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Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

Turners Crescent, St Michaels Mead, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4FZ
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Busy Bees Bishops Stortford, Bishop's Stortford
Busy Bees Bishops Stortford, Bishop's Stortford
Busy Bees Bishops Stortford, Bishop's Stortford

Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has six base rooms that are tailored to different early years learning objectives, overseen by a professional team. There are beautiful gardens and a secure entry system is in place, while the nursery performs highly on food hygiene.

A key person system is in place as the provider has for years seen the benefit of focusing on the individual, allowing them to pick up new skills and...  

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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Gemma Spain (Centre Director)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 25

Total Places for Children

  • 80

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
  • Tuesday 07:30-18:30
  • Wednesday 07:30-18:30
  • Thursday 07:30-18:30
  • Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Busy Bees Bishops Stortford Reviews (59)

9.9

Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.911) out of 10, based on 30 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has 59 reviews.

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Review from M D (Mother of Child) published on 21 August 2023 Submitted via Website
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My husband and I are so grateful to the staff team at Busy Bees St Michael’s Mead for helping our daughter settle so well into the next class up. She struggles with new situations, faces and routines, but with the guidance, care and professionalism of the team, she has settled better than we thought possible. Her key person has made big efforts to create and set up activities to interest our daughter, for example, a sandy beach with her holiday photos buried in sand for her to find, to encourage her to communicate more and feel more comfortable. We’re blown away by the efforts made. Huge thank you to the whole team.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford
Hello, wow! Thank you for this glowing review! We are delighted your little one is having a good experience at our St Michael's Mead nursery.

40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Celebrate our milestone year with us! Visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’...  

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Review from R T (Father of Child) published on 21 August 2023 Submitted via Website
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The team at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford Day Nursery - St Michaels Mead have always gone above and beyond to resolve any potential queries, either relating to our child or invoices. They have been amazing at keeping track of our child’s development and every time our son has attended nursery, we have noticed he has advanced that little bit further upon collection later that day. We are beyond happy with our choice of nursery.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford
Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a wonderful review! We’re glad you’re giving your little one the best start in life with us.

40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Join us as we celebrate our milestone year, visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40...  

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Review from H S (Mother of Child) published on 17 August 2023 Submitted via Website
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My son has attended for 2 years and he loves the nursery. We’ve always been extremely impressed with the high level of care, attention, creativity and the warm nurturing environment that the nursery provides. The staff are wonderful and the food is nutritious. I’m so happy we chose this nursery.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford
Hello, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a wonderful review! We’re glad you’re giving your little one the best start in life with us.

40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Celebrate our milestone year with us! Visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years...  

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Review from Ash P (Father of Child) published on 20 May 2021 Submitted via Website
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We’ve had a very good experience with the nursery and it’s staff. My child really enjoys nursery and the staff have been very attentive. There are teething problems with the app, however it has been very informative.

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Review from L H (Mother of Child) published on 26 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card
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Overall, we are delighted with the nursery and feel our daughter is very well looked after by the whole team. We would like to see more stability as there have been some significant changes eg. a high staff turnover. The new manager is excellent and worked hard to achieve an improved Ofsted rating. We hope the nursery continues to build on this success which is why we hope she is able to return soon. There have always been some issues with communication with parents, this still needs improvement and would make a real difference to us.

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Review from Suzanna B (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2018 Submitted via Website
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Our daughter has attended Busy Bees in Bishops Stortford for 2 years now. She has loved every minute of it so far! The staff are always very welcoming, friendly and dedicated. We chose this nursery due to the large rooms and the individual outside gardens which our daughter loves exploring. The food menu offers a huge range of homecooked nutritious meals which our daughter has enjoyed trying. The staff have approached our daughter’s health concerns with considerable care and professionalism, giving us the confidence in leaving her in very safe hands. With the introduction of the new manager in recent months, there have been positive changes which have reinforced this nursery as a fun learning environment for our daughter.

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Review from Tanith W (Mother of Child) published on 15 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card
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Every member of staff has always shown a huge sense of care towards my son.
I am always told positive things about him and feel genuinely they enjoy looking after him - he is not merely 'another child'.
Staff are happy and motivated and I never worry about him when I drop him off.

He runs to the door without looking back.

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Review from Ella F (Mother of Child) published on 15 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card
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My little boy is loving his time at Busy Bees. The staff are great with him and really put my mind at ease when leaving him.

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Review from H S (Mother of Child) published on 2 January 2018 Submitted via Website
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My little one's confidence has grown from strength to strength over the three months he's been at the nursery. The nursery workers have been so great in settling him in, from the anxious little person he was, having never been left before - it's so nice and comforting knowing he loves being there. He always has a big smile on his face when we arrive and when we collect him. They are also very good with his allergies and we have never had a problem with staff not knowing about them. We are very pleased with the nursery and staff.

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Review from K G (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2017 Submitted via Postal Card
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Excellent nursery. Lots of outside space. All employees are brilliant with my children. Kids love it and are very happy.

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Review from Irina P (Mother of Child) published on 30 October 2017 Submitted via Website
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Very happy with all the services that this nursery is offering. My daughter started this nursery with no knowledge about English language and now she is great. Her key worker and all the staff helped her a lot in everything and made her attending nursery with joy and happiness, she wasn't afraid anymore that no one would understand her, can truly say that my daughter became a happy and confident child. Thank you all for this!

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Review from Andrew P (Father of Child) published on 21 September 2017 Submitted via Postal Card
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My daughter loves her time at Busy Bees! She gets excited on arrival and goes easily to any one of the staff.
My daughter has progressed an awful lot since joining and has developed a range of new skills and words.

I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone!

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Review from Debbie B (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2017 Submitted via Website
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My child is very happy at this nursery. When we first started the staff were very reassuring and great in settling my child. The nursery has big gardens and every room has their own, which is nice for the children to run around in.

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Review from F S (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2017 Submitted via Website
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My daughter has been at the nursery for 3 months as we transferred from another setting. She has settled in really well and has made a good bond with her key person, it makes dropping off much easier! The garden space is amazing, we are happy with this as my daughter loves being outside.

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Review from Susan C (Mother of Child) published on 8 August 2017 Submitted via Website
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The staff in Sunflowers were very welcoming when my son started and really helped him settle into nursery life. He really enjoyed coming into nursery and doing all the actives and loved being able to get out in the garden.

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Review from Dawn B (Mother of Child) published on 14 December 2016 Submitted via Website
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I am very happy with the nursery and love the way the staff care for my daughter. she has a lovely time each and every time she is there and loves to go. She has been there since she was two and could not be happier.

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Review from Tony G (Father of Child) published on 29 November 2016 Submitted via Website
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Our daughter has attended Busy Bees since April 2015. I have always found the staff professional and attentive to our child and she comes home having learnt new things every week. I am happy with the security of the nursery and most activities they chose for the children. The food choices have sometimes been hit and miss, but it is obviously hard to cater for everyone's tastes, especially a child's.

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Review from Darren M (Father of Child) published on 4 November 2016 Submitted via Website
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My daughter has attended the nursery for over a year for three days a week. The standard of care given has been without fault. The staff are excellent and my daughter's development has been very good. There is a friendly atmosphere with a wide range of activities offered during the day. A superb variety of food is prepared daily for the children on the premises. .

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Review from Nicola M (Mother of Child) published on 4 November 2016 Submitted via Website
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Busy Bees in Bishop Stortford has been fantastic for my little girl. She started just over a year ago and has settled amazingly, all room changes have been managed so well that she has barely noticed. Absolutely loves going for her 3 days a week.

The staff are amazing with the children, lots of effort made, get them outside as often as possible. My daughter's development has been great, her language and motor skills have really come on since she has been there and a lot of the credit should go to the staff who have helped in this.

The managers/admin team are amazingly helpful, always happy to have a chat answer queries and help with issues - take a lot of the stress away by being so flexible, approachable and friendly.

The food provided is brilliant - lots of variety and different tastes for the children to experience.

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Gemma Spain Job Title: Centre Director
Gemma Spain

Hi, my name is Gemma and I am the Centre Director here at Busy Bees Bishop's Stortford.

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