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Busy Bees At Haling Park

Ofsted: Requires improvement
(Sept 2025)
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3.9(43 parent reviews)
·66 Haling Park Road, South Croydon, CR2 6NF · Croydon
Number of places
66 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Croydon

About this day nursery

Busy Bees At Haling Park, a childcare setting operating all year round from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm in South Croydon, caters to children aged 0-5 years. " The nursery has effectively used additional funding to enhance learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors.

A significant development is the newly introduced sensory room, which children, including those with identified Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), enjoy using to help them focus and pay attention. The staff are knowledgeable about local referral pathways and access specialist advice when needed, monitoring children with SEND and reviewing their progress in collaboration with parents.

While children develop mathematical awareness through outdoor play, staff are currently working on planning activities to help children safely use the stairs during transitions between indoor and outdoor environments. The nursery has also implemented a "buddy" system for key persons to provide emotional stability for children and is focused on building a more stable staff team.

Communication with parents has improved, with technology used to share updates on children's experiences.

What it's like

Children benefit from several improvements made since the last inspection. Staff are more consistently available to meet the care needs of children effectively, with a 'buddy' system providing more emotional stability. Some children adapt to nursery routines and settle very quickly, enjoying the newly developed sensory room and developing imaginations and mathematical awareness through play.

Sensory roomOutdoor playSEND supportImproved communicationCaring staffEmotional stability

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm, all year round

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees At Haling Park

Last inspected 12 September 2025

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

Actions the provider must take

  • provide appropriate teaching support for staff so that they provide an effective and challenging curriculum that meets the development needs of all children and reflects their languages and backgrounds

What it's like to attend

Children benefit from several improvements made since the last inspection. Staff are more consistently available to meet the care needs of children effectively, with a 'buddy' system providing more emotional stability. Some children adapt to nursery routines and settle very quickly, enjoying the newly developed sensory room and developing imaginations and mathematical awareness through play.

Inspector highlights

  • The sensory room helps staff to better support children who find it hard to focus and pay attention.
  • Leaders have reviewed the security of the building and implemented procedures to keep children safe.
  • Leaders are working towards building a more stable staff team, with a 'buddy' system for key persons.
  • Staff have improved their communication with parents, sharing information about children's experiences.
  • Leaders and staff monitor the learning of children with SEND and review their progress with parents.

Areas to develop

  • 1monitor staff's understanding of policies and procedures and ensure that children's health and hygiene needs are consistently promoted.
  • 2continue to develop stronger partnerships with parents and other professionals to support a shared approach to children's care and learning.
Inspection #10401875 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Some parents say they now receive prompt responses and have increased levels of trust in those caring for their children.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children enjoy using the newly developed sensory room, including those with identified special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Additional funding has been used effectively to develop learning opportunities. Leaders and staff monitor the learning of children with SEND and review their progress, with the involvement of parents. Staff are knowledgeable about local referral pathways and know when to access more specialist advice and support.

Outdoor space

Additional funding has been used effectively to develop learning opportunities, indoors and outdoors. Staff help children to build mathematical awareness as they play outdoors. During transitions between the indoor and outdoor environments, some children become scared and upset; staff have not considered how to plan activities that help children to learn and practise how to safely use the stairs.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees At Haling Park

3.9
(43)
vi Jhinds
3 months ago

The nursery is professional, all staff are always in full uniform, and always look smart and happy. The nursery is always clean and tidy, and you are updated daily on your child/ children’s development and what they have eaten throughout the day as well as the development of your child/children. Car park which is ideal to drop off your little one and pick up, without rushing. The nursery is located in a wonderful location. The playground has always been spacious allowing children to have enough room to play and enjoy outside. Every staff member takes the security of your child seriously, and have measures in place which I find very effective in case of any emergencies. Every morning you are greeted with a smile and a happy face, which is essential for children to see a happy face. I would highly recommend Busybees haling park nursery for your child/ children as every child is apart of the Busybees family. Most importantly, my child is happy here! Lastly, you can talk to the centre director about anything, and they will go beyond and above to help you to ensure your child/ children’s development.

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Fayzeh Khanfer
3 months ago

We took out my niece from this nursery a few months ago, there are many safe guarding concerns, so good staff over turn is also another concern the way the staff are being treated is being reflected on the children. If you love your child DO NOT BRING THEM TO THIS PLACE. Cannot even call it a nursery, my niece has picked up many bad habits and started swearing. Completely regret this place. Would give zero stars if I could.

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Daniela Moniz
8 months ago

I would not recommend this nursery based on my experience. Communication was extremely poor — I barely received any updates throughout the day, and in the entire month my daughter attended, I was only sent one picture. There was no consistent key worker, which made it difficult for my daughter to build trust and for me to know who was responsible for her care. The settling-in days felt rushed, and as a mum, this left me feeling very anxious about leaving my child there. Overall, I did not feel reassured or supported during what should have been a gentle and secure transition.

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Mitheya
6 months ago

Places To Other Children For My Email Was. To Children's Nursery

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bianca dailey
a year ago

My daughter has attended Busy Bees Haling Park for over a year now and during that time we have seen a high staff turn over, a gap in staff and parent communication, and not enough support for the development of children. Management is rude and dismissive as when I had a conversation with her about the recent “inadequate” Ofsted report, her response was quite condescending and defensive. I was not surprised about the report as a lot of the issues raised were things I have voiced as a parent in the months prior. I must say pointing to a board with hardly anything on it does not demonstrate that you have made notable changes. Neither is the excuse that “we were aware of all these issues before the report.”

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Requires improvement in 2025

Date: September 2018

  • September 2025Requires improvement
  • March 2025Inadequate
  • August 2022Good
  • September 2021Requires improvement
  • September 2018Outstanding

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