Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton

Khartoum Road, Brompton, Gillingham ME7 5AX
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9.4 51 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton, Gillingham
Nestled in a peaceful location Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton provides full time care for children aged from 3 months. This Nursery benefits from an extensive range of age appropriate modern facilities in a beautiful refurbished building offering large, yet cosy, bright rooms filled with a variety of exciting toys. The outdoor play areas are fully equipped with facilities to encourage active outdoor play whatever the weather.

With 20 years experience in childcare, all of the equipment is thoughtfully designed with young children in mind, so that they offer your child new experiences and encourage individual development on a daily basis in a caring and secure environment.

Care Provided by Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Kai O'Brien (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 22
  • Total Places for Children
  • 80
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton Reviews (51)

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9.4

Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.415) out of 10, based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton has 51 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My experience with Busy Bees has been amazing. My daughter has been here since five months old and I couldn't fault it. The staff are so amazing and supportive of not only the children but the parents. They encourage development by planning well thought out activities.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son really enjoys coming to nursery and all the staff have always been fantastic with him.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very happy with the service the nursery provides. My son has learnt a lot while attending here.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees provides a great environment for my son to grow and learn. From encouraging him to develop his speech and vocabulary to giving him different play and learning opportunities, the staff in the Baby room do an excellent job. My son is always well fed and happy after a day at nursery, safe and
well looked after. I would highly recommend and believe this nursery to be great value for money on top of being an excellent place for children's development.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since joining the nursery 5 months ago, I have been very impressed with how attentive the staff are with all the children in their care, which provides reassurance as a parent entrusting the care of your child to a provider.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have been very pleased with Busy Bees at Brompton. Even when there have been issues they have been dealt with efficiently and quickly and we feel listened too. They have been very good with our eco-lifestyle and use of cloth nappies.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Really happy with how my son has transitioned into the room. All the staff are friendly and inviting and all get involved with him and the other children. My child had a significant injury and all the staff in the room including management were incredible with his needs and cared for him after, as well
as the care and support to my husband and I. Both extremely happy with how he is developing with the session he has.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very pleased with my daughter's progress at Busy Bees and how much she enjoys it here. Staff have been very helpful with developing her literacy and numeracy, ready for school and supporting with problem areas such as eating. She will be sad to go at the end of this academic year!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The setting is light, fun, friendly, clean and safe. The staff are always friendly and happy and always put the children first. The relevant information is always passed on well. My son enjoys the setting and has developed well through the nurseries guidance and focus.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I'm happy with this nursery and all the support and care my son receives. I am always confident that all my sons needs are met.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Absolutely brilliant. I cannot thank the staff enough who have worked with my son.
The help and support throughout has been tremendous. My son's needs vary greatly due to his ASD. Never has there been an issue at the time in the nursery.
Great array of toys and activities available.
Wish the best
of success to everyone

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son is very happy at Busy Bees at Gillingham Brompton nursery. He really likes his caretaker which tells me he is well looked after. Since he is at this nursery, I really feel he has learned a lot. Staff is always very nice and they do a lot of activities with the children.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff are always very friendly and really have a great relationship with my son. He is always happy at nursery and that is really very important to us.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Lovely nursery. It has built my daughter's social skills and has encouraged her speech.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I have had a few problems in the past but staff have always resolved issues and have been really helpful.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The nursery has been good in settling my child. They also accept/receive new suggestions in relation to my child's development.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending Busy Bees in Brompton for nearly 2 years and I can't express enough how much she has come on since joining. She wasn't 2 years old when she started and learned to walk and talk in the Baby Room and the staff were great.


Now she has moved up another 2 rooms and her education

and personality are first class and I can agree that it's down to the staff in the nursery as she is a full-timer. Overall I would definitely recommend Busy Bees.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son enjoys the nursery and playing with the other kids. The nursery has helped him come out of himself and the staff are very friendly and great with the kids.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son has been attending Brompton Bee's for nearly one year and I can really only say good things about the nursery.
The ladies are all very welcoming and seem to know all the children even if not in their direct care.
The activities and parents evenings are a great way to see what your child has
achieved. The only area I could think of improving would be to possibly introduce 'swap days' giving parents three days in a twelve month period to allow for a swap so the number of days/sessions the child is attending in the month is the same, subject to availability.
It may give parents more opportunities to take their children away.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter has attended the nursery for just over one year. Overall I am happy with the nursery. My daughter is happy and that is what I value the nursery on. The carers are great, patient and accommodating. The only changes I would recommend relate to the facilities - of which is not related to the
carers at all. 1. Overhead door cover of main entrance - parents get soaked in the rain! 2. Pave the path outside the nursery - this is dangerous for parents and children. 3. Invest in a buzzer. Carers can press to let parents in the building - can be standing outside waiting up to 7 minutes.

Reply from Chloe Wilkes, Marketing Admin at Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton

We try to ensure that a member of the management team is available at the core drop and collection points throughout the day to avoid parents having to wait around unnecessarily. However due to the location and that it is a security door we have to be mindful of the safety and welfare of the children and staff on site at all times and having a buzzer system for parents could cause further concerns and more monitoring.
Regarding an overhead door cover, this is a possibility and has been passed to our estates' department to look into to avoid parents getting wet/cold in bad weather.
With regards to the path outside the nursery, we can look into this and liaise with the local authority as to whose responsibility this is as it is a public walkway.


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Current Review Score: 9.4 (9.415)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.4 (9.415) out of 10 for Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton 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 10 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.6 out of 5 from 10 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 4.790 for Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton is calculated as follows: ( (96 Excellents x 5) + (21 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 119 Ratings = 4.79

  • 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 4.625 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Gillingham Brompton is based on 10 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. 10 Positive Reviews ÷ 16 = 0.625

  • 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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Kai

Kai O'Brien

Job Title: Centre Director

My name is Kai, I have 8 years of experience in Early Years starting with completing my apprenticeship and gaining both Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications in Children's Development. I am passionate about the quality of the environment that we provide for the children and always want to find new ways of enhancing the provisions that we offer for the children through the activities, areas and resources. I enjoy thinking outside of the box and using my knowledge to support and train staff to progress through their own career with my support. Parent partnership is vital to me and I show this through the continuous communication between ourselves and events planned. I look forward to meeting you!