Busy Bees St David's

St David's Park, Ewloe, Deeside CH5 3XN
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9.7 77 Reviews
  • Busy Bees St David's, Deeside
Busy Bees St Davids has a vibrant learning interior, resourced for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, as well as offering a number of extra-curricular activities and having its own discovery garden.

Children are able to explore and exercise their imagination, while picking up the key early years curriculum skills. There is personalised planning which enables the skilled team to focus on each individual.

The provider is committed to a healthy and happy time, making the most of outstanding childcare to impact positively on future education.

Care Provided by Busy Bees St David's

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Barbara Karda (Centre Director)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 40
  • Total Places for Children
  • 129
  • 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 & Christmas
  • Parking
  • on site parking


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9.7

Busy Bees St David's has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.715) out of 10, based on 41 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees St David's has 77 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The care provided to my son has been outstanding. The staff are dedicated, friendly, engaging and genuinely love what they do. My son has developed language, social skills and creative abilities which I have no doubt will prepare him for the years ahead at school. Overall, I cannot fault the service
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

This nursery provides a great service for working parents. Staff are extremely friendly and supportive. My son loves being there. I can see that he has learned a lot while being there.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I cannot recommend Busy Bees nursery at St. David's Park highly enough. My little boy is in the baby room and the level of care he receives is brilliant. The nursery nurses are not only caring and professional but they go above and beyond to ensure that your child is getting everything they need for
their development. The staff understand the needs of the children and are very knowledgeable in early years care. I have also found that they are caring and approachable to parents and always help with any queries I may have. I think that the diary system they use which tells you about what your child has done during the day is excellent. My child always seems happy and content there and that is all I can ask for as a parent.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter's key workers are amazing! They have a relationship with her, that is lovely to see. They take time to know an individual child, their moods and their little personalities. Whilst apprehensive at the start, my daughter now cannot wait until her next session.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending Busy Bees at St David's for over 2 years now. She loves it. I feel safe leaving her there with the professional and friendly staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son is always well received by the staff, his development is no doubt down to the activities at Busy Bees. We only have a snack in the evening as he eats well, often reportedly having seconds too! The feedback from staff is thorough and they are keen to listen to the requirements I request.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I couldn't recommend the nursery enough, my little boy is cared for and loved by all of the amazing staff. His learning and development have progressed so much since he started due to the many amazing and interesting opportunities the staff provide both inside and outside some of which are focused around
his individual needs and interests.
The staff and management team are all very helpful and supportive and together they make a great team!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has recently increased her hours at this nursery from 2 days full time to 5 days full time. I am so impressed with the progress she is making and the routine she is learning ready for school nursery class next year.


The staff and management have been great at helping her to settle and

she loves going to nursery every day where she feels loved and cared for.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter has attended the nursery from age 7 months and is still in attendance now. The staff really do treat them like their own and the children are happy, safe and secure. I have always been kept well informed of her progress and the transitions between different rooms and staff have always been
smooth. I would highly recommend this nursery to anyone in the local area.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son loves going to nursery but I would prefer more help on assisting him, in particular in his welsh. I was brought up outside the UK so have no knowledge of Welsh and would like to help/understand for future reference.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has attended the nursery since she was 9 months old. At every stage I have been very impressed by the love, care and attention she has been shown. As a result, she has grown up confident, independent and has gained the necessary skills to aid a smooth transition to primary school. The staff
are professional, helpful, knowledgeable and caring. I cannot praise them, enough.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great nursery. I am pleased with the way my child is learning and I notice a great difference at home. The staff are very friendly too.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff always welcome my child each morning with smiles and a friendly approach. This is important to me as my daughter is sensitive and takes a while to relax and be at ease.
However, my daughter has grown in confidence since attending here from 12 months old.
She is now 3 and a half years and loves
to talk about her day and activities she participated in.
She knows all her colours, shapes and can count to 20 which has well prepared her for attending nursery school in September. Thank you Busy Bees, I definitely would highly recommend you to friends and family.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees is a fantastic nursery. The manager runs a tight ship and is always accommodating should I need her. The staff are friendly and genuinely care for the children. My daughters have both loved it and I have recommended to friends. Most importantly my daughters come out with smiles on their faces.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My child loves attending her nursery I am very satisfied with the quality of care she receives and I believe it has helped her to progress. I am very satisfied with her nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My son enjoyed his time here in the nursery. He attended Busy Bees for 4 years as he started when he was only five months old. The staff treated him as an individual and always showed care and compassion towards him.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees have been wonderful so far. The staff are really friendly and helpful and my son really seems to enjoy himself. They are always doing fun activities with him like painting and crafts. They also teach him new things. I feel really reassured that he is such good hands while I am at work. I am
really grateful for all their hard work. Fantastic, couldn't recommend enough.

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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.715)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.715) out of 10 for Busy Bees St David's is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 41 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 39 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 4.715 for Busy Bees St David's is calculated as follows: ( (412 Excellents x 5) + (56 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) + (4 Poors x 2) + (16 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 492 Ratings = 4.715

  • 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 Bees St David's is based on 39 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 129 number of registered child places is 25.8, which has been reached with 39 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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Barbara

Barbara Karda

Job Title: Centre Director

Hi, my name is Barbara and I am the Centre Director here at Busy Bees St Davids Park, Ewloe.