Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

Turners Crescent, St Michaels Mead, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4FZ
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9.9 41 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Bishops Stortford, Bishop's Stortford
Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has six base rooms that are tailored to different early years learning objectives, overseen by a professional team. There are beautiful gardens and a secure entry system is in place, while the nursery performs highly on food hygiene.

A key person system is in place as the provider has for years seen the benefit of focusing on the individual, allowing them to pick up new skills and interests at their own pace and offering regular feedback for parents.

Learning Journals are compiled to show how children are meeting the objectives of the Early Years Foundation Stage and a long-standing and friendly staff team is a real benefit.

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Care Provided by Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Gemma Spain (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 25
  • Total Places for Children
  • 80
  • 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

Busy Bees Bishops Stortford Reviews (41)

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Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.910) out of 10, based on 25 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Bishops Stortford has 41 reviews.

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Review from M M (Mother of Child) published on 11 January 2024
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been at Busy Bees since she was 11 months old. She has transitioned through nearly two of the base rooms and is currently doing her settling sessions in the preschool room. I cannot ask for a better nursery. The carers are incredibly caring, loving, and supportive towards my daughter’s
well-being and development needs. There have been challenges along the way (as to be expected), but they have always been handled with a high level of professionalism for which I am appreciative. I really cannot ask for a better staff to mind my child.

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Review from L S (Mother of Child) published on 25 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been going to this nursery for the last three years, I think it's brilliant and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. The leadership of the nursery is excellent and the team engagement, learning environment and staff retention are reflective of this. Team members are welcoming, kind, caring
and engaged and I feel confident leaving my child in their care. The setting overall and each of the base rooms are lovely. The team in each room put significant thought into the ideas, activities and stimulus that enable my son to learn, grow and develop and the outdoor space and outdoor play are always a highlight for him! Overall, for us, it's been an excellent nursery, and my little boy has been very happy here.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

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 M D (Mother of Child) published on 21 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My husband and I are so grateful to the staff team at Busy Bees St Michael’s Mead for helping our daughter settle so well into the next class up. She struggles with new situations, faces and routines, but with the guidance, care and professionalism of the team, she has settled better than we thought
possible. Her key person has made big efforts to create and set up activities to interest our daughter, for example, a sandy beach with her holiday photos buried in sand for her to find, to encourage her to communicate more and feel more comfortable. We’re blown away by the efforts made. Huge thank you to the whole team.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

Hello, wow! Thank you for this glowing review! We are delighted your little one is having a good experience at our St Michael's Mead 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 R T (Father of Child) published on 21 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The team at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford Day Nursery - St Michaels Mead have always gone above and beyond to resolve any potential queries, either relating to our child or invoices. They have been amazing at keeping track of our child’s development and every time our son has attended nursery, we have
noticed he has advanced that little bit further upon collection later that day. We are beyond happy with our choice of nursery.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

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 H S (Mother of Child) published on 17 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has attended for 2 years and he loves the nursery. We’ve always been extremely impressed with the high level of care, attention, creativity and the warm nurturing environment that the nursery provides. The staff are wonderful and the food is nutritious. I’m so happy we chose this nursery.

Reply from Emily Graves, Digital Content Assistant at Busy Bees Bishops Stortford

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. 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 Ash P (Father of Child) published on 20 May 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We’ve had a very good experience with the nursery and it’s staff. My child really enjoys nursery and the staff have been very attentive. There are teething problems with the app, however it has been very informative.

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Review from L H (Mother of Child) published on 26 February 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Overall, we are delighted with the nursery and feel our daughter is very well looked after by the whole team. We would like to see more stability as there have been some significant changes eg. a high staff turnover. The new manager is excellent and worked hard to achieve an improved Ofsted rating.
We hope the nursery continues to build on this success which is why we hope she is able to return soon. There have always been some issues with communication with parents, this still needs improvement and would make a real difference to us.

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Review from Suzanna B (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter has attended Busy Bees in Bishops Stortford for 2 years now. She has loved every minute of it so far! The staff are always very welcoming, friendly and dedicated. We chose this nursery due to the large rooms and the individual outside gardens which our daughter loves exploring. The food
menu offers a huge range of homecooked nutritious meals which our daughter has enjoyed trying. The staff have approached our daughter’s health concerns with considerable care and professionalism, giving us the confidence in leaving her in very safe hands. With the introduction of the new manager in recent months, there have been positive changes which have reinforced this nursery as a fun learning environment for our daughter.

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Review from Tanith W (Mother of Child) published on 15 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Every member of staff has always shown a huge sense of care towards my son.
I am always told positive things about him and feel genuinely they enjoy looking after him - he is not merely 'another child'.
Staff are happy and motivated and I never worry about him when I drop him off.
He runs to the
door without looking back.

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Review from Ella F (Mother of Child) published on 15 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little boy is loving his time at Busy Bees. The staff are great with him and really put my mind at ease when leaving him.

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Review from H S (Mother of Child) published on 2 January 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little one's confidence has grown from strength to strength over the three months he's been at the nursery. The nursery workers have been so great in settling him in, from the anxious little person he was, having never been left before - it's so nice and comforting knowing he loves being there. He
always has a big smile on his face when we arrive and when we collect him. They are also very good with his allergies and we have never had a problem with staff not knowing about them. We are very pleased with the nursery and staff.

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Review from K G (Mother of Child) published on 14 November 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent nursery. Lots of outside space. All employees are brilliant with my children. Kids love it and are very happy.

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Review from Irina P (Mother of Child) published on 30 October 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very happy with all the services that this nursery is offering. My daughter started this nursery with no knowledge about English language and now she is great. Her key worker and all the staff helped her a lot in everything and made her attending nursery with joy and happiness, she wasn't afraid anymore
that no one would understand her, can truly say that my daughter became a happy and confident child. Thank you all for this!

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Review from Andrew P (Father of Child) published on 21 September 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter loves her time at Busy Bees! She gets excited on arrival and goes easily to any one of the staff.
My daughter has progressed an awful lot since joining and has developed a range of new skills and words.
I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone!

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Review from Debbie B (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child is very happy at this nursery. When we first started the staff were very reassuring and great in settling my child. The nursery has big gardens and every room has their own, which is nice for the children to run around in.

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Review from F S (Mother of Child) published on 14 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter has been at the nursery for 3 months as we transferred from another setting. She has settled in really well and has made a good bond with her key person, it makes dropping off much easier! The garden space is amazing, we are happy with this as my daughter loves being outside.

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Review from Susan C (Mother of Child) published on 8 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff in Sunflowers were very welcoming when my son started and really helped him settle into nursery life. He really enjoyed coming into nursery and doing all the actives and loved being able to get out in the garden.

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Review from Dawn B (Mother of Child) published on 14 December 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am very happy with the nursery and love the way the staff care for my daughter. she has a lovely time each and every time she is there and loves to go. She has been there since she was two and could not be happier.

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Review from Tony G (Father of Child) published on 29 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Our daughter has attended Busy Bees since April 2015. I have always found the staff professional and attentive to our child and she comes home having learnt new things every week. I am happy with the security of the nursery and most activities they chose for the children. The food choices have sometimes
been hit and miss, but it is obviously hard to cater for everyone's tastes, especially a child's.

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Review from Darren M (Father of Child) published on 4 November 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has attended the nursery for over a year for three days a week. The standard of care given has been without fault. The staff are excellent and my daughter's development has been very good. There is a friendly atmosphere with a wide range of activities offered during the day. A superb variety
of food is prepared daily for the children on the premises. .

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.910)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.910) out of 10 for Busy Bees Bishops Stortford 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 25 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 25 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 4.910 for Busy Bees Bishops Stortford is calculated as follows: ( (275 Excellents x 5) + (21 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 299 Ratings = 4.91

  • 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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Bishops Stortford is based on 25 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 80 number of registered child places is 16, which has been reached with 25 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • 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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Job Title: Centre Director

Hi, my name is Gemma and I am the Centre Director here at Busy Bees Bishop's Stortford.


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