Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy

Dolphin House, Riverside West, Smugglers Way, Wandsworth, London SW18 1DE
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  • Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy, London
Busy Bees at Wandsworth is a purpose-built facility with excellent pick-up and drop-off points, situated on the Thames Path and offering an ideal location for busy local parents to manage their childcare needs.

Children enjoy an environment tailored to support learning and adventure, as well as freedom and choice, while professionals safeguard individual development and are trained in health and security.

Every playroom is flexible which allows staff to focus on key areas of the EYFS and age-specific play.

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Care Provided by Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Jennifer Suaza (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 26
  • Total Places for Children
  • 118
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays

Funding & Fees Guide for Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy

  • Quality childcare now from only £290 per week.
    Funding available
  • Parking

  • They have 20 minutes free parking in the Riverside car park.


Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy Reviews (104)

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Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.798) out of 10, based on 22 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy has 104 reviews.

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Review from Ivan F (Father of Child) published on 3 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery has a very calm, sociable, and relaxed atmosphere. The staff have made a huge effort to include our son in all the activities. This nursery had everything I was looking for. Although for us, the most important thing was the adults' attitude towards our daughter and the amount of focus she
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Review from Krizia S (Sister of Child) published on 1 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees Wandsworth is an excellent nursery and pre-school. My sister is 2 and a half years old and has been attending the nursery for about 8 months. It's incredible how advanced she is in her speech and knowledge of things, she truly amazes me every day. This is also thanks to the amazing staff,
including the manager who no doubt has given the Nursery a great name.

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Review from Moyrom K (Mother of Child) published on 1 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We came to visit Busy Bees and immediately decided this was the right environment for our toddler.
He is extremely attached to me and his daddy and it was lovely to see he bonded straight away with his key workers.
They really do take care of my boy and I can tell by the way he seems so cheerful,
chatty and playful when I come to collect him.
They have a wide variety of toys indoors and outdoors.
Cleanliness is very important to us and the staff here were more than happy to show me how they keep the playroom clean and make arrangements with me for anything extra I requested.
I am very happy with our choice for this nursery but I wish my boy would start eating or get the confidence to eat at the nursery as this seems to be his weak point.
We have only been at the nursery 2 months so we have not noticed much change in our son's education level but I will be happy to review again in a few months on my thoughts of my sons' progress

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Review from Hannah L (Mother of Child) published on 1 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter (age 3) was extremely happy in the pre- school Academy. Her nursery teacher always took the time to explain what she learnt that day; so I could continue at home. At pick up time, my daughter didn't want to leave, showing how much she loved it! She will miss it here very much, but I feel
she has been prepared for Big school!

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Review from J S (Aunt of Child) published on 18 July 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very nice facilities, great toys and activities, super nutrition, and flexible enough to accommodate some of my schedules. I also really like the multicultural and diversity of languages among children and staff.
Management and staff are very warm, welcoming and caring. I'm really happy to see my niece
enjoying every day at nursery.

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Review from Liliana G (Nanny Carer of Child) published on 3 April 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees (Wandsworth) has a great set up. The Nursery is very clean, tidy and bright, the outside play area has a fantastic range of facilities.
The nursery is very well organised and communication with parents and carers is excellent, staff are helpful and approachable. Activities are well organised,
Mother's Day tea party coming up.
My toddler talks constantly about her care worker and her new best friend. She has made lots of friends, became more sociable and independent and in her own words, nursery "It’s lovely.”
They did a great job potty training her. We are very happy with the nursery.

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Review from Monique V (Grandmother of Child) published on 21 March 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I came to the nursery school as we had decided that the grandparents would pick their granddaughter up. Seeing that not all the staff had been informed, one member of the staff didn't want to let us take our granddaughter unless she could verify that it was as actually arranged (copies of our passports
had been sent and authorisation was given) so 10 out of 10 for security.
It's a lovely, bright, clean and well-organised nursery school and we couldn't be happier knowing that our granddaughter is thriving there.

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Review from Julie M (Mother of Child) published on 15 March 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter loves going to Busy Bees every day. She is greeted with so much warmth and cheerfulness it puts a smile on both our faces. It's so great not having to take nappies, and even better is getting a to-go bag with a delicious and healthy supper at the end of each day - such a helpful touch.
The baby room is so much larger, airier and lighter than other nurseries I have seen and there is a lovely outside garden. Top marks from us!

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Review from Marcus B (Father of Child) published on 15 March 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Good care. We feel the children are taken well care of. Although sometimes perhaps a little strict with the children, but we understand this is for their good. We like very much the space and the flexibility of management/staff.

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Review from Ashley (Mother of Child) published on 21 December 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Overall we are very happy with the nursery. The communication is usually very good and my child is happy attending during the week.
There is often a variety of activities for the children to help promote their learning.

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

When I brought my first born, 18 month old, to Busy Bees I was anxious about his feelings and quality of child care. I arrived with a huge list of questions, I did about two weeks of drop-ins(!) and once we signed up I remember asking the preschool teachers to warm up the wipes before putting them
on my baby's bum! They didn't laugh at me, instead, they did everything to put ME at ease, warmed up the wipes and also took care of other things that cropped up.


It is that care and attention of not only my child but also of my concerns that make me happily recommend Busy Bees over and over.


The garden is also fantastic, the biggest I have seen in Wandsworth and we visited four other day care units.


Eventually, I became much more settled (ha!). My child's confidence grew, his language and his eating improved immensely as often tricky foods are routine. This nursery offers fantastic pre-school and support from a very kind and caring team.


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Review from Sabiha A (Mother of Child) published on 5 December 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fantastic nursery with lovely members of staff to be hands on all the time. Nursery nurse to provide urgent advice and support when ever needed and always put a smile on the kids faces. Managed extremely well with highly supportive staff who go above and beyond their job description!!

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Review from F T (Mother of Child) published on 2 December 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The staff are lovely and take good care of my child. We always have a report of his day. The nursery really pays attention to my child's specific needs and do their absolute best to make him happy. We are always happy that there are lots of activities.

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Review from Jon B (Father of Child) published on 1 December 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Choosing somewhere for the most precious thing in your life to stay is not easy. However, after visiting Many nurseries, we knew that this was the right one for us. The manager was amazing on our first visit and staff really took an interest in our child, which we did not see anywhere else.
Our child
has now just finished settling into the nursery and his key-person makes us feel settled as well as him. We are welcomed well into the nursery in the morning and get lovely feedback at the end of the day. I can't fault the manager or any of the nursery team we have come into contact with. We recommend this nursery 100% and urge all parents to take a look.

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Review from Andy E (Father of Child) published on 28 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My main concern at the moment is the fact that the number of kids seems to have dropped significantly and what does that mean? Why have other kids been leaving and in addition what is the plan to get new kids in as I would like slightly bigger class sizes.

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Review from Melissa H (Godmother of Child) published on 22 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since joining Busy Bees at Wandsworth, my daughter has developed in so many ways. She is more confident and balanced and looks forward to going into nursery every day and that is entirely up to the amazing staff in the nursery. The nursery also looks amazing since the new refurbished!!

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Review from Adwoa B (Mother of Child) published on 22 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely nursery with staff who genuinely care about the children and their wellbeing. Brilliant nursery for a working mum as you do not have to worry about sending in nappies, wipes and milk as it's all included in the fees. They also provide takeaway dinner for the kids to take home, another bonus as
you don't have to worry about dinner. The meals are very tasty, kudos to the chef. My daughter is settling in well and likes the nursery very much.

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Review from Beth E (Sister of Child) published on 18 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

OMG, this place has just had an amazing refurb, it's like the most beautiful nursery in the world!
Whenever I came to drop off my sister, she was always welcomed so well by the staff team. Really high staff to child ratios, such a calm relaxing environment!
Sadly had to transfer to different Busy
Bees, but she still talks about the staff and children at Wandsworth, so heartbreaking!
Plus the cook is amazing! (she gave me some home made biscuits once lol)

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Review from Janine R (Mother of Child) published on 16 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My 2y old is currently in the toddler room, she spent a year in the baby room before that and she is very happy with Busy Bees. The staff are very loving and caring and great with the kids, almost like one big family. It seems like she learns something new every day. It is amazing to see how she has
developed since going to Busy Bees and it was also very beneficial for her confidence and interaction with other kids. The nursery has recently been refurbished and looks amazing, the outside space and toys are great. Thanks for doing an amazing job, it makes it so much easier to leave my daughter there every day.

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Review from Melanie C (Mother of Child) published on 16 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son has been with Busy Bees since he was 6 months old. It has now been over a year and a half. He's been from the baby room now to toddlers and he is absolutely loving it. There is a real bond with the other children who have mostly been there just as long and the staff. He is also showing great
signs of development compared to other children his age who may not be attending a nursery. The facilities have recently been refurbished and are brilliant. The food is fresh and made on site, which was a big selling point for us. The kids absolutely love it and take part in baking activities now and again. Last but not least, most of the children at Busy Bees Wandsworth have a multicultural and multilingual background, which I think is extremely positive for all in these early years of development.

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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.798)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.798) out of 10 for Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 22 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 22 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 4.866 for Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy is calculated as follows: ( (231 Excellents x 5) + (27 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 262 Ratings = 4.866

  • 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 4.932 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Wandsworth Nursery & Pre-School Academy is based on 22 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 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • 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 118 number of registered child places is 23.6. 22 Positive Reviews ÷ 23.6 = 0.932

  • 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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Jennifer Suaza

Job Title: Centre Director

Welcome to Busy Bees Wandsworth My name is Jennifer Suaza. I have been working in childcare since 2010, I have gained Childcare qualification whilst working at the Centre and Level 5 in leadership and management. I feel a great sense of accomplishment in helping children achieve and enjoy their time at the Centre. I am very passionate about my work in the early years. I pride myself on working with my team to create a positive environment for the children to grow into confident learners.


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