Busy Bees Guildford

Caring Daycare House, Gill Avenue, Guildford GU2 7WW
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7.5 35 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Guildford, Guildford
Busy Bees Guildford offers a fantastic environment for children to discover, play and learn. The nursery is separated into multiple bright and spacious rooms, each tailored to suit a variety of age ranges or developmental stages, meaning your child will always be able to enjoy the stimulating resources suited to their age.

There are a wide range of thrilling activities and engaging learning resources, with something on offer to suit every child’s interests. So, whatever you child enjoys doing, you can rest assured that they'll be engaged and supported throughout their stay at nursery.

With a combination of excellent resources and the quality care, the enthusiastic nursery team follow the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) curriculum, preparing activities to help support your child’s development, so they are ready to make the leap to the next key stage.   

With nutritious mealtimes available, fun activities and equipment outdoors, every child is sure to enjoy their days at Busy Bees Guildford.

Care Provided by Busy Bees Guildford

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Ana Ramos-Blanca (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 24
  • Total Places for Children
  • 77
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:00-19:00
    Tuesday 07:00-19:00
    Wednesday 07:00-19:00
    Thursday 07:00-19:00
    Friday 07:00-19:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Busy Bees Guildford

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  • Parking
  • Car park available for pick up and drop off


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7.5

Busy Bees Guildford has a Review Score of 7.5 (7.487) out of 10, based on 4 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Guildford has 35 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

It was recommended to me from friends that the nursery was a wonderful environment and their children thrived in the nursery. This encouraged me to enquire on this nursery. It offered stretched hours, the nursery team are attentive, caring and professional and incredibly caring. The baby nursery was
refurbished and offered a calm and relaxing space for my baby boy to learn and grow in. The baby diaries are always up to date and you receive a thorough handover every day. They know your child and always greet you with a smile and friendly. There is a book area for reading and often you see all the children sitting together listening to a story. You feel safe leaving your child in their care out of your care. This provides a new Mum peace of mind while at work. Thank you.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees has been the perfect nursery for our child so far, she absolutely loves it and seems to love all of the team who work there. All the staff go out of their way to help children settle and feel comfortable whilst with them. The attentiveness to the individual needs of each child shows every
day and the staff are always trying to ensure the care they provide is in line with what parents wish for their own child.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Always felt welcome and received great handovers from the friendly staff within the nursery. Always helpful when handing over messages from my bosses and myself.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Fabulous team of staff who are so friendly and show exceptional care towards the children and parents/carers!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter started at the nursery in August 2017, I was worried about how she would settle in after going to another setting. She settled in so well, the transition and settling in period was amazing, I can't thank the staff enough for all they did to support this.
Since being here I have had no
tears and only positive talk from her each evening.
I highly recommend this nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Very friendly, caring and helpful staff. Both our children seem very happy there. Frequent changes of key staff can be a bit annoying but generally, we have nothing to complain about.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son started here in the Panda Room. He is so happy here and loves the positive changes being made. He has learnt a lot here. Highly recommend this nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My grandson attends Busy Bees and loves it.
The staff are giving him teaching and learning that extends his knowledge. I love to pick him up and see all the amazing thing he's done.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

This is a lovely nursery environment and I am very happy with my child attending here. You can see the staff all care for the children and have special bonds. The rooms are very well equipped with toys/resources. My child always tells me he has had a good day and is happy to be here.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little boy has just settled in at Busy Bees in the Pandas Room. He has without a doubt been given great care and attention. They meet his individual needs and know him just as I do. Without a doubt delivering the best quality childcare.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

The staff at CDC Guildford are extremely caring. My son loves his teachers and is happy to go each day. The environment has seen rapid improvement over the last month or so. The staff ensure a range of different activities is available. My son particularly looks forward to sports lessons on Tuesdays
and regales me with what he has learnt.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff at the nursery are so kind and caring and have looked after my little boy fantastically since he's been there. The activities they do with them are really interesting and I'm sure he's bored when he's at home with me now!
Would highly recommend to anyone!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has attended this nursery since September 2014. The care he receives is excellent and he has a wonderful bond with all of the staff. He is very happy at this nursery and enjoys himself. He is encouraged to be independent and develop himself and he is a confident young boy. I would recommend
the nursery and the staff to anyone looking for somewhere to help their child grow in themselves and build up their confidence.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have been using this nursery for the last five years and have found it to be excellent. The staff are friendly and form great relationships with the children. There are lots of things for the kids to do and my boys have loved every minute of going here. I would thoroughly recommend it.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been with Caring Daycare since I returned to work. Not only is she well cared for but I feel the staff have a genuine affection for the children. If certain members of staff are working, I'm lucky to get a hug goodbye as my daughter runs over to greet them! They certainly all go to a
lot of effort to ensure the rooms stay interesting for the children, and aren't shy of messy play. There are Christmas shows, fairs, sports day, and plenty more events that the staff put a lot of time into. The initial reasons for our choice were its proximity to my workplace and the opening hours (which have been immensely helpful), but I don't think our daughter would let us take her anywhere else now.

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Current Review Score: 7.5 (7.487)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.5 (7.487) out of 10 for Busy Bees Guildford is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.0 out of 5 from 4 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.4 out of 5 from 3 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 4.042 for Busy Bees Guildford is calculated as follows: ( (28 Excellents x 5) + (7 Goods x 4) + (5 Satisfactorys x 3) + (3 Poors x 2) + (5 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 48 Ratings = 4.042

  • 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 3.445 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Guildford is based on 3 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 = 3.25

    • 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 77 number of registered child places is 15.4. 3 Positive Reviews ÷ 15.4 = 0.195

  • 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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Ana

Ana Ramos-Blanca

Job Title: Centre Director

Hi, my name is Ana and I’m originally from Malaga, Spain. I arrived to United Kingdom 8 years ago and since then I have been working in the childcare sector as a practitioner, room leader, deputy manager and nursery manager. 


I studied early years and primary teaching at Malaga University in Spain and I hold QTS in the UK since 2016, and I have completed a Level 3 Forest School Leader qualification as well as Level 5 Operational Management. 


In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, travelling, reading, exercise and cooking.