Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm
30am to 6pm, all year round. This childcare setting provides a good standard of care and education for children aged 0-4 years.
Staff at Busy Bees Day Nursery at Heathrow greet children warmly, fostering a calm and secure environment where children build positive relationships with their key person. The well-embedded key-person system ensures children feel safe and happy, actively engaging in play and learning with enthusiastic staff.
The curriculum supports language and communication skills through rhymes and songs, and staff focus activities on individual learning goals, encouraging children to explore and consolidate new skills. Children develop physical abilities, both gross and fine motor, and are supported in their mathematical understanding through hands-on activities that encourage problem-solving.
The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) by setting personalised targets and working with outside agencies to ensure all children achieve their potential. Parents consistently praise the nursery for regularly sharing children's developmental milestones and for its inclusive approach, making adaptations to benefit all children.
Leaders at Busy Bees Day Nursery at Heathrow are reflective and evaluate practice to support staff development through tailored training, ensuring a high quality of provision both indoors and outdoors.
What it's like
Staff greet children in a friendly and caring manner on arrival. The setting is a calm environment, which enables children to feel safe and secure. Children build positive relationships with staff, and the key-person system is strongly embedded. Children enjoy learning and happily spend time with staff participating in play ideas, with staff enthusiastically and effectively engaging with them.
Funding accepted
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2004
Last inspected 20 November 2024 · Emma Long
What it's like to attend
Staff greet children in a friendly and caring manner on arrival. The setting is a calm environment, which enables children to feel safe and secure. Children build positive relationships with staff, and the key-person system is strongly embedded. Children enjoy learning and happily spend time with staff participating in play ideas, with staff enthusiastically and effectively engaging with them.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents express how the setting shares children's development milestones with them regularly.
Parents also share how they feel that the setting is inclusive.
Parents express how adaptations have been made to ensure that all children can benefit from the stimulating environment.
Inclusion & environment
Staff know children well. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are set personalised targets. Staff work with children to achieve these targets by using a range of supportive strategies. The setting shares how they work with outside agencies to ensure that all children achieve.
The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
I initially moved my son from his first nursery (Monkey Puzzle in Uxbridge) as he just didnt enjoy going in and due to his speech delay he was unable to communicate his feelings but there were worries that he was being mistreated in that nursery as he would repeat phrases in a shouty manner that we would never use at home (why are you crying I'm here??? Be quiet! Go sit down now!) After deciding to move him to another nursery I attended Busy bees in person and shared my concerns with the assistant manager Sian who was at the main reception that particular day. She reassured me and arranged a tour of the nursery a few days later where myself, my husband and son were able to have a look around and we had a a lovely chat with Lauren in the preschool room about how a typical day in the nursery would be and how they monitor each childs progress again the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. After our visit our son was instantly warmed by the happy playful environment. He surprisingly settled within a week of attending. His speech, interaction and communication has all really come through as well as his attention. He has honestly been thriving here and although I'm sad he will be leaving the nursery to start school in September - I am ever so grateful for the staff especially Tammy for shaping up his academic journey from here ahead.
Read on GoogleI have had 2 children attend the nursery. Throughout their time there they have had some wonderful experiences with the staff providing lots of lovely activities and providing a great learning environment. The meals provided are well balanced and nutritious. The nursery is open plan with great access for lots of outdoor plan which my kids love. Staff are friendly and know my children well. This nursery is highly recommended
Read on GoogleWorst nursery in my opinion. I would rate 0 if I could. My child was neglected here for the last 6 months. Nappies not changed and not fed or given much to drink. Good thing I kept tabs each time as I provided a pack up. Raised concern to Sian on numerous occasions but was ignored. I wasn’t given much option until I emailed stating my child won’t be returning. She’s very unprofessional considering she is an assistant director of the nursery. This is not a safe space for children. They will not change your child unless they probably ask and only feed them what is provided with no assistance or encouragement. Protect your children from people who work in a nursery with no intention of going beyond for each and every child!
Read on GoogleThe children are quite often left unattended. Moreover, regardless of teacher's presence in the classroom, the children are ignored most of the time. Consequently our daughter was very unhappy in this nursery. We presented these issues several time to the nursery director, but nothing was done to improve the service. In a few words: do not send your child to this nursery. Moreover, be aware that the ofsted report only looks at paperwork and follows a pre-scheduled inspection. Differently, this review is based on multiple day-to-day observations and interactions with the teachers and nursery director.
Read on GoogleExcellent can't fault them. My daughter finished her nursery. we all misses them. They are very helpful and caring. Thanks a lot 🙂
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Date: June 2012
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