Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school

2a Manor House Lane, Preston PR1 6HL
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  • Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school, Preston
Busy Bears now provides wrap around care: Before & After School Club, and Holiday Club for ages up to 8 years.

Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school was originally built in 1892 and in 2016 the building had an extension added to cater for a spacious, home from home learning environment for the children entering their care. The nursery also offers wrap around care and facilitates for before & after school club as well as holiday club.

The learning rooms have been carefully resourced and designed to allow the children to have the best learning opportunities and support them in meeting all areas of learning and development. There are four excellent learning rooms that they provide. The three main rooms are: The Baby Room, which caters for 0–2-year-olds, The Tweenie Room catering for 2–3-year-olds and Pre-school, which is for children 3–4-year-olds, who are getting school ready. There is a new calm, tranquil multi-sensory room which is accessible for all ages. This beautiful space is perfect for helping children develop, engage, and get in touch with all their senses.

The nursery offers swimming, dance and football lessons to ensure all children are offered the best opportunities in their early years. The nursery has a minibus which transports children around the community on day trips, educational outings, and forest & beach schools.

Busy Bears takes on a Forest school learning approach, to allow children to learn and develop in the awe and wonder of nature. They believe in providing opportunities for children to get hands-on and develop confidence in a natural environment, both indoors and outdoors.

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Care Provided by Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Sonia Cartmell (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 10
  • Total Places for Children
  • 70
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school

  • 15 & 30 hours FREE funded sessions are available. Fees are payable in advance. Please contact the nursery for fee prices.
  • Parking

  • Car parking is available, making picking up and dropping off your child safe and convenient.


Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school Reviews (30)

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9.8

Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.849) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school has 30 reviews.

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Review from R D (Mother of Child) published on 23 February 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would highly recommend busy bears nursery to any parents looking for a warm, nurturing environment for their special educational needs child. Or even children that are not special educational needs. They are very inclusive of all children and I feel they are highly knowledgeable in regards to special
educational needs children. They are really compassionate about what they do and this shows in their demeanour and how they run different activities. They all work very well as a team and the communication between them and parents are amazing. They give detailed handovers and express their opinions and advice openly and confidently. My boy has only been there, in preschool for 3 weeks and he is a different child. He’s close to being potty trained, in that time with the odd accidents which is to be expected (special educational needs) this is a big achievement for us. The staff here expressed they felt taking pull-ups away and having confidence in my boy would work and it did. They gave me the confidence to trust him more and realise just how much he’s capable of.

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Review from N Y (Father of Child) published on 13 December 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great nursery, very informative of how my daughter's day has been in regards to what she did, what she ate and whether she slept and so on. The staff are very nice and I feel my child is left in good hands.

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Review from D G (Father of Child) published on 10 November 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great childcare. Our little girl has come on so much since joining the nursery and highly recommend to friends and family.

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Review from Grace B (Mother of Child) published on 15 October 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter only started in September but I have been very happy with the care she has received so far. The staff are all lovely and are very understanding of my daughter's additional needs. She has made a lot of progress so far which I am very happy with.

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Review from Jolene B (Mother of Child) published on 11 October 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has not long started Busy Bears and already we are so chuffed with our decision to send him there! Every member of staff has been amazing at helping him to settle in and at putting our minds at ease. I'd 100% recommend it to anyone!

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Review from Kayleigh S (Mother of Child) published on 11 October 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great nursery. Lovely staff. My son has been going here almost a year now and he's doing great. He has special needs and the staff have been great with him. They are very patient and understanding of him.

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Review from Alicia (Mother of Child) published on 4 October 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has been at Busy Bears for the last 4 months and I’m so happy with my decision to send him here. He has come on leaps and bounds in such a short space of time. The staff are all so lovely, friendly and welcoming. My son runs through the door every morning excited to see all the ladies and his
friends and leaves with a happy face! They do so many different activities and keep us up to date through the parent app. Healthy meals are provided throughout the day. Would highly recommend Busy Bears!

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Review from Angela H (Mother of Child) published on 23 April 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been coming here for almost eighteen months, it is a fantastic nursery. The staff are amazing, my girl is growing in confidence and self esteem since starting here. I would highly recommend Busy Bears Day Nursery to any parent. My daughter goes to nursery smiling and leaves nursery smiling,
I love hearing about her day and also seeing her achievements regularly updated on the app. Busy Bears Day Nursery is like a home from home. Thank you to all the staff that have welcomed my child, encouraged her and helping her thrive. A number one nursery.

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Review from Hazel G (Mother of Child) published on 7 April 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have been very happy with the care provided at Busy Bears Day Nursery. The children have a very holistic experience, including everything from swimming and football to writing, crafting and Forest School. Nursery staff are both professional and friendly and seem happy in their jobs. We very much
appreciate the weekend activities the staff take the time to arrange, including a lovely summer fayre, autumn walk and breakfast with Santa. My eldest son is now at primary school and the preschool year at Busy Bears Day Nursery really prepared him well and he went from being scared to being excited. He surprised us all the time with the knowledge he has gained from nursery and we enjoyed hearing him talk about his activities and his friends. We started our young daughter here recently and it was so reassuring to drop her off somewhere I know is a safe and happy environment. I would recommend Busy Bears Day Nursery to any parent.

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Review from Sarah H (Mother of Child) published on 7 April 2021
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both of my sons have been coming to Busy Bears Day Nursery for a number of years and have loved it. The staff are amazing and go above and beyond for my children. My youngest still attends and is extremely happy every day with all the fun activities planned. I could not recommend it more.

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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.849)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.849) out of 10 for Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school 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 20 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 20 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 4.849 for Busy Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school is calculated as follows: ( (211 Excellents x 5) + (18 Goods x 4) + (9 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 238 Ratings = 4.849

  • 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 Bears Day Nursery & Pre-school is based on 20 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 70 number of registered child places is 14, which has been reached with 20 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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