Opening hours
7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, closing for all bank holidays
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Leicester Meridian Park
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2022)
Number of places
130 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Leicestershire
About this day nursery
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Leicester Meridian Park, established in 2016, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years. Open from 7:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, and closing only on bank holidays, the nursery offers a nurturing and stimulating environment where children are warmly welcomed by a caring staff team.
Children quickly settle into a wide range of attractively presented activities, fostering their enthusiasm for exploration and new experiences. The dedicated team ensures that children who need more support are sensitively reassured, allowing them to join in when they feel ready.
The nursery prides itself on developing secure attachments between children and staff, contributing to a happy and settled atmosphere. The curriculum is ambitious, led by an enthusiastic new manager with a clear vision for ongoing development.
Children at Busy Bees develop a love of books, engaging confidently in conversations about stories and characters, and staff skillfully help them build on what they already know. Parents consistently provide positive feedback, highly valuing the staff's skills and their support for children's development, noting effective communication even during challenging times.
What it's like
Children are warmly welcomed into the nursery on arrival by the nurturing and caring staff team. Children quickly settle into their chosen activity and those who need more support are reassured sensitively. Staff provide a good range of attractively presented activities and new experiences for all children, who eagerly explore with enthusiasm.
Nurturing and caring staffAmbitious curriculumChildren love booksSecure attachmentsPositive parent feedbackStrong safeguarding
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Leicester Meridian Park
Last inspected 9 August 2022 · Judith Rayner
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 are warmly welcomed into the nursery on arrival by the nurturing and caring staff team. Children quickly settle into their chosen activity and those who need more support are reassured sensitively. Staff provide a good range of attractively presented activities and new experiences for all children, who eagerly explore with enthusiasm.
Inspector highlights
- The new manager is ambitious and enthusiastic, with a clear vision for delivering an ambitious curriculum.
- Children develop a love of books and confidently engage in conversations about stories and characters.
- Secure attachments are in place between children and staff, leading to happy and settled children.
- Staff have a secure knowledge of safeguarding procedures and keep their child protection knowledge up to date.
- Parents' comments about the nursery and staff team are very positive, highly valuing staff skills and their support for children's development.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to ensure that the precise learning intention for purposely planned activities is not lost so that children learn as much as they can
- 2help staff to identify when to engage more with quieter and less-confident children so they receive the same level of positive communication and language support as their more confident and articulate peers.
Inspection #10138440 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents' comments about the nursery and staff team are very positive.
Parents comment that during the COVID-19 pandemic, communication from the staff was extremely effective and well maintained.
Parent Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Leicester Meridian Park
4.6
(17)
tina khan
4 months ago
A very friendly atmosphere with helpful staff. Oscar has progressed well and come out of his shell .he loves the staff and enjoys going and playing with his friends. 🥰
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Tess Tess
6 months ago
Went today 04/11/25 for lunch. We both had fish and chips from the £6 meal offer (Mon- Frid). Food was piping hot and cooked to perfection. Had great service from all the staff. Would highly recommend.
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Harkiran Mahal
a year ago
Fantastic nursery! Amazing staff! My daughter has grown so much in confidence since she started in the baby room and is now 3 and is well looked after.
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Claire Jobin
7 months ago
Encouraging, growth and care what more could my daughter want! Keep up the amazing work!
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Izzy Singing
6 years ago
Busy bees is the best nursery I could have asked for, for my daughter! When we went for a show around we were shown all the rooms and given an idea of what happens during their day. I was also given a menu to see what she would be eating and everything they cook is made fresh! The staff and management are really friendly and welcoming and if you have any queries they are happy to answer! My daughters speech has come on amazingly since being there! The fees aren’t cheap but it’s worth it because I know she’s getting quality care! If I have more children I’m definitely sending them here and would recommend it to anyone else
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Inspection history
Date: October 2011
- August 2022Good
- September 2013Outstanding
- October 2011Good
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