Busy Bees at Gloucester is a nurturing and engaging nursery that strongly emphasises preparing children for their next steps, including school readiness. The nursery fosters curiosity and independence through diverse activities and routines, offering an environment where children can thrive and develop essential life skills.
They provide a comprehensive "Busy Bees One" package, which includes NHS-accredited, freshly prepared meals, snacks, and drinks, as well as essential consumables like nappies and sun cream, aiming to simplify life for busy parents while ensuring children receive consistent, high-quality care. This approach supports children's well-being and development, maintaining a focus on nutritional consistency and offering opportunities for learning during mealtimes.
The nursery encourages open communication with parents, inviting them to discuss individual needs and how available funding can best be utilised to create a supportive and affordable childcare package for their families.
Our ethos
At Busy Bees, we are proud to include freshly prepared, NHS Startwell accredited meals as part of our Busy Bees One offering. By maintaining this approach, we can create a safe, inclusive, and enriching mealtime environment that supports children's well-being and development. Mealtimes also provide essential learning opportunities, such as using cutlery effectively, which supports fine motor skill development.
What it's like
Staff are nurturing and create a caring and vibrant environment where children feel safe and secure. They provide an ambitious curriculum tailored to each child's age and stage of development, fostering curiosity and motivation to learn. Children make good progress across curriculum areas and develop skills for their next stage of learning.
Funding accepted
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Food
Three nutritious and balanced meals per day, snacks and drinks, freshly prepared by an on-site chef. Unlimited nappies, wipes and sun cream are also included in the Busy Bees One package. Packed lunches are generally not permitted, but home-prepared hot meals are allowed if opting out of the Busy Bees One package.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 25 September 2025
What it's like to attend
Staff are nurturing and create a caring and vibrant environment where children feel safe and secure. They provide an ambitious curriculum tailored to each child's age and stage of development, fostering curiosity and motivation to learn. Children make good progress across curriculum areas and develop skills for their next stage of learning.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents describe the staff as kind and caring and say that communication is effective.
They say that their children are making good progress.
Inclusion & environment
The inspectors observed interactions between all children, both inside and outside in all rooms.
Date: September 2010
Treetops Gloucester registered in 2009 and operates in the city of Gloucester. The nursery offers care from Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays. There are 20 members of staff who work with the children. Of these, one holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 6, ten at level 3 and two at level 2. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children.
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