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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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4.3(4 parent reviews) ·Windmill Close, Wigan, WN1 3QS · Wigan
Number of places
94 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Wigan

About this day nursery

30 pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, catering for children aged 0-4 years. The management team holds high expectations for children and staff, providing quality childcare and enriching learning experiences.

Staff build strong connections with children and families, ensuring a seamless transition and individualised settling-in procedures. Learning opportunities are thoughtfully tailored to each child's interests and developmental needs.

The curriculum is ambitious, exciting, and well-sequenced, supporting progress in all areas of learning. The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), with leaders and staff having high expectations for what all children can achieve.

Children are taught how to stay healthy through daily routines and activities, including healthy meals and snacks. Parents speak highly of the kind and supportive team and appreciate the progress children make, praising the effective communication from staff regarding their children's development.

What it's like

The management team has high expectations for children and staff, providing quality childcare and enriching learning experiences. Staff build strong connections with children and families, ensuring a seamless transition and individualised settling-in procedures. Learning opportunities are thoughtfully tailored to each child's interests and developmental needs.

Good Ofsted ratingStrong parent partnershipsIndividualised learningEffective SEND supportHealthy living educationEngaging story time

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes

Last inspected 28 January 2025

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 management team has high expectations for children and staff, providing quality childcare and enriching learning experiences. Staff build strong connections with children and families, ensuring a seamless transition and individualised settling-in procedures. Learning opportunities are thoughtfully tailored to each child's interests and developmental needs.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are taught how to stay healthy through daily routines and activities, including healthy meals and snacks.
  • The well-planned curriculum allows all children to make progress from their starting points, adapting to emerging enquiries.
  • Leaders provide valuable opportunities for staff professional growth through supervision sessions and collaborative evaluation.
  • Staff are very engaging when reading stories, fostering a love and respect for books among all children.
  • Children eagerly engage in new experiences, such as making bird feeders, which introduces them to ambitious new vocabulary and broadens their knowledge.

Areas to develop

  • 1To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should review activities that are child initiated to ensure that children remain highly engaged in play and learning.
Inspection #10367906 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak highly of the kind and supportive team and express their appreciation for the progress children make.

They praise the effective communication from the staff regarding their children and their development.

Staff are very approachable and empathetic, which parents are especially grateful for.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and staff have high expectations for what all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), can achieve. Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes

4.3
(4)
lydia Clark
2 months ago

Lovely little nursery with such a warm and welcoming atmosphere, staff are brilliant and so kind. I receive regular updates throughout the day about my little one what they have to eat, nappy changes, daily activities etc it is so reassuring to have these updates! Very happy with my decision to send my little one to busy bees would definitely recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Michael M
5 years ago

Such a brilliant nursery. We was worried about sending our son to nursery but the staff are absolutely brilliant. He loves it now! Cannot recommend this place enough

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Fátima Leal
6 years ago

Worst nursery, they made my child starve. Non professional

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Inspection history

Date: July 2016

  • January 2025Good
  • February 2019Good
  • July 2016Good

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