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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Chichester Road

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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4.3(6 parent reviews) ·Chichester Road, Dorking, RH4 1LR · Surrey
Number of places
44 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Chichester Road, established in 2008, provides childcare for children aged 0–4 years. 30pm.

The setting received a "Good" rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 15th January 2025. Children are greeted warmly by staff, helping them to settle and feel secure.

Babies engage in activities like exploring photos of each other to develop a sense of self and community, alongside enjoying story times to foster early literacy and communication skills. Toddlers are encouraged to be independent, with staff offering appropriate challenges and support for tasks such as putting on outdoor clothing.

Staff also guide toddlers in resolving disputes over sharing toys, helping them to manage emotions and learn turn-taking. The nursery has effective systems in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), working with outside agencies and using training to create individual strategies that ensure all children are fully included.

Leaders have a clear curriculum and share information effectively with parents, who report seeing clear progress in their children's development. While staff plan activities based on children's interests, there are occasions when younger children may not have enough time or a sufficiently engaging outdoor space to fully explore.

The nursery supports children learning more than one language.

What it's like

Children receive a warm and friendly greeting from staff and those needing extra reassurance get it, helping them to settle and feel secure. Babies explore photos to learn about themselves and friends, enjoying stories to develop early literacy and communication. Toddlers show perseverance in being independent, with staff offering appropriate challenges and support for sharing, aiding emotional management and turn-taking.

Warm, friendly greetingsSupports SENDClear curriculumGood parental partnershipsPromotes independence

Key facts

Opening hours

Each weekday from 7.40am until 6.30pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Chichester Road

Last inspected 15 January 2025

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 receive a warm and friendly greeting from staff and those needing extra reassurance get it, helping them to settle and feel secure. Babies explore photos to learn about themselves and friends, enjoying stories to develop early literacy and communication. Toddlers show perseverance in being independent, with staff offering appropriate challenges and support for sharing, aiding emotional management and turn-taking.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have a clear curriculum and share information effectively with parents.
  • Effective systems support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those learning more than one language.
  • Leaders have a clear process for observing staff interactions and support continuous professional development.
  • Staff understand individual children's learning needs and plan engaging activities.
  • Good parental partnerships are evident through verbal, online, and parents' evening feedback.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's understanding of the importance of providing children with explanations as to the consequences of their actions
  • 2enhance the planning of outdoor experiences for younger to ensure that children remain engaged in their learning.
Inspection #10379679 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report that staff are calm and reassuring, and that they can see clear progress in their children's development.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

There are effective systems in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff seek and embrace support from outside agencies and professionals, using training to devise individual strategies for children, enabling them to be fully included in all aspects of nursery life.

Outdoor space

Staff plan activities for children incorporating their interests; however, they do not always plan enough time for younger children to fully explore outdoors. Sometimes, a smaller outdoor area is offered, which does not consistently support young children's development and engagement.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Chichester Road

4.3
(6)
Oliver Whitfield
7 months ago

Our daughter loves it here and loves all the staff. She is learning so much and we are so grateful to busy bees. We particularly like all the outdoor space and the learning plans. The team are great.

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Jonathan Roberts
2 years ago

Our son is just about to leave the nursery after spending two years there. He has always enjoyed his time, always come home happy, plenty of things made and brought home and lots of play in lovely garden, whatever the weather. Lots of effort to include parents and families in events, made for nice community around the nursery. Would happily recommend to friends.

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Kellie T
3 years ago

My daughter started in Dec 2021 and has really thrived. All the staff are lovely and care about the children and each other. Great atmosphere, lots of creative and outdoor play in rhe beautiful garden. My daughter is always smiling when I collect her. I believe it wasn't great a while back but the management has changed which has made a big difference to the nursery.

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Hollie Thomas
4 years ago

Attended here for a little over a month, this was a few years back and I cannot speak on staff that work there now but when he attended it was run by staff who couldn't give a toss in option I was told I couldn't come I side the nursery (3mins early pre covid) because they don't get paid to have us in there early so was made to stand out in a rain storm with a baby. My son who was a month of turning 2 was put in a room with all of the babies he cries from the moment I dropped him of till I picked him up, he is a out going little boy and has no attachment issues and this showed when we moved him to a different nursery. Over priced under cleaned and just a bad vibe.

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Pawz Morvik
4 years ago

Staff are always welcoming and go out of their way to reassure. Great outdoor space and small groups so wasn’t overwhelming for my lockdown baby. Can log in on an app to see what they’ve been up to as well

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Inspection history

Date: February 2009

  • January 2025Good
  • August 2019Good
  • May 2014Outstanding
  • February 2009Good

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