Busy Bees Sevenoaks

1 St John's Road, Sevenoaks TN13 3LR
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9.3 46 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks
Busy Bees Childcare is the largest UK day nursery provider with its own National Support Centre that allows professionals to draw on an extensive range of expertise.

The Busy Bees commitment has always been to support children in getting the best start to life, thanks to fun and stimulating play environments where they can pick up new skills and abilities. Robust recruitment and training procedures keep standards high and draws the most committed individuals to the company's portfolio.

The business has gone from strength to strength since being formed in 1983, which occurred because owners found a lack of quality childcare available to them. Children are supported in learning and developing at their own pace, with parents kept up with progress.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Melissa Seabrook (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 28

Total Places for Children

  • 92

Age Range

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

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:15
    Tuesday 07:30-18:15
    Wednesday 07:30-18:15
    Thursday 07:30-18:15
    Friday 07:30-18:15

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Busy Bees Sevenoaks Reviews (46)

9.3

Busy Bees Sevenoaks has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.333) out of 10, based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Busy Bees Sevenoaks has 46 reviews.

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Review from Lisa D (Mother of Child) published on 25 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son will be leaving pre-school this September and I can honestly say I am so happy we decided to send him to Positive Steps. The staff are all amazing, so kind and caring and my son has been so happy here since he started when he was 2. We will be very sad to leave and wish the nursery all the best
for the future. If we ever have another baby Positive Steps will be our number one choice.
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Review from J B (Mother of Child) published on 25 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has provided a high level of care and support. There are always many activities for the children to do, as well as a good variety of education objectives at all times. I've enjoyed the news emails, feedback and parents evenings. I really feel that my child's key worker knows him very well,
and makes efforts to make him feel special.
All the staff have been friendly and accommodating. We have also enjoyed the events planned by the nursery. I was happy with the food and snacks provided. Overall I have been very satisfied with positive Steps Nursery School.
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Review from Gillian B (Mother of Child) published on 25 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has attended this nursery for 3 years and I would highly recommend it. The location, staff and facilities are excellent. I was very happy with older babies, toddlers was a little wishy washy if I'm honest, large staff turnovers at that time - different summaries of my son's day. However, since
the change of management and the changes put in place for the Ofsted review made pre-school excellent. - definitely by far the gem of this nursery in my experience but hopefully the other categories are by now the same.
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Review from N D (Mother of Child) published on 12 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very happy with my son's care and learning at Positive Steps. He has grown and developed so much since coming to nursery and his carers are fantastic.
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Review from Thomas S (Father of Child) published on 12 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Super experience with first few months at Positive Steps. Hugley impressed with everyone and everything.
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Review from H D (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our daughter has been very well cared for at Positive Steps - she developed a fantastic bond with a great key worker and is always excited to talk about the activities she's done during the day. After moving rooms recently, staff have been very helpful with the transition, basing it on what our daughter
was comfortable with and not rushing her when she felt uncomfortable. The rooms are spacious and well equipped, a lot of time seems to be spent outside in the gardens and we receive clear information/ opportunities to discuss our child's development.
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Current Review Score: 9.3 (9.333)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.3 (9.333) out of 10 for Busy Bees Sevenoaks 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 10 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.5 out of 5 from 10 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 4.790 for Busy Bees Sevenoaks is calculated as follows: ( (95 Excellents x 5) + (23 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 119 Ratings = 4.79
  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 4.543 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Sevenoaks is based on 10 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 92 number of registered child places is 18.4. 10 Positive Reviews ÷ 18.4 = 0.543
  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)

Melissa

Melissa Seabrook

Job Title: Centre Director

My name is Mel and I am the Centre Director here at Sevenoaks.


I have worked in childcare since 2009 and have my Level 3 in childcare and Level 5 in leadership and management. I enjoy supporting the staff, children and families to provide the best outcomes for children and to give them the best start in their early years.

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