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Busy Bees@Maidenhead

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2022)
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4.8(21 parent reviews) ·St Joseph's Church, Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7EG · Windsor and Maidenhead
Number of places
66 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2022
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead

About this day nursery

Busy Bees@Maidenhead is a well-established childcare setting, registered in 2003, located in St Joseph's Centre, Maidenhead. This nursery provides care for children aged 0-4 years and operates year-round, opening weekdays from 7:30 am to 6:15 pm for 51 weeks, closing only for bank holidays and a week at Christmas.

The latest Ofsted inspection, on 12th September 2022, rated the nursery as 'Good' in all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Children are warmly welcomed and quickly settle, with staff sensitively supporting individual needs and following home routines for babies.

The curriculum is broad and designed to support children's interests and development, fostering a language-rich environment. Children are engaged in exciting activities, such as exploring exploding volcanoes in pre-school, and make good progress in preparation for their next stage, including school.

The nursery strongly supports children's physical development through engaging outdoor play, where they run, balance, and climb on equipment, and use natural materials to make obstacles. Babies also have a dedicated outdoor area.

Staff work effectively with parents, offering daily verbal updates and information via an online application. Leaders have a clear vision for the nursery, continuously seeking to make positive changes, and staff are supported in their professional development, ensuring a safe and stimulating environment for all children.

What it's like

Children are warmly greeted by staff and settle swiftly. They enjoy a range of activities, including exploring exploding volcanoes in pre-school. Children make good progress in preparation for their next stage, including their move to school.

Warm greetingsEngaging activitiesPhysical playCurious learnersGood behaviourParent partnership

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

The nursery is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6.15pm for 51 weeks of the year. It is closed on bank holidays and for a week at Christmas.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 12 September 2022

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

Children are warmly greeted by staff and settle swiftly. They enjoy a range of activities, including exploring exploding volcanoes in pre-school. Children make good progress in preparation for their next stage, including their move to school.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are warmly greeted by staff and settle swiftly.
  • Children engage in a range of activities that interest and excite them.
  • Children's physical skills are supported well as they run, balance and climb on outdoor equipment.
  • Children are curious and motivated learners, and their behaviour is good.
  • Staff work effectively in partnership with parents.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop staff's knowledge of the curriculum intent to ensure it is reflective of all children's needs, and builds on children's learning to provide greater levels of challenge
  • 2continue to make greater use of supervision, support and coaching to ensure all staff fulfil their roles and responsibilities and understand training, particularly with regard to the 'Prevent' duty.
Inspection #10250635 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children's physical skills are supported well as they run, balance and climb on the outdoor equipment. They are eager to use various wooden planks and blocks to make their own obstacles. Children enjoy fresh air and exercise, and love to explore the outdoors. Babies have access to an area which has been planned to support areas of their development.

Parent Reviews

4.8
(21)
Shekinah Glory Intercessory prayer
8 months ago

My daughter has been enjoying every moment at Busy Bee since her very first day. The staff are wonderfully engaging, and she feels completely comfortable with them. She used to struggle with forming words when speaking, but with the support of the staff and the encouragement from other children, she is making great progress. Many thanks 👏. Gracia -Gabrielle's mum

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Akila S
a year ago

Lovely staffs and that gives a peace of mind. I can work without thinking what my child is doing. The app is great to see if my child has eaten and pictures of his everyday interactions that leads to meaningful conversations at home. He is very proud when he sees his picture doing paintings.

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Lisa Thomas
3 years ago

I have 2 daughters who attend Busy Bees, Cookham Road. The eldest currently in preschool has been attending for 2.5 years and my youngest in the baby room is 11 months. From the moment we walked into Busy Bees we knew it was the nursery for us. A warm welcome and big smiles told me that the team would care and nurture my children for me during the days I had to work. Both my girls are thriving there. The range of activities that’s on offer to the fabulous home cooked foods - I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend. Having been open during the entire pandemic they are very well equipped to deal with whatever is thrown at them. Their processes and procedures during COVID-19 are so reassuring that all the children are being so well cared for during such a difficult time. Having now introduced an App on which you get updates throughout the day it makes collection time much quicker and easier. Plus I love to see pictures of them doing nursery activities. Thank you so much to the entire Team at Busy Bees for starting both my girls off on a fantastic learning journey.

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Kiran Babu
5 years ago

My daughter started Busy Bees Cookham Road when she was six months old. Initially, it was a struggle as she was so young and she had separation anxiety but all the educators at the nursery took extreme care of her and made sure she settled in comfortably. Busy Bees also supported during COVID as my wife is an essential worker. My daughter has already learned great things which I'm doubtful she would have achieved at home. The atmosphere is so warm and bright that my daughter loves attending the setting - double joy as she has all her friends and a variety of activities/games that keep her occupied. She comes home every day with something new up her sleeve which leaves us amazed. Her milestones are properly tracked and every child gets the proper care and guidance. I'm glad that I chose Busy Bees.

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Ingrida Coman
5 years ago

Welcome atmosphere and warm approach from the Manager and team at Busy Bees Cookham Road. I can notice an amazing progress on my daughter's development. Daily activities helps her to learn and practice more and more. My daughter is absolutely loves to go to nursery and it makes me happy too. Highly would recommend Busy Bees at Cookham Road.

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Inspection history

Date: April 2011

  • September 2022Good
  • May 2017Good
  • December 2014Good
  • January 2014Requires improvement
  • November 2013Requires improvement
  • July 2013Inadequate
  • January 2013Good
  • April 2011Good

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