Busy Bees Kettering Central

122 Rockingham Road, Kettering NN16 9AG
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9.2 65 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Kettering Central, Kettering
At Busy Bees Kettering Central, the team believe in creating an environment where learning is fun and exciting. Offering high quality care alongside a wide range of engaging and inspiring activities, every child is offered the best start to their early education.

The nursery is complete with rooms dedicated to each age group, designed to offer the best care and support during every stage of development. As well as the spacious and carefully curated indoor space, the nursery also boasts a large garden area that provides plentiful opportunity for outdoor adventure, exploring nature and enjoying the fresh air.

To ensure you never miss out, you can keep up to date on your child's development by downloading the nursery's "ParentZone" app.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Dayna Smalley (Centre Director)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 23

Total Places for Children

  • 90

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

Parking

  • Private carpark on site

Busy Bees Kettering Central Reviews (65)

9.2

Busy Bees Kettering Central has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.164) out of 10, based on 9 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Busy Bees Kettering Central has 65 reviews.

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Review from Katy P (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little boy absolutely loves Queen of Hearts nursery! Since starting in October his confidence has grown and he asks if he can go to nursery and when I tell him he can, It is obvious he adores all of the staff, all of whom I have found to be helpful and friendly. I cannot recommend this nursery enough
and when the time comes we will be sending our second child here without hesitation.
Reply from Sonia Harvey, Events & PR Manager at Busy Bees Kettering Central
Thank you for your review. It is great to hear how much your son is enjoying his time at nursery.
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Review from K B (Mother of Child) published on 29 January 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Friendly, accommodating, very good staff who assist with my child's needs. Good food. Clean environment. Good for preparing for school.
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Review from Kelly N (Mother of Child) published on 27 January 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My husband and I are very pleased with Queen of Hearts. They look after our boys needs very well and are very supportive. All of the staff are very friendly and look after my two boys very well. My boys are always so happy to go and are full of beans and excitement when I pick them up.
Reply from Sonia Harvey, Events & PR Manager at Busy Bees Kettering Central
Thank you for your your review, we are pleased to hear you are so happy at our nursery.
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Review from Lee C (Father of Child) published on 20 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at Queen of Hearts are absolutely fantastic, our daughter always receives a warm and loving reception from all the nursery staff practitioners. Since she started she has really come out of her shell, and her speech and numeracy has vastly improved.
There's always different activities going
on to keep the little ones busy. There's a beautiful garden for those days when it's lovely and sunny and even a Christmas party that Santa attends. There's open days they do throughout the year, which is a must for those who want the best place for there little ones.
Reply from Sonia Harvey, Events & PR Manager at Busy Bees Kettering Central
Many thanks for your review, it is lovely to hear how well your daughter is developing at The Queen of Hearts Nursery.
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Review from M G (Grandfather of Child) published on 31 July 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic welcome! Beautiful Building and Fantastic Garden area!!!!
The staff are really, really friendly when I come to collect my granddaughter, she has always had so much fun and always loves going in.
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Current Review Score: 9.2 (9.164)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.2 (9.164) out of 10 for Busy Bees Kettering Central is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 9 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.4 out of 5 from 9 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 4.764 for Busy Bees Kettering Central is calculated as follows: ( (82 Excellents x 5) + (23 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 106 Ratings = 4.764
  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 4.4 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Kettering Central is based on 9 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 = 3.9
    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 90 number of registered child places is 18. 9 Positive Reviews ÷ 18 = 0.5
  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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Meet the Team (1)

Dayna

Dayna Smalley

Job Title: Centre Director

Hello, my name is Dayne and I am the Centre Director here at Busy Bees Kettering Central.

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