Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Allesley Green
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Dec 2022)
Number of places
46 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
Coventry
About this day nursery
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Allesley Green, registered with Ofsted in 2002, offers an outstanding early years provision for children aged 0-4 years. Open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, the day nursery maintains an outstanding overall Ofsted rating from its latest inspection on 9th December 2022.
The nursery provides an exceptionally nurturing and inspiring environment where children enjoy activities tailored to their interests and developmental needs. The highly ambitious and sequential curriculum is closely aligned with individual children's needs, ensuring excellent progress from their starting points.
Furthermore, the support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is exceptional. The dedicated special educational needs coordinator works closely with parents and external agencies, developing timely individual learning plans and referrals to ensure children with SEND receive swift, targeted, and highly effective support.
Children benefit from a wealth of opportunities to develop physical skills, including outdoor play where they learn to ride bikes and play with hoops. The curriculum also places a strong emphasis on communication, language, and literacy, fostering a love for books and introducing challenging vocabulary.
The nursery effectively embeds British values, teaching children about cultural festivals, diverse foods, and different family set-ups. Parents consistently praise the thorough communication and strong relationships built with key persons, highlighting the staff's commitment to going above and beyond in their support.
What it's like
Children thrive at this highly nurturing and awe-inspiring nursery. They thoroughly enjoy the activities and experiences that are on offer to them, which reflect their current interests and developmental needs. Children are introduced to new learning in exciting and stimulating ways, and make wonderful progress, developing independence and speaking skills excellently.
Highly nurturing environmentAmbitious curriculumExceptional SEND supportStrong communication skillsPhysical development opportunitiesBritish values embedded
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Registered with Ofsted
2002
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Allesley Green
Last inspected 9 December 2022 · Laura Reason
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children thrive at this highly nurturing and awe-inspiring nursery. They thoroughly enjoy the activities and experiences that are on offer to them, which reflect their current interests and developmental needs. Children are introduced to new learning in exciting and stimulating ways, and make wonderful progress, developing independence and speaking skills excellently.
Inspector highlights
- The manager and staff plan an ambitious and sequential curriculum that is highly attuned to children's needs and interests.
- The transition process is exemplary, ensuring thorough handovers and strong support when children move to school.
- The curriculum for communication, language and literacy is particularly strong, fostering a love for books.
- British values are securely embedded, teaching children about cultural festivals, diverse foods, and different family set-ups.
- Children are proud of their accomplishments and are motivated to learn new skills.
Inspection #10234670 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents speak extremely highly of the nursery.
They comment that staff truly go above and above with the support they offer.
Parents praise the thorough communication they receive about their child's learning and comment that they build strong relationships with their child's key person.
They state they are always kept well informed about their child's learning and progress.
Parents say their children are making incredible progress at the nursery and regularly come home demonstrating the new skills and vocabulary they have learned.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is exceptional. The special educational needs coordinator works extremely closely with parents and external agencies to create individual learning plans for children and makes any necessary referrals in a timely manner. This ensures that children with SEND receive swift, targeted and highly effective support.
Outdoor space
There are a wealth of opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. Children are captivated as they learn to ride bikes and play with hoops outside.
Google Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Allesley Green
4.0
(8 Google reviews)
Faaria Hassan
a year ago
The staff showed minimal interest in the children, except one lady who ended up leaving the establishment. Miss Lauren was excellent and engaged with my child and took her time to speak to me properly when I came to collect my child after nursery. However, the other staff I spoke to gave me a minimal response to questions and didn’t show any engagement. I saw the ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating and thought it would be a great place but experience taught me otherwise. I have now sent my second child to a different nursery and I am much more comfortable with her being there and also find the staff there much more engaged with the kids.
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Iram Ali
2 years ago
Having had a lovely tour back in January but since I am extremely disappointed with this establishment. I put an application in for my son’s nursery place and was reassured by head office and the nursery staff that he definitely had a place for September. I called in July to enquire about settling in sessions only to receive a call back saying my son’s place was being withdrawn as they had over booked. I do still wonder how and why they decided it would be my child that wasn’t going to get a place despite applying months in advance. This left me trying to organise alternative childcare at such short notice. 5 weeks on and I’m still waiting for my registration fee to be refunded.
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Mr S
2 years ago
Had a look around Busy Bees today and I have to say this nursery looks excellent, all the staff were knowledgeable and diligent and some members have been working at this nursery for quite some time which shows they are highly experienced which is comforting to know, the nursery building itself was clean and in good condition and all the children looked happy and content. I will be applying for a space for my expected child.
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Kristine Blumfelde
4 years ago
I was always calm when my little one was in this nursery, all staff always friendly and I could easily contact anyone if this was required. My daughter was always happy to go there and with smile on her face was telling me how her days had gone .
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Laura Mitrofaniuk
3 years ago
The staff are amazing. They all care and provide the best learning environment for my two children. I know they are well looked after and they thrive every day.
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Inspection history
Date: February 2011
- December 2022Outstanding
- March 2017Outstanding
- June 2014Good
- February 2011Good
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