Opening hours
Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.
Busy Bears Nursery
Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.6(9 parent reviews)
·40 Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7RA · Birmingham
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Birmingham
About this day nursery
Busy Bears Nursery, registered in 2019, offers childcare for children aged 1 to 10 years, operating from Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, with sessions from 7:30 am to 6 pm. Located in Birmingham, B14 7RA, the nursery maintains strong, secure relationships between children and staff, and warmly welcomes parents.
The manager leads an enthusiastic team, prioritising a rich and stimulating curriculum that incorporates parents' insights into children's home lives to foster imagination and curiosity. The nursery excels in supporting all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, by swiftly identifying learning gaps and implementing targeted interventions.
A strong emphasis is placed on promoting health, with nutritious meals prepared on-site and activities designed to reinforce healthy habits. The nursery also builds strong partnerships with local schools to prepare children for their transition, using shared techniques like phonics systems to develop early writing skills.
What it's like
Children quickly settle into activities and clearly enjoy their time at Busy Bears Nursery. Staff support them well to play and learn, with activities having clear learning intentions. Children immerse themselves in what interests them most, showing a love for books and engaging in independent play.
Strong parent partnershipsIndividualised supportGood health prioritySchool readiness
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2019
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected May 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bears Nursery
Last inspected 20 May 2026
What it's like to attend
Children quickly settle into activities and clearly enjoy their time at Busy Bears Nursery. Staff support them well to play and learn, with activities having clear learning intentions. Children immerse themselves in what interests them most, showing a love for books and engaging in independent play.
Inspector highlights
- Children quickly settle into activities and clearly enjoy their time at the nursery.
- The manager is clearly driven and leads an enthusiastic team, prioritising work with parents to provide a rich and stimulating curriculum.
- Strong partnership working ensures all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive the support they need.
- Promoting children's health is a clear priority, with healthy and nutritious meals and activities reinforcing good health practices.
- Strong partnerships with the local school help prepare children for their transition.
Areas to develop
- 1Support staff in the baby room to plan a wider range of challenging opportunities for babies to be physical, to help further extend their learning.
- 2Develop staff's professional development opportunities, in particular for new staff, to help sustain and build on the good quality teaching achieved.
Inspection #10215067 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The strong partnership working ensures all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive the support they need to help them succeed. Staff swiftly identify any gaps in children's learning and provide targeted interventions to help close these gaps. For example, staff are knowledgeable and use a range of fun activities to help support those children who are waiting for speech and language appointments.
Outdoor space
Older children enjoy a very challenging range of physical activities to help them improve their physical development. Babies benefit from a dedicated outdoor space. However, staff do not provide enough opportunities for babies, for example, to use slopes, steps and climbing equipment, to further challenge their physical skills.
Parent Reviews of Busy Bears Nursery
4.6
(9)
Bella MacLaren
4 years ago
I’m so pleased with Busy Bears. We had a really negative experience with another local nursery and Busy Bears have just been amazing with my son. The key people are caring, kind and honest. My son loves the food and they carefully prepare fun activities for them every single day. Feedback to parents is great and most importantly my son loves going. We used to have tears every morning at the previous nursery but he’s been going to Busy Bears 4 months and he would even want to go at the weekends!
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Madalina M.
9 years ago
Lovely staff and they are all doing a brilliant job. They always do new and different activities so the little ones never get bored. Love how I can check what he ate and what he's done in that day. My little one adores it, he's always very happy when i pick him up. I would give it more than 5 stars if possible. Definitely recommend it
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Good food Good vibes
6 years ago
Absolutely amazing the staff are truly fabulous. My son came on leaps and bounds in the 4 years he was there. They've got a new management team who are brilliant 😊 and the staff are so caring. Highly recommend 100%
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Any time 74
5 years ago
This is an outstanding nursery with grate staff That all work well together, they are also loving and caring towards the children, they are always finding new ways for the children to learn and explore.
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Vikki Harman
6 years ago
Really good nursery, baby room staff are competent and professional.
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Inspection history
Date: August 2022
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- September 2022Good
- August 2022Good
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