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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Bamber Bridge

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.7(24 Google reviews) ·School Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6QE · Lancashire
Number of places
137 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Bamber Bridge, registered with Ofsted in 2001, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years. Operating Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00, the day nursery is open all year.

The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, ensuring a broad and balanced approach to learning. The staff are dedicated to fostering strong communication and language skills in children, helping them develop confidence in expressing themselves and using new vocabulary.

The nursery places a strong emphasis on inclusivity, offering personalised care and robust support systems for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), those who are disadvantaged, and children known to social care. This includes tailored adaptations like visual timetables and calm spaces.

Additionally, children are encouraged to be independent and make choices, including preparing for outdoor play, fostering a sense of responsibility from a young age. The nursery ensures a nurturing environment where children feel safe, valued, and well-prepared for their next learning journey, thanks to secure key-person relationships and a focus on individual progress.

There is also sensitive and effective support for children with additional needs or those from social care backgrounds, with proactive engagement from external professionals like speech and language therapists.

What it's like

Children arrive happily and settle quickly into this welcoming and nurturing environment, feeling safe, valued, and confident due to secure key-person relationships. They enjoy well-planned activities, making strong progress in communication and language, and leave happy, confident, and well-prepared for their next stage of learning.

Strong Communication FocusHighly InclusivePersonalised SEND CareIndependence FosteredNurturing Environment

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 07:30 - 18:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2001

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Expected 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

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Bamber Bridge

Last inspected 13 November 2025 · Liz Thomson

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily and settle quickly into this welcoming and nurturing environment, feeling safe, valued, and confident due to secure key-person relationships. They enjoy well-planned activities, making strong progress in communication and language, and leave happy, confident, and well-prepared for their next stage of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Highly secure key-person relationships help children feel safe, valued, and confident.
  • Children make strong progress in communication and language, confidently joining conversations and using new vocabulary.
  • The importance of attendance is effectively communicated to families, promoting stable routines and continuity in learning.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged are fully included and make strong progress.
  • Children behave well and learn kindness towards others, sharing, taking turns, and cooperating in play.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should help all staff understand precisely targeted areas for their own individual development.
  • 2Leaders should use self-evaluation more effectively to help all staff understand and contribute to the nursery's key areas for development.
Inspection #10072927 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are disadvantaged and those known to children's social care receive personalised care that reflects their individual routines and preferences. Leaders work closely with families and external professionals to ensure that adjustments are well planned and regularly reviewed to promote equity and inclusion. The nursery has embedded a highly inclusive culture with robust systems for identifying and assessing children's needs, implementing a clear graduated approach with purposeful and tailored adaptations like visual timetables, simplified instructions, breaking tasks into smaller steps, and calm spaces for regulation. Practitioners adapt the environment to reduce sensory overload, offer flexible settling-in routines, and provide targeted small-group sessions to support communication, social interaction, and early learning skills. Leaders also proactively work with external professionals for joined-up planning and consistent provision.

Outdoor space

Children are encouraged to make choices and develop independence in caring for their own needs, such as dressing for outdoor play.

EAL / language support

The nursery provides sensitive and effective support for children with additional needs, including those previously known to children's social care. Leaders proactively collaborate with external professionals to ensure consistent and joined-up planning, with regular reviews showing improvements in children's communication, confidence, and engagement.

Google Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Bamber Bridge

4.7
(24 Google reviews)
Rachel Butler
10 months ago

5 star for Busy Bees nursery. The staff have been amazing for my daughter. She has always been so happy to go and coming back with a big smile after having such fantastic days. The staff have been ao supportive not only for my child but me as a parent. They have been so helpful, kind and caring. You will be truly missed when my little girl leaves for school. So many happy memories to look back on.

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Christopher Cottam
3 years ago

Fantastic nursery! The staff are brilliant and my son loves it. I feel happy and safe leaving my child in the care of Busy Bees and they are always prompt in ensuring hes happy in their care. We always wanted this as the first choice of nursery for our babies and we know we made the tight one! My boy has always struggled with leaving his mama and after a few sessions I could not believe how happy he was at drop off! He loves his little friends and most definitely his nursery nurses in his room in particular Ebong, Tanya and Mel! The manager (Vicky) is fantastic and is always in contact and communicating with us when needed. I enjoy being able to see the app when my son is their in which they always update with photos etc which is super important for parents to see. I also believe I have seen a massive difference in my sons confidence and communication skills which is super impressive. I would highly recommend busy bees and will looking forward to seeing my son flourish. This will be my first choice of nursery for my daughter in years to come! Keep up the hard work busy bees! Yolanda & Chris

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Stacey Billington
4 years ago

Both my children went to Busy Bees and absolutely loved it! From the anxious first time I dropped my eldest off through to the last day for my youngest I couldn't fault it! Staff are friendly and willing to take the extra time to talk to you about your child's day and address any questions you have! I was concerned that my daughter was only just turned 4 when she started school, but she took to it like a duck to warm, further cementing that Busy Bees had given her the confidence and skills to flourish when she started School! I have and will continue to recommend Busy Bees to anyone who needs a nursery in the area!

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Laura Burbiene
2 years ago

Manager and all stuff always very welcoming. Always give advice if need, support and always give hand if need. My daughter always go and back with smile to our love nursery. Have no bad word at all. Love this nursery and always recomend it as a perfect place to toddlers as start in them education life.

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Talz McWilliams
9 years ago

My children have been cared for by Busy Bees at Bamber Bridge since 2007. My eldest child developed into a confident, social little girl. She loves going back to visit all the staff members who cared for her all those years ago. 8 years later when my son was born, I did not hesitate to return to Busy Bees at Bamber Bridge as his Early Year care provider. The staff - ranging from the Apprentice to the Manager are all lovely, tolerant individuals, who focus on each child's personality and embrace their characters in a beautiful manner. The children always have happy, smiley faces and you can see that they are all ever so happy to be there. On numerous occasions, I have witnessed children refusing to go home - they are just having to much fun...This is after all, their "home from home". I cannot recommend this nursery enough, you will not be disappointed and your child will have life long memories of a very special time in their life.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2011

  • November 2025Expected standard
  • February 2020Outstanding
  • March 2016Good
  • July 2013Requires improvement
  • January 2011Good

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