Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm
Busy Bees at Deeping St James
Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2022)
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2022
Local authority
Lincolnshire
About this day nursery
Busy Bees at Deeping St James offers a nurturing and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to learn and grow. The nursery prides itself on its "Busy Bees One" package, which includes NHS Startwell accredited meals, freshly prepared by an on-site chef, along with essential consumables such as nappies, wipes, and sun cream.
This comprehensive approach aims to simplify life for parents while ensuring children receive consistent, high-quality care and nutrition. Mealtimes are viewed as crucial learning opportunities, fostering independence, social skills, and adventurous eating habits within a supportive environment.
The nursery actively supports various government funding schemes, including 15 and 30 hours funded childcare for eligible families, as well as Tax-Free Childcare. They also provide guidance on stretching funded hours across the year for greater flexibility and emphasise clear communication regarding invoices, which detail both funded and chargeable hours.
Busy Bees focuses on ensuring all children have access to well-balanced meals, promoting nutritional consistency and food safety. While offering funded places where no additional charges are incurred for the funded hours, many families opt for the all-inclusive package for its convenience and value.
The nursery encourages parents to engage with their team to understand the available funding options and how they can be best utilised.
What it's like
Children enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery, forming strong attachments with staff and feeling emotionally secure. Toddlers enjoy sitting on laps for stories and babies reach for staff when anticipating sleep. Children enjoy the fresh air and outdoor environment, with dedicated spaces for babies to test physical skills and pre-schoolers engaging in risk assessments of the outdoor area.
NHS Startwell accredited mealsFlexible funded hoursAll-inclusive packages availableOn-site chef
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.
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Busy Bees at Deeping St James
Last inspected 14 April 2022
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 this welcoming nursery, forming strong attachments with staff and feeling emotionally secure. Toddlers enjoy sitting on laps for stories and babies reach for staff when anticipating sleep. Children enjoy the fresh air and outdoor environment, with dedicated spaces for babies to test physical skills and pre-schoolers engaging in risk assessments of the outdoor area.
Inspector highlights
- Children enjoy the time they spend at this quaint and welcoming nursery.
- Children behave well and are willing to follow the rules of the nursery.
- The manager takes pride in her highly qualified staff team.
- Staff help children to develop a strong interest in books.
- The manager and staff have a very secure understanding of what provides a curriculum that follows children's interests and develops the skills they will need for future learning.
Areas to develop
- 1adapt and enhance support for staff to focus on raising the quality of education to the highest level.
Inspection #10138595 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Assessments include the opinion of parents. This means that the next steps of learning planned for children meet their needs, considering their individuality and uniqueness.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy the fresh air and outdoor environment. Staff provide babies with a dedicated space outdoors to test their physical kills. They encourage babies to walk up, down and backwards over bumps. At the start of the day, pre-school children relish the opportunity to put on high- visibility jackets and risk assess the outdoor area. They take clipboards outside to assess the area for any risks, accompanied by a staff member.
Parent Reviews of Busy Bees at Deeping St James
5.0
(1)
Sarah Sneden
3 years ago
I cannot recommend busy bees enough! They all have been fantastic in welcoming my child and helping her thrive! I love busy bees and so does my child. As mainly a single parent I deeply appreciate the staff being a huge part of my child’s development. The manager of busy bees as well as all the key workers and staff, really care about the children and work with us parents at every opportunity. I’m grateful for the child centred approach they have. The facility is well thought of, rooms separated to keep the ages apart, but structured so that the staff are able to help each other out. The garden area I think is above and beyond! This is my child’s favourite place to be. Also the food that is provided is of a very high standard, it’s always smells delicious when I arrive to collect my child. My child is extremely happy at busy bees, market deeping, and that makes me a very happy parent.
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Inspection history
Date: April 2009
- April 2022Good
- July 2015Outstanding
- April 2009Good
Frequently asked about Busy Bees at Deeping St James
About the setting
Treetops Caterpillar registered in 2008 and is located in Deeping St James, Peterborough. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff, with eight holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am to 6pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY380553
- 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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