Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:30 - 18:00
Busy Bees at West End
Ofsted: Expected standard·Dorna House One, Guildford Road, Woking, GU24 9PW · Surrey
Number of places
110 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Surrey
About this day nursery
Busy Bees at West End, registered in Woking since 2025, provides childcare for children aged from birth to four years. The nursery operates Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, all year round, ensuring consistent support for families.
With a capacity of 110 children, the setting places a strong emphasis on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, fostering a stimulating yet calm environment where children's health and safety are paramount. The dedicated staff, guided by an enthusiastic leadership team, strive to create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere.
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from tailored plans and activities, ensuring they make progress towards individual targets. Outdoor learning is encouraged, with staff guiding children in physical development, such as balancing on wooden beams in the garden, while also teaching them about safety.
The key-person system effectively helps new children settle in quickly, aligning care routines with home life and supporting emotional well-being.
What it's like
Children learn and play in a stimulating yet calm environment. Their health and safety are a high priority for staff. Leaders and staff work closely with parents to ensure children attend regularly and arrive on time to receive the full benefits of their learning.
Stimulating environmentStrong SEND supportEffective key-person systemPromotes independencePositive behaviour
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2025
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Feb 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
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bees at West End
Last inspected 3 February 2026
What it's like to attend
Children learn and play in a stimulating yet calm environment. Their health and safety are a high priority for staff. Leaders and staff work closely with parents to ensure children attend regularly and arrive on time to receive the full benefits of their learning.
Inspector highlights
- Children are well supported from an early age to develop the skills they need in preparation for school.
- The positive, respectful culture staff have created supports a welcoming and inclusive environment.
- Leaders have created a curriculum that supports all children to develop their skills step by step.
- The setting promotes inclusivity and all children are welcomed, valued and respected.
- Leaders are enthusiastic and dedicated to their role with a clear ambition of driving positive improvement across the setting.
- The key-person system in place is effective in helping new children settle quickly and ensures care routines align with home life.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should further develop staff understanding and implementation of the curriculum to raise teaching to an even higher standard.
- 2Leaders should support staff to consistently recognise when less-confident children need additional support to engage in activities and play, to fully promote their focus and build on their positive attitudes to learning.
Inspection #2876145 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make progress towards individual targets. Staff adapt routines and activities, devise tailored plans collaboratively with parents and professionals, and use additional funding to ensure full engagement and potential achievement for all children, including those facing learning barriers.
Outdoor space
Staff emphasise physical development, guiding children to balance on wooden beams in the garden and encouraging them to think about safety, such as the slipperiness of wet surfaces.
Inspection history
Most recent inspection
3 February 2026
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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