Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Chadwick Drive, off Saxon Street, Milton Keynes MK6 5LR
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9.7 45 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street, Milton Keynes
Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street offers multiple learning opportunities for all children, with an experienced team focusing on individual development and personalised learning, supported by an extensive range of play resources.

The team are passionate about their roles, helping children to make the most out of each day and continuing to enhance their own practice through training.

A parent partnership group is in place to support quality communication and their is a smooth and sensitive transition process.

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Care Provided by Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Claire Redsull (Centre Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 30
  • Total Places for Children
  • 96
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:00-18:30
    Tuesday 07:00-18:30
    Wednesday 07:00-18:30
    Thursday 07:00-18:30
    Friday 07:00-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays

Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street Reviews (45)

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Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.702) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street has 45 reviews.

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Review from Charlotte J (Mother of Child) published on 26 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have been using this nursery for 7 years, since my youngest has started he has come on leaps and bounds. There is a variety of activities for them to do. I'm kept up to date with what he is doing throughout the day and also if there is any changes. The staff are lovely and very welcoming. Would recommend
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Review from R E (Mother of Child) published on 26 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Was super happy with the care in the Bambo 1 and 2 room. Staff are lovely, had zero issues. Son was always happy to go to nursery and got excited when seeing his favourite members of staff. Really felt like they liked and cared for him.

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Review from Jodie E (Mother of Child) published on 25 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Caring staff who make my boys feel safe and loved. They enjoy the activities and the team is always professional. They have attended for many years from 3 months old and I have great faith that we are listened to and it is well managed. All staff are brilliant but particular praise for one lady who
has become an integral part of my family and the raising of my children. Great nursery!

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Review from M H (Mother of Child) published on 25 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are very nice. They love the children. I have a daughter with health conditions and the nursery has been very accommodating to her needs.
They call me whenever there is an issue. I feel safe leaving my kids with them.

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Review from Alex B (Father of Child) published on 17 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been attending this nursery since 7 months old. Staff are always friendly and caring towards him and are always careful with his diet due to his allergy. They are really great at making his learning fun, and he has really come out of his shell while there and is always smiling and laughing
with staff.

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Review from Louise B (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

From my initial visit, I could see how passionate, enthusiastic and caring the team at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street are. My daughter started at 4 months old so I was placing a huge amount of trust in their care for her and I did a lot of searching to find the right setting. Her key person
has been incredibly supportive and reassuring and the huge smiles on her face every day at drop off and pick up is a testament to the fun and inspiring care they deliver.

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Review from Katy S (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2025
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son (2) joined Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street around a year ago and he's loving his time here. When he first joined, he was very clingy and afraid but now, as soon as we park in front of the nursery, he can't wait to go in! The staff are all so lovely and always greet us with a smile, they
are very professional, caring and very friendly. My boy always shows me the new things he's learnt and teaches me all the songs they sang that day at nursery. Staff here always call when something's up which puts me at ease and they always find the time to talk to you about any concerns which you might have. He's developed so much because of Busy Bees and I couldn't be more proud of the little person he's become! Thank you Busy Bees.

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Review from Kayleigh A (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2024
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child’s key worker is very passionate in her job which is shown through her dedication and effort with the children and managing their support needs.
I feel supported that I can still breastfeed my child during my lunch breaks and the nursery is very accommodating.
I am very thankful to all the
members of staff who work tirelessly to ensure they are doing the best that they can.
The staff are very friendly and always cheerful.

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Review from H B (Mother of Child) published on 9 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Both of my children attend Busy Bees and I feel they are very happy there. The longer opening hours mean my working hours fit easily with collection and drop off. The staff are caring and communicate any issues to us. Any concerns we have had have been resolved quickly by the centre director. Many thanks.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a wonderful review! We’re glad you’re giving your little one the best start in life with us.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Join us as we celebrate our milestone year, visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ to find out more and how to participate! We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from Lindsay K (Mother of Child) published on 28 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

What can I say about Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street which would truly be enough to honour what a wonderful group of people they are? They have encouraged, taught and shown hard work and devotion towards my little 4-year-old from day one when he was 10 months old. My son is under SEN and this
nursery has shown devotion and dedication towards my boy. They have been 100% inclusive with their teaching.
I could not recommend this nursery and its amazing staff enough, each and every one of them.
Do not hesitate sending your child to this nursery.
We love you all dearly.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a wonderful review! We’re glad you have given your little one the best start in life with us.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. We’re celebrating our milestone year and we invite you to join us! Visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ and find out more and how to take part. We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from Alex J (Mother of Child) published on 20 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have been with Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street for near 7 years with my 3 children and the staff feel like family! They are always professional with a friendly and understanding approach. My girls have all loved it here and they will greatly miss the wonderful chef when she retires! Highly
recommend using Busy Bees!

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a wonderful review! We’re glad you have given your little one's the best start in life with us.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Celebrate our milestone year with us! Visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ and find out more and how to join us. We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from M O (Mother of Child) published on 7 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter has had such a great learning process at Busy Bees from the very start. The staff are always greeting her with a smiling face every morning. We receive regular updates of our child’s progress throughout the day and often take a look at the photo updates to show what she is working with.
At the end of the day we are given a full briefing of what she has achieved, how she is developing and what we need to work on. Overall we are very happy with Busy Bees. The staff are kind, friendly and helpful and are quick to report and bring to our attention anything necessary. Keep up the good work!

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a wonderful review! We’re glad you’re giving your little one the best start in life with us.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Join us as we celebrate our milestone year, visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ to find out more and how to participate! We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from Lecrissa F (Mother of Child) published on 4 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been going to Busy Bees Milton Keynes for a while and she absolutely loves it there, she has made good friends too. She loves her teachers and is happy to be doing new activities often. Recently, she has been learning a lot of new things in the preschool and her teachers are working
hard all the same,.I am glad we can reach out to them anytime. My daughter is doing well and I would certainly recommend Busy Bees. Thank you Busy Bees for looking after my daughter, especially her key people.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, wow! Thank you for this glowing review! We are delighted your little one is having a good experience at our Milton Keynes nursery.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Join us as we celebrate our milestone year, visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ to find out more and how to participate! We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from M M (Mother of Child) published on 9 June 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My two children have attended the nursery and both have gotten on well and are happy when there. They are progressing well and often want to copy things at home that they have learnt from nursery. The staff are friendly and both children love coming to nursery.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, wow! Thank you for this glowing review! We are delighted your little one's are having a good experience at our Milton Keynes on Saxon Street nursery.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Join us as we celebrate our milestone year, visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ to find out more and how to participate! We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from Vicky S (Mother of Child) published on 8 June 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has flourished since being at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street three days a week. Her confidence has grown as well as her speech and other learning skills. The feedback I receive when I pick up my daughter is very good and allows me to focus on things that she is interested in. Can
not praise the staff enough for all they are doing for my daughter. Would highly recommend Busy Bees Saxon Street.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, wow! Thank you for this glowing review! We are delighted your little one is having a good experience at our Milton Keynes on Saxon Street nursery. 40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. We’re celebrating our milestone year and we invite you to join us! Visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ and find out more and how to take part. We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from Joseph C (Father of Child) published on 5 May 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff are always friendly and always have a smile.
My daughter started at 9 months old and is now 3 years old. She attends full-time and is always happy to go to school.
My daughter is progressing really well and she's always pretending to be the teacher and teaches me what she's learned.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

Hello, wow! Thank you for this glowing review! We are delighted your little one is having a good experience at our Milton Keynes Saxon Street nursery.
40 years of Busy Bees – 40 years of best beginnings. Celebrate our milestone year with us! Visit our Busy Bees website or search for ’40 years Busy Bees’ and find out more and how to join us. We’re grateful for your trust and the opportunity to provide your child with the best start in life. Best wishes, Busy Bees.


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Review from Fernando M-R (Father of Child) published on 10 August 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son has been going to the Busy Bees at Milton Keynes on Saxon Street since 2017 and he loves it. Every single member of the staff has been very caring, professional and friendly. If there was an issue, this was dealt with professionally and sorted out. Due to the lockdown (Covid 19), all the staff
from the nursery has been fantastic and working very hard to make sure children could have a "normal" nursery day. We would like to thank all the staff for looking after our son but, especially to the nursery manager for all her support.
- Our son's key persons for teaching, educating and playing with our son.
- Chef for keeping happy our hungry boy.

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Review from Lianne L (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

High standard of childcare demonstrated by all. My daughter enjoys attending and activities are frequently done. There is great communication from the nursery team. My daughter is developing well and builds positive relationships both with staff and fellow attendees. My daughter has individual goals
of achievement, which are measurable and she is supported very well to achieve. During COVID there has been minimal disruption and a high level of infection control strategies have been adopted. I feel happy to leave my daughter in the care of Busy Bees, knowing she will have a lovely day. I work at the hospital, this is convenient and reassuring that my daughter is close by.

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Review from Emma P (Mother of Child) published on 29 July 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I highly recommend this nursery. The staff have really taken the time to get to know my son and support his development in fun and creative ways. I am always well informed about his activities and progress. The staff are all very welcoming and I find them to be passionate and dedicated to the care they
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Review from Helen (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees at Milton Keynes on Saxon Street is a lovely nursery with friendly, caring staff. Our daughter (2) has been going there for over a year with a break for lockdown and clearly loves the staff and activities. It’s a credit to the nursery that after over two months at home during lockdown, she
was enjoying it from day one and happy at drop off by the end of the first week.
The outside space isn’t huge but it’s big enough and the children spend time outside as much as possible. The nursery offers a good range of activities for the children, and the food menus appear balanced and varied.
We have been impressed with how Busy Bees has dealt with the coronavirus pandemic with the interests of families at heart. Communication with parents has been excellent, including keeping in touch during lockdown and giving ideas for activities at home. The nursery has been flexible and understanding of personal circumstances during reopening.
Overall, we can’t recommend the care highly enough.

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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.702)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.702) out of 10 for Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street 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 16 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 16 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 4.869 for Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street is calculated as follows: ( (168 Excellents x 5) + (21 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 191 Ratings = 4.869

  • 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 4.833 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street is based on 16 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 96 number of registered child places is 19.2. 16 Positive Reviews ÷ 19.2 = 0.833

  • 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 (5)

Claire

Claire Redsull

Job Title: Centre Director

Joined: 2005

I have over 22 years experience and have worked for Busy Bees for 15 years. I hold a level 3 in Childcare and also completed my Level 3 Leadership and Management training.


Stacey

Stacey Dalton

Job Title: House Keeper

Joined: 2016

I have worked for Busy Bees for 4 years.


Amy

Amy Cato

Job Title: Assistant Centre Director

Joined: 2005

I have been working for Busy Bees for 15 years. I am level 3 childcare qualified and have completed my Level 3 Leadership and Management training.


Maggie

Maggie Vin-Kab

Job Title: Qualified Early Years

Joined: 2016

I have been working for Busy Bees for 4 years and have 10 years experience. I am level 3 Qualified and based in our Pre-school Department.


Gillian

Gillian Maynard

Job Title: Chef

Joined: 2003

I have been with Busy Bees for 17 years as the nursery Chef.


Frequently Asked Questions about Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street

What is the Age Range of Children that Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street accepts?

Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street accepts Children aged from 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street Open?

Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street is open: Monday 07:00-18:30, Tuesday 07:00-18:30, Wednesday 07:00-18:30, Thursday 07:00-18:30, Friday 07:00-18:30.

How many Children does Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street have capacity for?

Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street has capacity for a total of 96 Children.

How far is Busy Bees Milton Keynes on Saxon Street to the centre of Milton Keynes?

0.7 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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