Busy Bees in Telford offers a nurturing environment focused on early years education and development. The nursery provides nutritious, NHS-accredited meals prepared on-site by trained chefs as part of their 'Busy Bees One' package, which also includes essential consumables like nappies, wipes, and sun cream.
This approach ensures consistent, high-quality care and supports children in developing independence, social skills, and adventurous eating habits. The nursery emphasises that mealtimes are key learning moments, helping children explore new tastes, handle food, and use cutlery, all vital skills for school readiness.
They work with families to accommodate various schedules, offering flexibility with funded hours and additional non-funded hours. Busy Bees Telford aims to create an inclusive setting where children can thrive and learn through a well-rounded and supportive programme.
They also provide comprehensive support for parents navigating childcare funding options, including various government schemes.
What it's like
Children are happy as they arrive at nursery and are warmly greeted by staff, which helps them to quickly settle in. Babies settle in extremely quickly and form secure relationships with kind and caring staff, which helps them to feel safe. Older children are eager to speak to visitors, demonstrating their confidence.
Funding accepted
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Food
NHS Startwell accredited meals, freshly prepared on-site by a chef, are included in the Busy Bees One package. This package also includes snacks and drinks. Packed lunches are not permitted, only home-prepared hot meals if opting out of the Busy Bees One package.
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 18 September 2025
What it's like to attend
Children are happy as they arrive at nursery and are warmly greeted by staff, which helps them to quickly settle in. Babies settle in extremely quickly and form secure relationships with kind and caring staff, which helps them to feel safe. Older children are eager to speak to visitors, demonstrating their confidence.
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parents speak very positively about the nursery and say that their children receive excellent care.
Inclusion & environment
Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) well. They plan to meet individual needs, for example, introducing words for different feelings using soft toys and using specialist equipment to help children engage in play and learning. This helps children with SEND to make good progress.
Children enjoy being outdoors, where they practise using mark-making materials and different tools for a purpose. Younger children have a go at putting on their coats before going outdoors. Older children practise using climbing and balancing equipment to support their large movements.
Our eldest daughter started at busy bees back in 2019 at 6 months old and progressed through the rooms until leaving for school last year. Since, we have welcomed 2 further children to our family who both started at 16 weeks old. Our children love nursery and come home happy, clean and full of enthusiasm for all the activities they have done through the day. Our youngest who is in the baby room has some complex health issues and the staff are really attentive and conscious of his needs. The nursery itself is bright, clean and welcoming. They offer a variety of healthy and nutritious meals as well as plenty of imaginative and engaging educational play activities. The staff are always polite and professional and communication is excellent through the app and at handovers. Our children love their teachers and speak fondly of them at home daily. We would highly recommend Busy Bees to any family looking for a Nursery that they can have confidence in with their children.
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Poor communication. Phoned twice to enquire on availability, hours apart. Gave my information and repeated my request to 2 different people. Both said they would ring me back. I emailed via the enquiry form for Telford, who left a voicemail saying that they are a ' centralised number ', and I need to visit the nursery to ask about availability.
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I've been really pleased with the level of care given to my child throughout her time at Busy Bees Telford. The facilities are clean, the staff are friendly and caring, and the support, development and learning opportunities offered to my child are fantastic. Any issues that have arisen, have been dealt with quickly and effectively. The food provided is well rounded, healthy and varied. I am kept up to date with regular notifications of what she's up to, including activities, what she's eaten and when she's slept etc. I have no concerns regarding the safety of my child whilst she is in their care. The car park can get a bit busy at peak times (that isn't helped by the co-op next door) and the queue to collect the children can sometimes be long. However, this is just an unfortunate (and unavoidable) short-term problem due to the pandemic. To summarise: I would highly recommend Busy Bees Telford to anybody looking for good quality childcare.
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The team have worked incredibly hard to improve the standards of care they provide during a really hard time (covid) and an unfortunate downgrading of their ofsted report. Carla and the team have amazed me with their dedication and commitment to the children and their development. This is reflected in their updated ofsted report. The team are always friendly and there is nothing that is too much trouble! Our daughter has been at busy bees since she was 9 months old and she loves it! They have helped us to raise a confident, funny little girl who is most definitely ready for her transition to big school. We look forward to our second daughter starting in September.
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The Busy Bee nursery enjoys an excellent reputation in Telford, particularly for is child friendly and school preparedness programmes. Its easy to find next to the Co-op, the facility is safe and secure with a parking forecourt for parents.
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Date: February 2012
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Telford Priorslee registered in 2009. It is one of a number of settings in the Busy Bees chain and is located in Telford. The nursery employs 25 members of childcare staff, with 19 holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm, and offers government funded places for childcare and early education.
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