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Busy Bees at Harrogate Pannal Ash

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2023)
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5.0(9 parent reviews) ·2 Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate, HG2 9AB · North Yorkshire
Number of places
86 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2023
Local authority
North Yorkshire

About this day nursery

Busy Bees at Harrogate Pannal Ash offers exceptional childcare and early years education in Harrogate. The nursery is part of the larger Busy Bees family, which is known for its commitment to high-quality care and innovative educational programmes.

They provide a safe, inclusive, and enriching environment where children can thrive and develop essential skills for school readiness. The nursery emphasises the importance of mealtimes as key learning moments, with NHS Startwell accredited menus, freshly prepared on-site by trained chefs, ensuring nutritional consistency and fostering independence.

The curriculum at Busy Bees is designed to be engaging, encouraging independence, social skills, and adventurous eating habits. They offer flexible childcare options, including the ability to 'stretch' funded hours across the full year, making it easier for families to manage their childcare needs.

The nursery also actively supports parents in navigating government funding schemes, guiding them through eligibility and application processes to ensure access to available financial assistance.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at the nursery, where staff provide a safe and well-resourced learning environment. This enables children to freely select items and instigate their own play. Children and babies are keen to explore and have a go at the wide range of activities on offer, making marks, completing puzzles and collecting and comparing conkers.

NHS Startwell accredited menusFlexible funded hoursNutritional consistencyEmphasis on independence and social skills

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Bees at Harrogate Pannal Ash

Last inspected 9 October 2023 · Jan Harvey

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 enjoy their time at the nursery, where staff provide a safe and well-resourced learning environment. This enables children to freely select items and instigate their own play. Children and babies are keen to explore and have a go at the wide range of activities on offer, making marks, completing puzzles and collecting and comparing conkers.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager is knowledgeable, proactive and enthusiastic, seeking and receiving good support from senior managers to make identified and necessary improvements.
  • Staff support children's speech and language development very well, using hand signs and conversations throughout activities to extend children's communication skills and vocabulary.
  • All children develop strong attachments with their key person, with staff caring for babies with fun and warmth.
  • Staff support children's developing self-care skills and encourage very good hygiene routines.
  • The special educational needs coordinator has a clear understanding of her role and responsibilities, and staff work with partner agencies to ensure children's individual needs are well met.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the already good teaching to enable children of different ages and abilities to focus, concentrate and stay fully involved in a variety of contexts
  • 2make full use of the space outdoors to help to keep children engaged in their play and build on the physical skills they can already do.
Inspection #10310557 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents comment how thrilled they are with their children's progress since joining, in particular in their speech and independence

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator has a clear understanding of her role and responsibilities. Staff work with partner agencies to ensure that children's individual needs are identified and well met. This makes sure that children have a consistent approach towards their care and learning.

Outdoor space

Overall, staff help to develop children's physical skills to a good level. For instance, older children use balance and control to jump over small hurdles. However, at times, staff do not ensure that the outdoor learning environment has a rich range of play experiences to further support children's development.

Parent Reviews of Busy Bees at Harrogate Pannal Ash

5.0
(9)
Amelia_Joy Llalla
3 years ago

Busy bee is a brilliant nursery and I would give more than 5 stars if I could. The whole team, at all levels, is absolutely great, highly qualified, excellent with children and they all clearly demonstrate a passion for what they do. All parts of the nursery are always very clean which is always very positive. The level of support provided in the development of children is exceptional and I definitely recommend this nursery!Thank you with love little Amelia she will miss you all😊

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adam
2 years ago

Our children absolutely love their time at BB and the staff who look after them... when we ask who their friends are, more often than not the key workers get a mention so you can't get much better feedback than that!

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post home
a year ago

Very professional..Very lucky that my daughter is going there.

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Sam Draper
in the last week

We've had 2 children go through Busy Bees, the staff are kind, welcoming and provide a safe nurturing space for children to play and learn.

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Sam Booth
3 weeks ago

Wonderful team who genuinely care about the children, a place that has really helped with my child’s development.

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Inspection history

Date: April 2010

  • October 2023Good
  • May 2018Outstanding
  • August 2013Good
  • April 2010Outstanding

Frequently asked about Busy Bees at Harrogate Pannal Ash

About the setting

Kindercare registered in 1993. It is owned by Busy Bees Nurseries Ltd and located in Harrogate. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm. It employs 20 members of childcare staff, with the manager holding early years professional status and 10 staff holding appropriate early years qualifications from level 4 to level 2. It provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
400131
Registered person
Busy Bees Nurseries Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Outstanding

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