them to the celebrations and traditions of other cultures.
This range of experiences help to deepen children's understanding of others and the wider community.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the management of group activities to ensure that all children's learning continues to be extended fully n consider ways to ensure the expectations for children's behaviour are appropriate to their age and stage of development, and support staff to give consistently clear messages so that children know and understand the expectations for their behaviour.
- 13 August 2024Good
- 18 October 2018Good
- 22 July 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Honeybuns 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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