Busy Bees Leicester Blaby

170 Lutterworth Road, Blaby, Leicester LE8 4DP
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8.5 59 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Leicester Blaby, Leicester
Busy Bees Leicester Blaby nursery opened in 2009. It is situated on the outskirts of Blaby.

It offers a warm, welcoming and stimulating environment and provides a broad range of play-based activities for children to learn and grow.

The self contained baby unit has play areas, quiet areas, a calming sleep room and practical eating/feeding areas. The play area is bright, spacious and fun. Babies and toddlers have direct access to the outdoors where they can explore a wonderful area of both planned and spontaneous activities to discover the world around them.

The free flow environment allows the children to choose where they would like to play with access to bikes and outdoor play equipment.

Highly motivated and enthusiastic staff team provide top quality care and learning for all children. Between them, they have a wealth of experience and qualifications.

Care Provided by Busy Bees Leicester Blaby

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Katie Mahal (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 21
  • Total Places for Children
  • 60
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 1 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:45-18:00
    Tuesday 07:45-18:00
    Wednesday 07:45-18:00
    Thursday 07:45-18:00
    Friday 07:45-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Busy Bees Leicester Blaby

  • Various sessions available


  • Parking
  • Car park to front of building


Busy Bees Leicester Blaby Reviews (59)

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8.5

Busy Bees Leicester Blaby has a Review Score of 8.5 (8.472) out of 10, based on 3 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Leicester Blaby has 59 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I couldn’t recommend the nursery more! They’ve really helped my foster son settle and start to feel secure after a rocky start for him. He’s absolutely loving going to nursery. He’s development has come on so much since being there and is making some great connections.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter attends nursery 3 days a week and loves it, the staff are fantastic and very professional, my daughter's first keyworker is very professional and so polite my daughter loved her, then she moved into preschool with the keyworkers who are fantastic with my daughter, and always reassure me.
The nursery manager is always there to greet my daughter in the morning with the covid 19 situation. I would like to add that if the nursery was not open, my job may have been affected due to the covid 19, but the manager was always there with a smile under her mask, I would highly recommend the nursery,

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The whole team at Busy Bees Leicester Blaby have made my daughter settle in and put me at ease when leaving her for work. A big shout-out to the manager, she is very approachable and is great at what she does and also my daughter's key worker, she has been fab! I would highly recommend this nursery.
The whole staff team are very caring towards the children and show great relationships! Even through the COVID period, the nursery has been good with communicating and keeping us all informed of their practice! 5* Busy Bees!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Thank you for the outstanding excellent care the whole staff team at Blaby Leicestershire have given and continue to do so for my daughter. The staff have been amazing over the last few months especially continuing to adapt to changes and still providing an outstanding childcare facility throughout
I can't thank the manager and the team enough. My daughter enjoys going and is learning so much. I would definitely recommend this facility thank you team Blaby.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees Blaby is a lovely nursery, my child has been attending since a baby and still loves going every week. The staff are caring and genuinely want to provide the best support for the children. The nursery is always clean and a varied menu of food each week. The toys and activities are creative
and engaging and are changed regularly. I definitely would recommend this nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Thank you so much for being such a great key worker! You are always so happy and helpful and my daughter loves you to bits. When I collect her you always have time to tell me about her day even though you must be tired out and ready to go home.
We really appreciate your kind and caring approach and
wanted to make sure your management were aware of the great job you are doing.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son has gained so much confidence since being in the big room, he loves to come and now has friends that he wants to come and see. Staff are happy and approachable.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A really lovely nursery. We have been with this nursery for four years and have seen it go through many changes. The manager has done a fantastic job and improved the nursery beyond all expectations. The staff are all fantastic; friendly, approachable, they really care about the children and have become
almost part of our family. Most importantly our children are happy and love going. We have watched them develop and learn so much. They’ve made lots of new friends through the nursery (and so have we as parents!)
Would recommend Blaby Busy Bees to any parent.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent Nursery! My granddaughter has really enjoyed her time at Busy Bees and I know she will miss all the staff and the children who have made her welcome and feel a part of the family within it. The staff are always attentive and professional. It's nice to be included as a grandparent to the special
occasions that happen at the nursery like craft days etc. Big thumbs up to the food also because she always seems to have seconds or even third helpings. The manager should be proud of her team and also herself for the excellent running of the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

An amazing nursery with the most friendly and caring staff who always go above and beyond and always warm and welcoming. The nursery is well looked after and always clean.
My niece has been attending since she was 9 months old and now ready for the next chapter in her life in starting big school. Thanks
to the staff she has come on leaps and bounds and made some lovely friendships with the staff and children.
They do so many different activities and have helped her to progress and learn lots of different things
Definitely, a nursery to go and visit you won’t be disappointed.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I can’t believe how different this nursery is since my eldest grandchild attended a couple of years ago. I visited in December for my youngest grandchild and was thrilled to see all of the improvements and decorations, all just so lovely. Staff morale seemed better than before, they were all so much
more involved with the many activities, and lots of workshops for parents to join in, I wish I lived nearer. After chatting to the manager, both my daughters and my own confidence at leaving my grandchild here has increased tenfold! A wonderful environment for your little darlings.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent nursery, my son absolutely loves it here. All the staff are nice and friendly. It is clean and tidy. Would definitely recommend.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely day nursery, my son really enjoys going. Staff are always friendly and polite. Food is a great range of different things. Would highly recommend.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son loves coming to nursery and loves all the staff there
He is made to feel very welcome and his care is always excellent I'm sure he's more behaved at nursery than home!
The manager is always happy to help and is a credit to the business, her team are just as amazing, I feel that they are just
a little family, always with smiles on their faces
Thank you for your help in raising my son, you are amazing!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This is a lovely nursery! My son is very happy here and the staff are brilliant. Recently had the garden refurbished. Food is great and the manager is very helpful. This nursery puts your child first and as an early years teacher myself, I would definitely recommend it.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All the staff at this nursery are amazing, they have made my transition in returning to work an easy one. My son absolutely loves going here and I couldn't be happier with the manager and her staff members. Would recommend this nursery to everyone.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A warm and friendly environment, the staff are very engaging and supportive.
Each member of staff takes a genuine interest in the children and nothing is ever too much trouble.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Bush Babies - Leicester has been an excellent nursery for my son, although he only attends 3 days a week for the funded hours, the staff are all very friendly and know my son by his first name. Would highly recommend the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our little boy has been coming here since he was just over one and he absolutely loves it. He asks first thing in the morning, "when can I go to nursery Mummy?" My husband and I feel very confident in the nursery staff and know that he is in the safest of hands each day that he is here. All the staff
are friendly and chatty and are very passionate about what they do. We couldn't have picked a better nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Can’t really fault this nursery. My child is happy to go there and settled in quickly. My child’s speech has improved greatly since joining this nursery and I feel very relaxed knowing my child is being looked after very well.

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Current Review Score: 8.5 (8.472)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.5 (8.472) out of 10 for Busy Bees Leicester Blaby is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 3 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.5 out of 5 from 3 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 4.972 for Busy Bees Leicester Blaby is calculated as follows: ( (35 Excellents x 5) + (1 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 36 Ratings = 4.972

  • 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 3.5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Leicester Blaby is based on 3 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 + 0.125 = 3.25

    • 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 60 number of registered child places is 12. 3 Positive Reviews ÷ 12 = 0.25

  • 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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Meet the Team (1)

Katie

Katie Mahal

Job Title: Centre Director

Joined: 2015

Hello, my name is Katie Mahal and I really enjoy working for Busy Bees and being the Centre Director here at Busy Bees Leicester Blaby.


I joined Busy Bees Leicester Blaby just over six years ago. I gained my Level 3 qualification through the Busy Bees Training Academy and haven't looked back since. I have worked my way up and became the nursery SENCO, supporting children and families and I still continue with this role now. I then became the Room Leader in Preschool which I continued with throughout lockdown while being a centre that stayed open to key worker parents. After reopening our doors to all our families, I then stepped up to Assistant Centre Director. One year later in 2022, I was then given another exciting opportunity and become Centre Director. I am very grateful for this progression and have loved every minute of the journey. 


I have two boys myself, so my spare time is taken up with after-school clubs during the week and we enjoy long walks, swimming and visiting family at the weekends. 


I'm very proud of my team, we are like a family away from home. They are highly qualified and very dedicated to ensuring the children are kept safe, engaged, and constantly offered exciting, fun, and developmental activities. We see each child as an individual and take into account their interests, their home experiences and areas for development. We are passionate about our parent partnership and are always finding new ways to get parents involved in the nursery and in the development of their children.


We would love for you to book a visit to our nursery so you can experience this for yourself. You would get to meet me and my team and ask any questions you may have to learn more about everything we can offer you and your child in our fantastic nursery in Leicester.