Full day £59.00,
Am session £33.50,
Pm session £29.00
Fees are inclusive of all meals prepared and cooked by their own in house Chef, Suncream, nappies and wipes
Parking onsite, please park on the left hand side when entering the carpark.
Busy Bees Hempstead has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.581) out of 10, based on 12 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Hempstead has 69 reviews.
Review from Charlotte B (Mother of Child) published on 28 January 2019
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Review from Goncalo S (Father of Child) published on 28 January 2019
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Review from David H (Father of Child) published on 14 November 2018
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Review from Daisy R (Mother of Child) published on 6 November 2018
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Review from Roya G (Mother of Child) published on 11 June 2018
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Great nursery with lovely staff and I would definitely recommend to any parent.
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Review from Jade D (Mother of Child) published on 8 June 2018
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Review from Tara C (Mother of Child) published on 29 May 2018
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Review from Patricia B (Mother of Child) published on 27 March 2018
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As an Early Years setting we have to follow the Early Years Code of Practice for Healthy Food and Drink.
The guidelines include how often, how much, and which types of food from each of the four food groups we should provide for the children, these guidelines also help to make sure that the food and drink we provide is healthy and balanced. The food and drink guidelines are underpinned by a nutrient framework.
We encourage a positive and welcoming eating environment, to encourage the children to eat well, and develop good eating habits and social skills. We use the whole day as well as meals and snacks to teach children about healthy eating and encourage a positive attitude towards mealtimes.
Varied menus for meals and snacks are planned in advance, which includes different tastes, colours and textures of food, the consumption of our foods are monitored and if there are particular meals that are not liked we do consider this and adapt the meals if appropriate but still keeping in line with Eat Better Start Better guidance. We offer lots of encouragement around meal times and do offer healthy alternatives if lunches/tea are not eaten. Thank you for taking time to review us.
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Review from Amanda G (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2018
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Review from Amanda H (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2018
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Review from Emma R (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2018
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Review from Lauren (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2018
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Review from Nancy L (Foster Parent of Child) published on 20 March 2018
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Review from Lucy B (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2018
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Review from Alice C (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2018
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Review from Lou D (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2018
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Review from Sarah N (Mother of Child) published on 30 November 2017
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Review from Daniel E (Father of Child) published on 30 November 2017
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Review from Jessica B (Mother of Child) published on 13 July 2017
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Review from Maxine K (Mother of Child) published on 6 March 2017
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The Review Score of 9.6 (9.581) out of 10 for Busy Bees Hempstead is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 12 Reviews in the last 24 months.
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 12 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.
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 4.792 for Busy Bees Hempstead is calculated as follows: ( (117 Excellents x 5) + (24 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 144 Ratings = 4.792
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 4.789 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Hempstead is based on 12 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 76 number of registered child places is 15.2. 12 Positive Reviews ÷ 15.2 = 0.789
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
Joined: 2014
Hello my name is Claire Arkell and I am the Nursery Manager at Hempstead Busy Bees.
I have been with Busy Bees since they acquired the Kinder sites in March 2014.
I have been in childcare now for 11 years and hold a NVQ 3 in Children's Care Learning and Development. I have worked in a number of nurseries and for the last 9 years have been working at Management level. Along the way I have gained a lot of knowledge and experience which I reflect in my day to day practice, using this to guide the staff team and share my experience.
I attend regular training to improve my practice including, First Aid and Safeguarding.
It fills me with pride when you can see how the children flourish and develop in our care and become the individual people with shining characteristics that they are.
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