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

Generally, we are pleased with placing our child at Brompton. We feel the level of education and entertainment is of the highest quality and very impressed with the overall treatment of our child. We have given satisfactory feedback re food and drink only because we feel some of the foods are unattractive
to young children. The quality is very high though. We also feel that if any child has been diagnosed with any form of sickness, parents should be notified on whether their child can attend the nursery or not at the time, instead of the following days as this might cause last minute inconvenience. Other than that, we love everything and are extremely pleased.

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

The nursery food is prepared onsite by our experienced chef and all meals are verified by a nutritionist and are seasonal. We cater for allergies/intolerances and parental preferences and if there is a food item on the menu that is not as popular we will offer a long-term substitute.
When sickness is present in the nursery we will contact parents immediately to make arrangement for collection and notices are displayed as well as texts sent out to notify parents that if their child becomes unwell then they need to follow the correct exclusion period. We always tell parents upon collection if their child is unwell as to how long they would need to remain at home for. Thank you for the comments as it supports us to continue to strive and reflect on what we do.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have loved our time at Brompton. Over the last 8 months, the staff have been amazing and our daughter loves coming. The staff really care about the children and their progression.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing staff, very welcoming and supportive, structured learning programme for my children. Two children have been here for nearly 2 years. 1 is just about to join, wouldn't put them anywhere else.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been made to feel very welcome and the staff have been amazing at settling him into the nursery. Feedback at the end of the day is always good, telling exactly what he has been doing and eating etc. The staff are always helpful and friendly. My son is happy and content and seems to really
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been at this nursery for the last 6 months since I returned to work. The staff have made the difficult process as seamless as possible and my daughter is thriving. I find all the staff to be caring and interested in my child as an individual and I feel comfortable leaving her in their
care. I have recommended Busy Bees nursery to local friends and am extremely grateful for their ongoing excellent treatment of my daughter.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We currently have both of our boys in the nursery and both from a very young age full time so we wanted to find the best nursery for them to settle into, feel comfortable in and one that would give them the best start to life. We found it with Busy Bees Brompton. Our boys love going to nursery and have
developed in leaps and bounds. The staff are second to none and Joe the chef is a real asset to the team. Cannot fault the nursery in any way and their communication is excellent. We could not be happier with our nursery choice. Highly recommend.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since my little girl has started nursery here, her confidence and speech have greatly improved. The staff are friendly and welcoming and it's great generally a lovely atmosphere/environment.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees Brompton is an outstanding nursery! The staff are very attentive forwards the child and focus on each and every child including my needs. My daughter is three and a half years old and went through some behavioural problems. The support received from her key person and manager was fantastic.
My daughter received a lot of attention to overcome to her issues and now is a pleasure to be around. Thanks to the staff and the support of the manager my daughter is a delight to be around. Highly recommend them!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending since she was 8/9 months old, her key worker within the baby suite was amazing! The newly refurbished suite was the perfect setting, freshly cooked meals with all my daughter's allergy needs catered for daily. My daughter is now in the "blue" room and is thriving in there
as well. The staff have encouraged her at all stages.


At her last parents evening, she is well well above her development level. I do a lot at home with my daughter to help her learn and with the staff at Busy Bee's approach and new rooms, she is loving learning at each step. Would recommend to anyone.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since my little girl has started the nursery here her confidence and speech have greatly improved. The staff are friendly and welcoming and it's just generally a lovely atmosphere/environment for her and all the children to be in.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son is diabetic and needs extra attention for help with his medical needs. This nursery has provided us with the care and has supported us as a family with the needs and the medical needs our son requires. They are a brilliant nursery and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a nursery for
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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!