Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere

1 St Andrew’s Walk, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich IP4 5RE
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9.1 43 Reviews
  • Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere, Ipswich
Busy Bees Headingley Grove is a purpose-built facility, dedicated to age-appropriate childcare, a trained and trustworthy team of staff and a secure and healthy environment. The nursery has incorporated CCTV for parents’ peace of mind and carers look to offer advice and clarity on as many issues that affect children as possible.

Every child is allocated their own key person who pays close attention to personal development, looking to treat each youngster as an individual and to ensure they feel able to interact with their company and surroundings in a positive manner.

Care Provided by Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Karen Abram (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 20
  • Total Places for Children
  • 112
  • 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

Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere Reviews (43)

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Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere has a Review Score of 9.1 (9.059) out of 10, based on 9 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere has 43 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff and management have been very friendly, professional and polite to me and my son. Always smiling. The reception area is always clean and welcoming with drinks and snacks if you want them. I'm told every day what my son has eaten and what he has learnt and they are very good with reporting
accidents and behaviour. Thank you for a lovely experience.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My experience with Busy Bees and all the staff has been amazing. The team are helpful and supportive. My daughter has always been very happy at nursery and myself and partner have also built a great relationship with the staff. We have never had to complain and couldn't praise the nursery enough.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery is lovely with a recently refurbished interior, has a lovely large garden area outside, delicious healthy food and snacks and the staff are fantastic. The staff always put the children at the forefront of their care, are kind and take great interest in the children as individuals. They get
the families involved in activities for special days like Mother’s/Father’s Day, have parent partnership meetings, family social activities (treasure hunt) and also encourage home learning journals which are incorporated into themes of play and development during the nursery day.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have always had positive experiences at Busy Bees.
My son loves going and we find it difficult to get him to leave in the evening.
In February they changed the rooms to enable a better transition to school which my son loves. He says he is a 'big boy now'.
Great nursery and great staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

All the staff at Busy Bees Rushmere Ipswich have taken time to get to know my son.
This shines through with how welcome we are made to feel every morning and by how much my son enjoys attending.
My son talks excitedly about his day after every session.
This makes going to work so much easier knowing
my son is happy.
Busy Bees have managed my son's food allergy extremely well, ensuring his food is safe to eat but also serving like for like meals where possible so he does not feel left out.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

- Very helpful towards my sons development.
- Friendly staff.
- Very informative and supportive.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My child is very happy here, excellent services. Better play equipment could be provided in outside area - slide etc.
Not enough staff to child ratio in the mornings sometimes. Overall, very happy with care, staff can comment on what my child has said in the day which I love.
Food choice is excellent,
welcoming my child in mornings, very good to make her feel at ease.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A lovely nursery with great staff.
My daughter has a wonderful time and enjoys playing with friends and learning through the various activities provided. She also eats all the lovely food prepared for her. I am very pleased with the care and education my daughter has and continues to receive.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son's new key worker has an excellent relationship with my whole family.
All staff are polite, professional and dedicated.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter loves it at nursery. She's always excited to go and happy when I come to collect her. The staff are super friendly and my daughter loves them all.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Really good nursery. My child loves being here.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Both my eldest who is now at school and my little boy have been at Busy Bees and both have enjoyed it. The staff are friendly and helpful and I am happy they look after my little boy.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My two children attend Busy Bees (ages 1 and 3) and I am happy with the care, attention, support and time the staff spend with both of them. Their key workers are amazing, the girls have formed a special bond with them and importantly I trust them with my girls and to look after them as I would.
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assistant manager is always there is needs be and the staff are friendly. She has an open door.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am extremely pleased with the high-quality experience that my son experiences at nursery. He loves going to nursery and enjoys the wide range of activities and playing with the children. He has excellent relationships with the staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Friendly, happy, environment where my son has enjoyed nursery much more. The girls are very attentive and eager to let us know when he has done something special or new.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been at the nursery for over two years and we've always been happy with her progress and development. The staff have always been friendly, helpful and informative and we would have no issue recommending.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very happy with the overall experience with Busy Bees over the past two years.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

He loves his days here, always tells us about everything he does.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

I am happy with the overall experience at this nursery, my daughter enjoys it here too. They are good surrounding my daughter's allergies. Food at the site seems varied. Prices seem in line with other nurseries.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little boy has bloomed like a flower, it's amazing. He loves the setting so much it's a struggle to get him out to go home. Since he's been at the setting he's coming home laughing and smiling and full of happiness, which he didn't do before and he also comes home singing songs he has learnt during
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Thank you for bringing out the best of my little man. The outside space is so amazing!

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Current Review Score: 9.1 (9.059)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.1 (9.059) out of 10 for Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere 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 9 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.3 out of 5 from 9 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 4.757 for Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere is calculated as follows: ( (84 Excellents x 5) + (20 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 107 Ratings = 4.757

  • 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 4.302 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Busy Bees Ipswich Rushmere is based on 9 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 = 3.9

    • 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 112 number of registered child places is 22.4. 9 Positive Reviews ÷ 22.4 = 0.402

  • 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)

Karen

Karen Abram

Job Title: Centre Director

Hello,


I am Karen and I am the Centre Director of Ipswich Rushmere. I hold a Level 4 NVQ in Childcare and Education and a Level 4 NEBS Management and Leadership qualification.


I have been working in childcare for over 35 years and have been a manager for nearly 30 years. 


Myself and my team cannot wait to welcome you to the Busy Bees family!