Busy Bees Chelmsford

I have no concerns over staffing or experiences you may get with independent nurseries with less oversight in place.

Busy Bees is the best environment for my children to be cared and loved away from home. I am very pleased with the kind and dedicated staff.

Fantastic nursery offering brilliant development opportunities for children. All of the staff are friendly and professional and clearly have a great relationship with the children. The nursery uses an app to keep parents up to date with their children's progress and activities across the day. They also run events such as mothers day afternoon tea and also parents evening to give parents the opportunity to see the nursery and speak to staff.

My daughter has attended since she was 7 months. She is provided with outstanding care. The staff are friendly and supportive of my daughter's development. They give lovely handovers. They have developed her speech and helped with toileting. She is a very happy girl who enjoys coming to nursery. She has learnt lots of new skills and has come on so much in the last few months.

Minor criticisms. They are not punctual in the morning, 7:30 is really 7:35 am and that is frustrating. Equally, it can take 10-minutes-plus at pick-up. Also, as with all nurseries, there are a lot of illnesses and especially at the beginning, he got sent home for what felt like everything. We spent more time at home than at nursery, this has improved as they have got to know my son. Finally, you get great daily updates, but I wish we got more observations (development reports). However, if you want to know anything they are always happy to answer questions!

Overall, I'm very happy with the experience that we've had with Busy Bees. Both of our daughters have received an excellent level of care in their time at the nursery, have developed good relationships with the staff and their peers and, most importantly, enjoy their time there.

Our son and daughter both attend Busy Bees Chelmsford and love every day there. The staff are wonderful and attentive and it's lovely to see on the app pictures of what they've been up to. They particularly enjoy playing in the outdoor area which was one of the main reasons we chose this nursery. It also helps we walk past and wave at the nearby ducks to and from nursery every day. Thoroughly recommended!

I have the happiest little 3-year-old that loves to tell a story and she retells nothing but happy stories about her day at nursery. Thank you Busy Bees!

Thank you Busy Bees!

Busy Bees is an excellent nursery with some of the best staff. Our son has been attending part-time for the last 3 years, since he was 11 months old and the care and development he has received has been excellent. Well organised and friendly team. He loves his time there and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to others.

My oldest child has been coming to Busy Bees Chelmsford since she was 9months old and is now 4.5 and she loves it and she has such a lovely relationship with all the staff at the nursery. My youngest who is 1.5 has only just started a fixed day after being born in covid times and Busy Bees have been so good at settling her in. They were also amazing at being flexible prior to this while my industry recovered after lockdown. I’m very happy we decided to send both our girls here. The team are all so lovely and I know how much my girls learn and grow there.

The team at Busy Bees Chelmsford are first class. They are all incredibly friendly and provide a superb level of care to both of my children. They are attentive and conscientious, one of my children has required different medication for periods of time and another started their nursery life with a restricted diet and they managed the medication and dietary requirements with no problem. The food is of great quality, healthy and varied. Both kids absolutely love going to nursery and have formed great relationships with the team and as a parent you really get the impression the team there genuinely care about the children. The initiatives and the varied curriculum are also excellent and provide our children with a great academic start. I would absolutely recommend this nursery setting, the team are brilliant, the facilities are a great standard and my children love it.

Our daughter has been there since she turned 15 months, for over a year now. She loves it there and immediately developed a great bond with her carers. I can see that she is liked there and feels very good. She learned a lot already and started developing a good British accent that she would never learn at home! I can recommend to everyone considering a nursery in Chelmsford - even if it isn't the closest one to where they live.

I always recommend to friends.

This our second child we have had attended there and both have loved it and I have found it to be a very well run nursery. Special mention to one member of staff who goes the extra mile. Our children are very very happy to attend

In the last month we've been able to visit classrooms and it's been really lovely to see that my daughter is a well-liked and integrated member of the nursery community. Really, really happy with the care that they show her.

Our son goes to Busy Bees three full days a week and absolutely loves it. The facilities are super and he particularly loves the garden space. He’s made great friends and loves the staff home-cooked food too.

Thanks everyone.

Really great nursery. They’re always pushing the boundaries and trying to get the best out of the kid’s couldn’t ask for more. We’ve had experience of the nursery right from babies and my daughter has always had a good lasting bond with her carers.

We love our nursery! My son is always happy to be there, he has got his favourite teachers and friends. His communication skills have improved so much. The nursery staff are very friendly and attentive.