Busy Bees Newhaven

David Lloyd Leisure Centre, Newhaven Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh EH6 4LX
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9.5 43 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Newhaven, Edinburgh
Busy Bees Newhaven is situated by Newhaven Harbour at Newhaven Place, Leith, near Ocean Terminal.

Busy Bees at Newhaven is a 58 place nursery with three age-appropriate rooms, filled with exciting toys and learning materials so that children can have fun playing and learning at their own pace.

The nursery work closely in partnership with Edinburgh Council to provide excellent pre-school education and inspected by Education Scotland who grades on how well the staff deliver the Pre Birth to Three Curriculum and the Curriculum for Excellence to the children.

The Busy Bees childcare team work hard to develop unique learning enhancements for the nursery, these help the children in learning core skills for every stage of their developments.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Louise Munro (Centre Director)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 25

Total Places for Children

  • 58

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Christmas to New Year & Easter Bank Holidays

Busy Bees Newhaven Reviews (43)

9.5

Busy Bees Newhaven has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.511) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Busy Bees Newhaven has 43 reviews.

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Review from Euan C (Father of Child) published on 30 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I do not have a bad word to say about this nursery. Since our daughter started, she has progressed leaps and bounds. Seeing her interact at nursery is heartwarming. The girls are all amazing with the children and care a lot about their well being.


Every time we pick her up, we are given a rundown

of the day's activities along with what she has eaten, time slept, nappies changed.


Things are dealt with very professionally at the nursery, we are always updated if there are things that happen or things coming up we should know about.


I would recommend this nursery to any parent.

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Review from Catherine G (Mother of Child) published on 2 January 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been at Busy Bees since the summer and I couldn’t be happier with her care. The staff are caring and attentive and know each child’s likes and dislikes. I always receive a full verbal report on her day. The nursery offers additional music and activity classes which my daughter enjoys.
Having access to the David Lloyd soft play is also a benefit when it’s too cold or wet for the children to be outside. Excellent, well-run nursery with great facilities, staff and the bonus of home cooked, healthy and, according to my daughter, delicious meals daily. Highly recommend.
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Review from Heather D (Mother of Child) published on 28 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
This Nursery is a great place to be. My child loves to come to Nursery. It's hard for me to get them to leave. Staff are all friendly and welcoming and it's just a great environment to be in. The Nursery is only closed 6 days a year and is open from 7.30am to 6pm which suits me perfectly.
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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.511)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.511) out of 10 for Busy Bees Newhaven 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 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 11 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 4.788 for Busy Bees Newhaven is calculated as follows: ( (105 Excellents x 5) + (26 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 132 Ratings = 4.788
  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 4.723 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Newhaven is based on 11 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 = 3.775
    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 58 number of registered child places is 11.6. 11 Positive Reviews ÷ 11.6 = 0.948
  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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Awards / Recognitions (2)

Meet the Team (2)

Sophie

Sophie Brown

Job Title: Chef Joined: 2023

Hello, I'm Sophie I've currently been at Busy Bees Newhaven for 4 months but I've been in the hospitality industry for almost 10 years. I have a keen interest in baking in my spare time and bake a huge array of different bakes and cakes. I look forward to continuing to help your child's development by feeding them nutritionally balanced and healthy meals.

Louise

Louise Munro

Job Title: Centre Director Joined: 2019

I hold my SVQ level 4 in Social Services (Children and young people). I enjoy every aspect of my job, especially the difference we make for all the children in our Centre, giving them the best start in life.

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