Opening hours
Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6.30pm
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hertford Hartham Park
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2022)
Number of places
44 places
Age range
1–3 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
Hertfordshire
About this day nursery
30pm. The nursery caters for children aged 1 to 3 years old, offering a nurturing and inspiring environment where children are eager to learn and develop strong bonds with practitioners.
The curriculum is designed to spark natural curiosity, with activities tailored to individual needs. For example, older children can explore the garden for minibeasts, while younger ones engage in sensory play like popping bubbles and splashing water.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive exceptional support, with practitioners using focused skills such as signing and creating detailed care plans in collaboration with other professionals. This ensures every child makes the best possible progress.
The nursery also fosters independence, with children learning self-care skills from an early age, such as pouring their own drinks. Communication skills are highly developed through rich discussions and the introduction of new vocabulary, building a strong foundation for future learning.
The nursery also promotes cultural understanding through family books, diverse languages, and community visits.
What it's like
Children are excited and eager to learn in this inspiring nursery, becoming deeply engaged in activities and showing high levels of concentration. They develop extremely strong bonds with practitioners in this caring and nurturing environment, settling quickly and feeling safe and secure. Children have a strong voice, enabling even the youngest to have choices in their play.
Outstanding Ofsted ratingNurturing environmentStrong parent partnershipsExceptional teachingPromotes independenceSupports SEND
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hertford Hartham Park
Last inspected 5 October 2022
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 are excited and eager to learn in this inspiring nursery, becoming deeply engaged in activities and showing high levels of concentration. They develop extremely strong bonds with practitioners in this caring and nurturing environment, settling quickly and feeling safe and secure. Children have a strong voice, enabling even the youngest to have choices in their play.
Inspector highlights
- The quality of teaching is exceptional, with practitioners highly skilled in igniting children's natural curiosity and understanding each child's needs.
- The management team is inspirational and passionate, continually reviewing provision to ensure rich learning experiences and supporting practitioners well-being and professional development.
- Partnerships with parents are superb, actively involving them in children's learning and providing excellent communication and practical support.
- Children are extremely independent, attending to self-care needs from an early age, which helps them develop skills for school readiness.
- Children are very confident in using a wide range of vocabulary, with practitioners skillfully building on this through discussion and introducing new words.
- Practitioners provide extensive opportunities for children to learn about diverse cultures, using family books, different languages, and community visits.
Inspection #10234127 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents report that communication is excellent.
Parents value the nurturing environment that the nursery provides for their children.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are extremely well supported. Practitioners fully understand the needs of these children, using focused skills like signing to develop communication. Detailed care plans and cohesive working with other professionals provides children with SEND expert support to help them make the best possible progress.
Outdoor space
Older children thoroughly enjoy discovering minibeasts in the garden, turning over stones to discover worms and marking them off on their work sheet. Children respectfully take turns to play with superheroes in the garden, and involve their friends in tea parties.
Parent Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Hertford Hartham Park
4.5
(6)
Nicola Dixon
a year ago
My son currently is at Busy Bees nursery and has been for nearly 2 years and I can honestly say they are fantastic. I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone looking to put their child/children into childcare. The support you receive is great, very professional and my son absolutely loves it there. Thank you all at Busy Bees
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Gareth Bracken
3 years ago
We visited Busy Bees in Hertford back in April with our young son. We were impressed with the setting and asked to be added to the waiting list, having been told that places would likely be available in September. Having not received any updates, my wife phoned in July to be told that places now wouldn't be available until probably January. At this point we changed our plan and our son now attends (and is very happy at) Ashbourne nursery. We've got no idea whether we are technically still on the waiting list for Busy Bees (as of early February) - I assume we've been removed or forgotten about. But at no point in the last 9 months have we had any updates on our status/position, apart from that one time we phoned. Fortunately we've moved on!
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Peter
5 years ago
If I could give them 6 stars I would. Lovely lovely people all, they are always so invested in their kids and they always make the time to have a chat. So lucky we got a place there. Thank you!
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Michael Arthey (DOOMGUY)
4 years ago
Staff at Hartham are wonderful and genuinely caring, in particular my Son's key worker who has often gone above and beyond.
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Kelly Palmer
3 years ago
Amazing staff
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Inspection history
Date: October 2012
- October 2022Outstanding
- November 2016Outstanding
- October 2012Good
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