Busy Bees Canterbury

The Riverside Children's Centre, Kingsmead Road, Canterbury CT2 7PH
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7.8 23 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Canterbury, Canterbury
Busy Bees Canterbury welcomes children from babies through to preschool age to ensure your little one has the absolute best start in life. Located close by to the banks of the River Stour, the nursery is a safe and welcoming spot where children are encouraged to try new things, develop skills, and make new friends.

The nursery offers a warm and welcoming environment throughout each of the rooms, which are tailored to suit each age group. Each room is filled with age-appropriate activities and learning resources so that your child receives everything they need to grow, develop, and prepare for school.

There are several additional facilities, including a sensory room and an outdoor play space throughout the nursery. The sensory room provides access to equipment specially designed to allow children to explore their senses. Throughout the outdoor space, your child can challenge themselves on the mini obstacle course and learn to take safe risks in a supervised environment.

There are endless opportunities for your child’s mind and body to stay active during their stay at Busy Bees Canterbury. With a variety of stimulating activities, there is something to cater for every child’s needs and interests so that your child will stay engaged. The passionate team are committed to providing every child with the best care to ensure your child explores their imagination and has fun whilst in their care.

Busy Bees work hard to make parents’ lives easier, they provide younger children with nappies and wipes, as well as snacks, meals, and drinks from the NHS-accredited menus. This is all included in your fees.

If you'd like to find out more about the fantastic facilities and meet the friendly team at Busy Bees nursery Canterbury, please book a visit today.

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Care Provided by Busy Bees Canterbury

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Lisa Farrow (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 31
  • Total Places for Children
  • 80
  • 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 & Christmas

Busy Bees Canterbury Reviews (23)

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7.8

Busy Bees Canterbury has a Review Score of 7.8 (7.792) out of 10, based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Canterbury has 23 reviews.

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Review from Matt S (Father of Child) published on 4 July 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great place, all the staff are professional, but more importantly they're fun. There's a lovely garden that the kids go out to with tonnes of fun stuff. I suspect my two kids have a way better time here than at home!
Great jobs guys.

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Review from Victoria A (Mother of Child) published on 16 February 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

What can I say? Busy Bees at Canterbury is fantastic.
The staff are friendly and helpful, my daughter's key person is outstanding and so helpful when I need advice.
I love that she goes outside so much and uses the wonderful large garden.
One of the highlights for me is the awesome food that the
chef cooks, his food always smells amazing and my daughter eats all of everything every time she is in nursery, I cook the same thing at home and she will not eat it!
I would highly recommend this nursery.

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Review from Jade L (Mother of Child) published on 9 December 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am very pleased with the care given to my little girl at nursery and feel that she is happy and confident to attend often giving me just a backwards glimpse as she goes to explore with her friends. Her dedicated key person provides fun and engaging activities that challenge her and support her development.
Her room offers free flow access to outdoors meaning she is able to make decisions on what she would like to do and when.
The meals offered are outstanding and my daughter enjoys them all and I'm happy because they are well balanced and nutritious.
Staff are professional and will always take the time to talk to me about my daughter and her day.
I couldn't recommend this nursery enough and my baby son will start attending in January.

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Current Review Score: 7.8 (7.792)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.8 (7.792) out of 10 for Busy Bees Canterbury is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 2 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.3 out of 5 from 2 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.542 for Busy Bees Canterbury is calculated as follows: ( (13 Excellents x 5) + (11 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 24 Ratings = 4.542

  • b) 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 3.25 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Canterbury is based on 2 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 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 = 3.125

    • ii) 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. 2 Positive Reviews ÷ 16 = 0.125

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • 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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Lisa

Lisa Farrow

Job Title: Centre Director

Joined: 2006

I have managed the Canterbury nursery since we opened in 2006 and I was previously the manager of another nursery in Kent. I have been working with children for 19 years and have gained my NNEB Diploma in Nursery Nursing and my Advanced Diploma in Childcare and Education. I also have a Grade A certificate in Advanced Practice in Working with Babies. Most recently I have worked towards my Leadership and Capability Programme which has furthered my knowledge in management.


During my time at Canterbury I have had the opportunity to gain additional training and experiences which I use to support my staff team at the nursery. These include SENCO, Safeguarding and First aid.


I genuinely believe that working with children is the best job in the world. Our team at Canterbury know how privileged we are to be working with children in some of the most important years of their lives. It is an honour that parents entrust us with their children’s care and we do our best to ensure that they have a fantastic nursery experience while learning so much at the same time.


I am passionate about working well in partnership with parents as they are their children’s first and most enduring educators. I am also keen to develop the staff’s skills, knowledge and understanding within childcare. It gives me great satisfaction to see them work their way up within the nursery and develop their career.


Our staff hold qualifications ranging from Level 2 in Childcare and Development to a BA (Hons) Degree in Primary Education. Our Assistant Manager holds Early Years Professional Status. Our team at Canterbury are dedicated to providing the best possible standard of care for children’s learning and development and work hard to ensure individual children’s needs are met.


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