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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Milton Keynes Browns Wood

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
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4.8(20 Google reviews) ·1 Morley Crescent, Browns Wood, MILTON KEYNES, MK7 8HT · Milton Keynes
Number of places
101 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Milton Keynes

About this day nursery

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Milton Keynes Browns Wood, registered with Ofsted in 2015, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years. 30pm daily.

The day nursery maintains a strong focus on creating a welcoming and secure environment where children quickly settle and form trusting relationships with staff. This nurturing approach encourages confidence in exploration and learning, fostering positive attitudes from an early age.

Leaders have developed a comprehensive learning plan, ensuring staff are adept at teaching core skills and knowledge, particularly in language development through initiatives like their "word of the week" programme, singing, and extensive reading. The nursery excels in supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Staff create personalised learning experiences to address developmental gaps, offering targeted, empathetic support for emotional regulation. Strong partnerships with local schools and professionals ensure children receive necessary additional support and funding.

Children's care needs are met with the same dedication as their learning needs, with staff acting as key persons, ensuring children feel safe and develop a positive self-image. The curriculum for creativity is particularly well-delivered, with sensory exploration for babies and artistic expression for older children.

Parents often describe the nursery as "like family," highlighting the strong, supportive relationships between staff and families. Since its registration in 2015, the nursery has continued to build on its good overall effectiveness rating, as confirmed by its latest Ofsted inspection on 18th July 2024.

What it's like

The manager and staff create a very welcoming environment where children settle quickly and form trusting relationships. This sense of security allows children to confidently explore and learn, developing positive attitudes. Leaders have a well-considered plan of learning, ensuring staff understand core skills and knowledge to effectively support children's development, especially in language.

Welcoming environmentStrong parent partnershipsEffective SEND supportFocus on language developmentCreative curriculum

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm all year round, except for bank holidays

Term time / All Year

All Year

Registered with Ofsted

2015

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Milton Keynes Browns Wood

Last inspected 18 July 2024 · Sarah Holley

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

The manager and staff create a very welcoming environment where children settle quickly and form trusting relationships. This sense of security allows children to confidently explore and learn, developing positive attitudes. Leaders have a well-considered plan of learning, ensuring staff understand core skills and knowledge to effectively support children's development, especially in language.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff effectively build on children's existing skills and knowledge, ensuring they remember what they have been taught.
  • Leaders review children's progress effectively to identify missing skills and plan targeted activities.
  • The curriculum for creativity is very well delivered, with a strong focus on sensory development for babies and artistic expression for older children.
  • Children's care needs are met equally as well as their learning needs, with staff providing nurturing care and focusing on their role as key persons.
  • Partnership working is a real strength, with strong relationships with parents, schools, and other professionals to support children's learning and transitions.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen how some activities are planned and delivered, so children can focus more on the main intended learning.
Inspection #10351104 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report just how well staff know their children and just how welcome they make them feel.

Some describe the nursery as 'like family'.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Where needed, staff create personalised learning experiences to help close gaps in children's progress. For example, children who struggle more with regulating their own emotions receive targeted, effective and empathetic help to do so. Partnerships with local schools and other professionals are equally as effective. These strong partnerships are used extremely well to ensure, where needed, children receive any additional support or funding to which they are entitled.

Google Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Milton Keynes Browns Wood

4.8
(20 Google reviews)
Chloe Williams
4 months ago

Busy Bees has been wonderful for my little one. She really enjoys going, and it’s clear that the staff genuinely care. Both my child and I feel very settled and happy with this nursery.

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Usra Nazir
5 years ago

Ive had my two children attend Busy Bees Brownswood for over 2.5 years , I must say I couldn't be happier. They were always loved , cared for , and taught wonderful manners ,they made some lovely friends and I now have two very happy and healthy preschoolers heading off to their new journey. The staff is amazing , starting from management to girls in the rooms to the chef. Whilst they adhere to the health and safety rules, they were always open to offer flexibility to suit our family needs. I am going to miss being a part of Busy Bees !!

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Shannon Bates
5 years ago

My son attends this nursery, he started off in the baby room and is now in pre school! I can honestly say I have never faulted the nursery. Each room he has transitioned into he has been settled in really quickly. The staff are really good at communicating back and forth and I always get really good feed back at the end of the day to let me know how my son has been and also what he has eaten etc. There are of amazing activities set out for every day to stretch my sons knowledge.

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M Q
8 months ago

Absolutely amazing Nursery, fantastic staff. My son loves it here!

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Steph Pickett
5 years ago

My little boy started Busy Bees 2 years ago in the under 2s room and has recently transitioned into Preschool and has loved attending nursery every single week. He's had amazing key workers through out his journey there, who always keep me updated and share photos and i know he 'loves' the staff there just as much as they do him.

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Inspection history

Date: April 2016

  • July 2024Good
  • October 2018Good
  • April 2016Good

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