Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children, focusing on a holistic approach to early years education. The nursery provides a wide range of activities designed to foster curiosity, independence, and social skills through play-based learning.
They put a strong emphasis on healthy eating with NHS-accredited menus, freshly prepared on-site, and integrate mealtimes as key learning moments. The nursery is committed to supporting families with various government funding schemes and offers flexible childcare options, including stretching funded hours across the full year.
With a focus on individual development and well-being, Busy Bees Coventry Walsgrave aims to prepare children for school and life beyond, ensuring a high-quality experience for every child.
What it's like
Children receive the highest level of care and teaching from the dedicated staff team. Every staff member is passionate about delivering the best possible learning experiences for the children in their setting. This exceptional, in-depth knowledge of each child helps to create strong bonds between staff and children and supports children to feel safe and secure in their environment.
Three nutritious and balanced meals per day, with NHS Startwell accredited menus, freshly prepared by an on-site chef. Includes a range of snacks and drinks. Unlimited nappies, wipes, and sun cream are also provided as part of the Busy Bees One package.
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave
Last inspected 8 August 2023
Safeguarding effective
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 receive the highest level of care and teaching from the dedicated staff team. Every staff member is passionate about delivering the best possible learning experiences for the children in their setting. This exceptional, in-depth knowledge of each child helps to create strong bonds between staff and children and supports children to feel safe and secure in their environment.
Inspector highlights
Leaders and managers have extremely high expectations for children and provide a highly ambitious curriculum.
The curriculum for communication and language is extremely well embedded.
Children's behaviour is exemplary.
Staff make regular assessments of children and carefully monitor the progress that they make.
Children are remarkably well prepared for moving rooms and starting school.
Parents are thrilled with the service that the setting provides.
They talk highly of all staff members, and thoroughly appreciate their exceptional efforts.
They talk excitedly about 'fun days' that the staff organise, where they invite parents into the setting.
They feel extremely well informed and say they receive several updates about their child throughout the day.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
When staff have concerns about a child's development, interventions are put in place at the earliest opportunity. Children receive exceedingly well planned and targeted extra support. If children need the help of external agencies, staff make referrals promptly. This ensures that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive the help and support they need to make rapid progress.
Outdoor space
Staff are passionate about the curriculum for physical education. Children receive a wealth of outdoor learning opportunities, including babies on outdoor equipment, younger children on wheeled toys, and older children engaging in manageable risks like riding bikes up and down hills.
Inspection history
Date: July 2011
August 2023Outstanding
December 2017Outstanding
January 2014Good
October 2013Inadequate
July 2013Good
July 2011Outstanding
Frequently asked about Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave
About the setting
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave registered in 2008. The nursery operates from a purpose-built single-story building in the grounds of University Hospital in Coventry. The setting employs 42 members of childcare staff, with 35 qualified from level 2 to level 6. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.15am until 6pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
URN
EY422559
Registered person
Busy Bees Nurseries Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Outstanding
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