Queen Bee's Day Nursery
Good★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Benfleet for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. £48.95 a day for 0-2 years. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2017, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 yearsbirth to 2y | £48.95School day £60.80 | £37.40Half day pm, 4.5 hrs £41.25Half day am, 5 hrs £45.50Extended pm (inc lunch), 5.5 hrs £48.70Extended am (inc lunch), 6 hrs | £9.40Ad-hoc hourly | £273.50Full week |
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
SS7 5XRWhat 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, 18 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The management and their team provide children with a clean, bright and welcoming environment. Children are greeted with genuine warmth and kindness by staff, who are happy to see them. They are supported as they register their attendance. Children demonstrate that they are eager to learn as they leave their parents with ease, settling quickly as they become engrossed in activities offered.
Staff plan a varied curriculum around the children's interests and developing needs.
They also introduce seasonal topics, such as learning about the weather, acknowledgement of the world around them, and a focus on science. Planned activities around the solar system and planets capture children's interest and curiosity. They happily engage in large group activities such as painting rockets.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide support and training opportunities for staff to ensure they plan a curriculum that offers sufficient challenge for the most able children n improve the organisation of transition times to provide all children with consistent opportunities to be fully engaged in their learning n review the space for babies so that they have a cosy area to relax in and can help themselves to resources to explore and develop their own play and ideas.
- 18 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 9 April 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Queen Bee's Day Nursery
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £48.95 a day still the rate? 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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