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Busy Bees at Riverhead

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2023)
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4.5(6 parent reviews) ·Walker House, London Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 2DN · Kent
Number of places
93 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2023
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Busy Bees at Riverhead, located in Sevenoaks, offers a warm and welcoming environment for children aged 1 to 4 years. Open all year round, Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm, the nursery provides childcare on non-domestic premises.

Children are happy and confident, moving freely to choose resources and direct their own learning. The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those with English as an additional language (EAL), ensuring all make good progress in their learning and development.

Staff attentively comfort children, fostering a sense of safety and security. Children benefit from a consistent routine that helps them understand what to expect.

Physical development is well supported through activities such as yoga and jumping on stepping stones, with staff encouraging younger children to take age-appropriate risks, like using the climbing frame independently. Parents are consistently happy with the care their children receive and are kept well informed about their children's progress.

The latest Ofsted inspection, on 23/03/2023, rated Busy Bees at Riverhead as 'Good' in all areas.

What it's like

Children are happy and confident to attend this warm and welcoming nursery, moving freely and independently to choose resources and direct their own learning. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children with English as an additional language, make good progress in their learning and development. Children are quickly comforted by attentive staff and feel safe and secure.

Happy, confident childrenGood progress for allEffective emotional supportStrong communication skillsSupport for physical developmentStrong parent partnership

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees at Riverhead

Last inspected 23 March 2023 · Oshra Murphy

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 are happy and confident to attend this warm and welcoming nursery, moving freely and independently to choose resources and direct their own learning. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children with English as an additional language, make good progress in their learning and development. Children are quickly comforted by attentive staff and feel safe and secure.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and confident and direct their own learning.
  • All children, including those with SEND and EAL, make good progress.
  • Staff effectively support children's emotional well-being.
  • Children have good opportunities to develop communication and language skills.
  • Partnership with parents is a strength.

Areas to develop

  • 1target support for individual staff to more effectively implement the curriculum aims, fully embedding them in practice to further benefit children's development
  • 2help staff to recognise when children would benefit from greater encouragement to fully join in activities.
Inspection #10276233 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

"Parents are happy with the care their children receive from staff."

"Parents say that they are kept well informed about their children's learning and development."

"Parents praise the manager and staff for their sensitive and approachable manner."

"They comment on the good progress their children have made since starting at the nursery."

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning and development.

Outdoor space

Staff support children's physical development well. They introduce children to a variety of exercises, such as yoga, and children develop their balance as they jump on stepping stones. Staff support younger children to take age-appropriate risks, encouraging them to use the climbing frame independently.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees at Riverhead

4.5
(6)
Bethan Greenstreet
4 months ago

We’ve had a great experience with our little boy at this nursery. All of the staff are just wonderful.

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Avi Chen
4 years ago

It used to be a wonderful family run business. About a year or so ago it been bought by a large corporation and ever since then it's gone downhill fast. Quality of food and care went down and many of the staff left and got replaced by less experienced people. Such a shame. It used to be so good.

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Mikhail Bassa
4 years ago

We’ve been really happy with the care and professional approach of the team even in trying circumstances (Covid etc). After looking at a few options we settled on Squiggles and don’t regret the decision. Great team.

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Amy Lawrence
10 years ago

My son is so happy here, the staff are amazing! I wouldn't go to any other nursery.

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Kris Hedley
a month ago

My daughter loves going to Busy Bees. She wakes up excited every morning and spends her weekends asking if she’s going—it’s the highlight of her week.

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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

  • March 2023Good
  • July 2017Good
  • February 2014Good
  • May 2011Good

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