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Busy Bees at Godalming Bridge Road

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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4.4(7 parent reviews) ·Bridge Road, Godalming, GU7 3DU · Surrey
Number of places
140 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Busy Bees at Godalming Bridge Road, established in 2003, is an all-year childcare setting in Godalming, Surrey, offering care for children aged 0-4 years. Open from 7am to 7pm each weekday, children are happy and content, demonstrating a sense of belonging and trust in staff.

The nursery received a Good rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 1st July 2025. Effective key person arrangements ensure children have familiar adults for reassurance.

Children's behaviour and attitudes towards learning are good, with staff planning activities based on interests and next steps, challenging their thinking through well-considered interactions. Staff effectively teach children through everyday practice, meaningful interactions, and daily routines, supporting their personal, social, and emotional development well.

Parents have noted that their children are developing in a nurturing environment. The nursery provides good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), gathering in-depth information and acting promptly to tailor individual plans and set targets to aid development.

Managers and staff ensure a safe environment for children to explore and play, involving children in daily checks to help them understand how to keep themselves and others safe.

What it's like

Children at this nursery are happy and content and demonstrate a sense of belonging, security and trust in those that care for them. Children's behaviour and attitudes towards learning are good, and staff challenge their thinking and extend their learning through well-considered interactions. Their personal, social, and emotional development are supported well.

Good Ofsted rating0-4 years age rangeOpen 7am-7pm weekdaysGood SEND supportNurturing environmentEffective key persons

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7am to 7pm each weekday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2003

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees at Godalming Bridge Road

Last inspected 1 July 2025 · Kelley Ellis

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children at this nursery are happy and content and demonstrate a sense of belonging, security and trust in those that care for them. Children's behaviour and attitudes towards learning are good, and staff challenge their thinking and extend their learning through well-considered interactions. Their personal, social, and emotional development are supported well.

Inspector highlights

  • Following a breach of requirement relating to safeguarding, managers have taken prompt action to ensure all staff have a secure understanding of child protection procedures.
  • The new management team have a clear vision for the nursery and devise rigorous action plans to drive forward improvements.
  • Staff provide good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • Staff enhance children's mathematical awareness through play-based activities.
  • Managers and staff ensure the environment is safe for children to explore and play.

Areas to develop

  • 1embed arrangements for the coaching and teaching of all staff to ensure they have consistent knowledge of the curriculum and what they want children to learn
  • 2strengthen opportunities for children to learn about and follow good hygiene practice to further improve their self-care and independence skills further.
Inspection #10406261 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents share their children are developing in a nurturing environment.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff provide good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They gather in-depth information to understand how they can offer children with SEND the best care. Additionally, staff recognise the importance of acting promptly to identify areas that support is needed as they tailor individual plans and set targets to aid development.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees at Godalming Bridge Road

4.4
(7)
Mindy Gold
a year ago

The most wonderful, caring and fun nursery. My child has the most joyful days and has learned so much. Could not recommend this more - so grateful to have been able to find such a fabulous nursery !

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Lauren Flood
a year ago

Excellent nursery! My little one loves going here which gives me peace of mind. The facilities are great and the staff are very nurturing and caring. I also like the app with lots of updates daily.

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Joanna Drysdale
8 years ago

What a lovely nursery! my Son has been attending now for 6 months and has settled in really well. He hardly even bats an eyelid when I leave in the morning. The staff have been wonderful and really reassuring. The level of care is outstanding and I would highly recommend this nursery to everyone.

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Roxygrl2002
4 years ago

We love our child’s nursery, but more importantly, HE loves his nursery. It’s such a lovely setting. They do fun, creative things and facilitate a warm, caring environment. We always feel he is well cared for and safe at the nursery.

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Pippa Kindersley
4 years ago

Really good experience. I’ve heard so many horror stories about nurseries being difficult over the pandemic, unhelpful, uncommunicative - I feel very lucky to say that we’ve had the opposite experience so far. Everyone is incredibly helpful and professional over the phone and in person, the app is great for seeing what the kids are up to during the day, key workers seem to know the children really well and care about their experience. There’s such a practical, no-nonsense feel to everything as well - if they’ve had a tough day, you’ll hear that they’ve had a tough day, and why (rather than them always saying ‘he’s had a lovely day’!), when they are ill they’ll try to cater for them as much as possible before sending them home, and when I asked to shift down to fewer days in a week then up again, it was done with no fuss at all. Overall, a great first year - thank you.

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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

  • July 2025Good
  • January 2022Good
  • April 2016Outstanding
  • May 2011Outstanding

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