Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

Turners Crescent, St Michaels Mead, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4FZ
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9.9 47 Reviews
  • 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 interests at their own pace and offering regular feedback for parents.

Learning Journals are compiled to show how children are meeting the objectives of the Early Years Foundation Stage and a long-standing and friendly staff team is a real benefit.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day 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 (47)

9.9

Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.882) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has 47 reviews.

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Review from Debbie B (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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 • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
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 • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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 • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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 • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
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 • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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 • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
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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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.882)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.882) out of 10 for Busy Bees Bishops Stortford 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 4.882 for Busy Bees Bishops Stortford is calculated as follows: ( (287 Excellents x 5) + (34 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 323 Ratings = 4.882
  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 Bishops Stortford 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 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 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 80 number of registered child places is 16, 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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Gemma

Gemma Spain

Job Title: Centre Director

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

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