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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.8(13 parent reviews) ·Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6FN · Cambridgeshire
Number of places
100 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2026
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

About this day nursery

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon, established in 1999, provides a nurturing and highly inclusive environment for children aged 0-4 years. Located in Huntingdon, the nursery operates year-round, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.

The dedicated staff foster strong, trusting relationships with children through an effective key-person system, ensuring every child feels safe and confident to explore and learn. The curriculum, which follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), is ambitious and inclusive, supporting all children, including those who may face barriers to learning, to make excellent progress.

Children enjoy a rich variety of learning experiences, from eagerly searching for mini-beasts in the inviting garden to delighting in stories and singing sessions. The nursery prides itself on its high-quality teaching, with staff making learning fun and engaging, discussing the weather, and acting out familiar stories.

Leaders prioritise staff training and wellbeing, ensuring a deep understanding of child development and effective support for all children's individual needs.

What it's like

Children truly thrive at this warm, welcoming and highly inclusive nursery, enjoying playing and learning with their friends, confidently talking together and welcoming staff involvement, which strengthens their thinking skills. They are curious and enthusiastically search for mini-beasts in the garden, and babies show delight when exploring cause and effect with objects. The inviting garden also provides opportunities for children to take age-appropriate risks, strengthening their muscles and supporting physical development.

Nurturing environmentInclusive learningStrong relationshipsEngaging activitiesConfident learners

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday : 07:30 - 18:30

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

1999

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Mar 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon

Last inspected 19 March 2026

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children truly thrive at this warm, welcoming and highly inclusive nursery, enjoying playing and learning with their friends, confidently talking together and welcoming staff involvement, which strengthens their thinking skills. They are curious and enthusiastically search for mini-beasts in the garden, and babies show delight when exploring cause and effect with objects. The inviting garden also provides opportunities for children to take age-appropriate risks, strengthening their muscles and supporting physical development.

Inspector highlights

  • The caring and kind staff are good role models, respecting children's feelings and autonomy.
  • Babies and very young children thrive in a nurturing environment, gaining confidence to explore their rooms and garden.
  • Parents have access to a wide range of information to help support their children's development and learning at home.
  • Managers ensure staff receive extensive training and development opportunities.
  • Children show a passion for books and stories, with staff actively supporting their interests.
  • Staff sensitively manage the needs of each child, identifying and addressing barriers to learning effectively.

Areas to develop

  • 1Sustain work to ensure continued improvement and high standards.
  • 2Focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
Inspection #10113103 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff sensitively manage the needs of each child. Leaders ensure staff have up-to-date knowledge of special educational needs and/or disabilities, adapting the environment and teaching to meet individual needs and working with parents to access additional funding for eligible children.

Outdoor space

Children are curious and enthusiastically search for spiders and other mini-beasts in the garden. The inviting garden provides children with opportunities to take age-appropriate risks, strengthening their muscles and supporting physical development while they balance, climb and explore and spend most of the day accessing the outdoor environment.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon

4.8
(13)
Marzi Jd
5 months ago

My kid loves going there. She likes her class and her teachers. I have seen a massive progress in her speech and independency since attending the nursery. Staff are amazing. The new phone app is absolutely amazing.

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Adetola Adebayo
3 months ago

We have been having great experience so far!

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Ângela Pacheco
4 years ago

We are very pleased with this nursery. My 2 year old took his time to adapt but the staff has done all they could to help. He is now thriving there and enjoys all the activities. Wakes up very excited to go back there.

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Sarah Millner
4 years ago

My son loves attending. He really likes all the key people he's had, from little bumbles to buzz. I feel like he has learned a lot from the curriculum, and I appreciate the highly trained staff. Plus convenient hours and location, but we really go for the key people.

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bruno toscano
3 years ago

Years ago, it was a great nursery. After several employees left the nursery and the new management, this place is not as good as it was before. At all. Complained several times on lack of attention and information on accidents that happened to my daughter. In the afternoon it can also happen they cannot even tell you how your daughter/son spent their day there. Just ridiculous.

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Inspection history

Date: April 2011

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • June 2022Good
  • April 2022Good
  • June 2016Outstanding
  • May 2016Outstanding
  • April 2011Good

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