Busy Bees Ashton House

Ashton House, Ashton Park, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston PR2 1HL
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8.4 55 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Ashton House, Preston
Busy Bees Ashton House is a converted manor house, tailored to early years play and exploration and staffed by a team with a varied range of qualifications and experience.

An extensive range of interests and activities are stimulated within the setting, such as creative art, singing and sensory play. Staff look to support children develop confidence and independent thinking to help them with future challenges.

A parent partnership meets throughout the year to provide regular feedback and during school holidays there are visits organised to various parks and attractions.

Care Provided by Busy Bees Ashton House

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • David Fisher-Sinclair (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 50
  • Total Places for Children
  • 161
  • 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
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8.4

Busy Bees Ashton House has a Review Score of 8.4 (8.397) out of 10, based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Ashton House has 55 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son loves being at Busy Bees at Ashton House. He really enjoys the interaction with the staff and the other children. His favourite activity is spending time in the garden (which is one of the main reasons we chose this nursery). The staff give full detailed handovers. The only improvement would
be lines demarking parking spaces in the carpark.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son enjoys nursery and has come on in leaps and bounds. Any problems are addressed and dealt with and we feel comfortable raising any issues.
Only negative is the food is not consistent, nothing different offered when he doesn't like a meal.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

It has been quite daunting leaving my little boy at nursery but the staff have made me feel reassured by being so friendly and informative. It is extremely clear that my little boy has an amazing time. The room staff are very clear with everything he's been up to through the day and they have his best
interests at heart. He is developing daily and this is enhanced by the work the room staff carry out. A big thank you to everyone and very well done :)

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Staff are always very friendly. A varied food menu is great to allow children to try different foods. Any time I've needed to speak to anybody about anything, matters have always been dealt with.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I am very happy with Ashton House as a full-time nursery for my daughter. She has attended since January 2016 and she is always given a warm welcome by all staff. The EY Educators in her room provide exceptional care and my daughter has always formed a friendly, trusting bond with her key workers. She
is always actively involved in nursery life when I return to collect her and she happily settles in the morning. I am confident that she is in safe hands.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son is very happy here, always keen to go to nursery. He is fed very well, and the facilities and activities are excellent. They have various gardens in the grounds so each group can have their own section which I like. The rooms and gardens are very spacious giving the children plenty of space to
play in. The staff are all very friendly and appear more than competent in what they do. I have never had any reason to complain. I like the way the children are split over various rooms, my son is 2 years 6 months and in his 3rd room, I prefer this to the standard 0-2, 2-4 age split.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Overall, a good nursery. Great room staff. My daughter is very happy, however, they could improve the communication.
Outside space is good with specific areas for different age groups.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Fantastic staff, they pay attention to the children attentively.
The facilities need an upgrade with worn out carpets and general ware and tear items.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Nursery staff are brilliant.
Nursery itself is great, but I wish prices would be better as they go up in May.
Needs more indoor and outdoor toys.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I am very happy with the staff in my son's classroom. I think they give the children a lot of time. They do a lot of learning and development. I have noticed my son has really come on in this classroom and will be ready for school.
More learning toys are needed.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Cring staff, good atmosphere, nice building.
Paying via direct debt caused constant problems as it was never correct.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My child enjoys the nursery.
I am happy with the care and learning she receives.
Staff are professional, approachable and helpful.
There are lots of exciting activities at the nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has blossomed whilst attending nursery. Her speech is excellent and she is learning new things continuously.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Very good. Staff are always very friendly and polite. Lovely rooms and gardens for them to play out in.
Great atmosphere, all the children seem very happy and comfortable in their environments.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I always feel like I am leaving my child in responsible hands.
The staff are friendly and helpful and encouraging.

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Current Review Score: 8.4 (8.397)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.4 (8.397) out of 10 for Busy Bees Ashton House is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.6 out of 5 from 6 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.8 out of 5 from 6 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 4.611 for Busy Bees Ashton House is calculated as follows: ( (44 Excellents x 5) + (28 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 72 Ratings = 4.611

  • 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 3.786 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Ashton House is based on 6 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 = 3.6

    • 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 161 number of registered child places is 32.2. 6 Positive Reviews ÷ 32.2 = 0.186

  • 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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Meet the Team (1)

David

David Fisher-Sinclair

Job Title: Centre Director

Joined: 2011

My name is David Fisher-Sinclair I have been working for Busy Bees since 2011 based at Southport. I came across to Ashton House in November 2023.


I started off as a member of the relief team at Southport and have continued to develop my knowledge and skills ever since, becoming assistant Centre Director in 2019 at Southport and then transferring over to Ashton House. I have completed my level 5 management and leadership training and senco training.