Term time / All Year
Term Time
The Honey Bee Day Care
Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2021)
Number of places
60 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2021
Local authority
Reading
About this day nursery
The most recent Ofsted inspection on 10th September 2021 rated the nursery as "Good" overall. Children arrive happily and settle easily, showing enthusiasm for learning and play, and form very positive relationships with staff. Staff have a secure understanding of children
What it's like
Children arrive happily and settle easily, showing enthusiasm for learning and play and forming positive relationships with staff. Staff have a secure understanding of children's individual needs, including those requiring extra help, and effectively support their learning and progress.
Enthusiastic to learnPositive relationshipsIndividual needs metBroad resourcesValuing uniquenessEAL support
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Honey Bee Day Care
Last inspected 10 September 2021
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 arrive happily and settle easily, showing enthusiasm for learning and play and forming positive relationships with staff. Staff have a secure understanding of children's individual needs, including those requiring extra help, and effectively support their learning and progress.
Inspector highlights
- Children are enthusiastic to learn and play and form very positive relationships with staff.
- Staff have a secure knowledge of children's individual needs and how to meet these.
- Children have access to a broad range of resources, activities and equipment.
- Staff value and include children's uniqueness well, such as other languages spoken at home.
- Children and parents who are learning English as an additional language are supported well.
Areas to develop
- 1increase staff's awareness about the interactions they provide, to help children explore and develop their own play more fully, to support their self-initiated learning
- 2develop staff's knowledge of how to extend discussions with children, to help build on their knowledge and understanding further.
Inspection #10133051 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents comment very positively about their children's time at the nursery and the support they and their children receive.
They are highly complimentary about the staff team, the activities that are offered to their children, and the feedback they receive about their child's day and learning.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff understand how to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They know how to use appropriate strategies, such as visual timetables and picture cards, to help support communication. Staff plan for children's learning needs using individual education plans when appropriate, which they regularly review and update.
Outdoor space
Children learn about keeping themselves safe and behaving appropriately. For instance, staff gained children's attention before talking with them about the rules for going out for a walk. Staff are alert and quickly respond to possible risks and hazards to children, such as when walking in the park.
Parent Reviews of The Honey Bee Day Care
5.0
(31)
Nikolaq Bogdanova
9 months ago
Amazing teachers ,place and different activities for the children every week! My child had Amazing time at The Honey Bee Day care and a lot of learning progress!!! Thank you to all of you for taking care of him and learning him !! You are the best!! 🥰🍀🍀 Wish you all the best to all of you !
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Jana Hall
a year ago
All four of my children attended nursery here they loved coming in everyday and made great connection's with their teachers. Was a lovely, safe environment for my children to play and develop new skills. Always new exciting activities set out and lots of fun days out planned by the wonderful managers.
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Nicoleta Nechita
a year ago
Friendly staff from when you enter their door. My kids enjoyed their time there. They were always changed and clean, vocabulary improved, happy to have played outside or have had an engaging cooking activity. Appreciate the teachers who always prepare new activities for them, they are caring, loving and have great patience. Good teachers to kids ratio. Keep up the good work, would definitely recommend.
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Amelia Zutshi
a year ago
Both my son's attend this nursery and they love it! Withing 2 months of my nearly 9 months old baby he's learnt so much and is so advanced. My 4 year old loves going to nursery he don't want to miss out. The staff are so lovely there and are very good with the children. Highly recommend this nursery. They always update you with photos of your children what they do and what they get up to at the nursery which is really nice for you as a parent to see aswell so you're always in the loop.
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Tahreem Rajput
2 years ago
My son only started recently. But the care, attention he has received is amazing! I was apprehensive on how he would cope, but the staff made the transition for him flawless! The staff have been amazing with him. I will have to give a special mention to Courtney, she has made such a difference! The care and love she has shown him, he happily goes to nursery everyday as he gets to see her and will talk about her when he comes home. Couldn’t fault anything about his experience so far!!
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Inspection history
Date: May 2019
- October 2021Good
- September 2021Good
- December 2019Requires improvement
- November 2019Requires improvement
- July 2019Inadequate
- May 2019Inadequate
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