Busy Bees Farnborough IQ

Q 170 O'Gorman Avenue, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough GU14 7DL
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9.9 90 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Farnborough IQ, Farnborough
Busy Bees Farnborough Q is situated on the IQ Business Park just a short walk from the town centre. The nursery is a converted building over two floors benefiting from bright spacious airy rooms.

Within the nursery they offer four base rooms with separate rooms for younger babies, toddlers, and two to three-year-olds, and they also offer a large Pre-school room. They are very pleased to offer a newly refurbished garden with sensory areas, digging, planting, balancing, texture exploration and quiet areas.

They have a chef on-site, where their food is all homemade and made freshly on site. They have 6-week menus which the chef follows. Each room also does cooking club where they make anything from cakes to sausage rolls.

The nursery has a foyer at the front of the building which is where they have a breakfast bar, so grab a coffee and a breakfast bar to take on your morning commute to work. There is also a buggy cupboard, where you can leave your buggies for the pick up later. the office is located upstairs; the office door is always open so feel to pop in for a chat with the management team.

They have a close partnership with Parents here at IQ, they receive weekly text messages, monthly newsletters for each room which gives them an update of what their child has been doing over and learning. The nursery holds Parents Evening twice a year and Parent Committee Groups which are termly.
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Funding & Fees

Fees for 0-2 years old:
Full Day- £81.50.
Morning session- £ £49.00.
Afternoon session-£46.00.


Fees for 2-5yrs:
Full Day- £75.00.
Morning session-£46.00.
Afternoon session-£43.00.


Early start- £7.65.

Contact Busy Bees Farnborough IQ to get a personalised quote.

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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Joanne McGowan (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 18

Total Places for Children

  • 96

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays, Christmas Day & Boxing Day

Busy Bees Farnborough IQ Reviews (90)

9.9

Busy Bees Farnborough IQ has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.938) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Busy Bees Farnborough IQ has 90 reviews.

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Review from Francesca H (Mother of Child) published on 15 April 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
It is a joy to see my son playing so happily when I come to collect him in the evening. All of the staff are very friendly, the range of activities they offer each day is excellent - my son is a very big fan of the weekly stretch session. The rooms are all very lively and you can often hear the sounds
of laughter from the corridor.
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Review from Darren B (Father of Child) published on 15 April 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent service, our son loves going to nursery. He loves both the carers and playing with the other children. We have certainly seen in the past twelve months his confidence build as he interacts and develops whilst at Busy Bees.
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Review from Claire W (Mother of Child) published on 15 April 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Really friendly nursery, where staff are committed to the development of children.
Staff are engaged, enthusiastic and I’m always impressed that they all know my daughter’s name!
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Review from Natasha B (Mother of Child) published on 27 February 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We are really pleased with the toddler room that made my son welcome when he first started. Very pleased with his development.
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Review from Kerry B (Mother of Child) published on 10 March 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Busy Bees is a very tidy clean and friendly place, the staff are helpful and very dedicated to their job. Healthy food is freshly made every day! The children are always happy wether they are playing, painting, learning or in the garden. There is plenty if not more for them to do including role play,
reading, messy play, painting etc I would definitely recommend!
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Review from Anjalee J (Mother of Child) published on 10 March 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Really lovely nursery and lovely staff. Outside play area is amazing. Thank you so much to all staff and the Management Team for giving good care of my little boy. We are really happy with everything in the Nursery.
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Review from Suzie (Mother of Child) published on 8 March 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has a friendly family environment which helps the children settle faster and help parents to let them go. All members of staff well qualified and has great personalities, great with children and parents also.
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Review from Katy J (Mother of Child) published on 23 December 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Busy Bees at Farnborough has provided a very friendly and welcoming environment for my daughter. The staff are fantastic and so supportive. There is always lots of lovely activities planned and delicious food served. My daughter is so happy here. Thank you very much to all the lovely ladies who work
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Review from David H (Father of Child) published on 25 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son joined Busy Bees Farnborough Q when he was 9 months old and this September has left to join infant school. My son was very well looked after from his first settling in session to his last day. All the staff have been amazing supporting my son developing him into a little boy and looking after
me in the first few days getting us both used to nursery life and routine. My son also required additional support for his speech and language which was identified by their amazing senco lady who talked me through the whole process and supported not just the staff and my son but us a family and how we can help him at home. If you're looking for a family feel nursery Farnborough Q is the nursery for you.
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Review from N M (Mother of Child) published on 17 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The baby room staff are very welcoming and my son loves them. He is now completely settled in the room and I can leave him in the morning feeling content that he is well looked after. The staff let me plan the settling sessions around my needs and I felt like nothing was too much trouble. He loves the
family board and it's such a nice touch that he can see our photos if he's sad.
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.938)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.938) out of 10 for Busy Bees Farnborough IQ is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.938 for Busy Bees Farnborough IQ is calculated as follows: ( (305 Excellents x 5) + (18 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 324 Ratings = 4.938
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Farnborough IQ is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 96 number of registered child places is 19.2, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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