Busy Bees Chichester

Summerdale Road, Chichester PO19 6PL
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  • Busy Bees Chichester, Chichester
With an extensive range of facilities available around the bright and spacious nursery, Busy Bees Chichester provides endless opportunities for your little one to experience the very best start to their education.

Throughout each of the rooms you will find a wide variety of activities and learning resources designed to engage children of every age, allowing them to play and learn with those of a similar development stage. The passionate team will support your child throughout each stage of their development, providing excellent learning opportunities and planning fun-filled activities in line with the Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum.

No two days are the same at Busy Bees Chichester. With the extra curricula activities on offer, your little one can learn, develop and thrive whilst taking part in yoga, ballet and Makaton sessions.

Busy Bees understands that family life is busy and they aim to offer as much support as you need. As well as the option of booking additional ad-hoc sessions for when you need them through their online booking app, Pebble, the nursery also provides nappies and wipes, along with nutritious meals and snacks within the fees you pay.

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Care Provided by Busy Bees Chichester

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

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Shirley Miller (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 29
  • Total Places for Children
  • 92
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays

Funding & Fees Guide for Busy Bees Chichester

  • 0-2yrs £314 per week, £73 full day, £44.50 half day.
    2-3yrs £305.50 per week, £71 full day, £43.50 half day.
    3-5yrs £293 per week, £67 full day, £40 half day.
    Prices valid until August 2023.

  • A range of sessions available
  • Parking

  • Parking is available


Busy Bees Chichester Reviews (30)

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Busy Bees Chichester has a Review Score of 10 (9.956) out of 10, based on 19 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Busy Bees Chichester has 30 reviews.

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Review from Darryl S (Father of Child) published on 27 March 2020
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Really lovely nursery. Always welcoming to our family, my son loves coming here, is happy to be left and is always happy after a day at the nursery. Lovely freshly cooked meals prepared every day. The staff are very thorough with telling us all the exciting activities they've got up to day in day out.
Very confident when leaving my son here and couldn't ask for a better nursery.

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Review from Rachel J (Mother of Child) published on 9 May 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees has been absolutely fantastic for our daughter. She settled in really well and this was because all of the staff made her feel really welcome, happy and safe. Our daughter gets to do lots of different things each day and sometimes doesn't want to come home at the end of the day! A great sign
that she's a very happy little girl at nursery. As parents, we want her to progress and grow in confidence and she is doing this each day. A big thank you for all the staff for their continued hard work in everything that you do for all the children.

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Review from Kassi T (Mother of Child) published on 5 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son is 2 years old and he has been to Busy Bees since he was 6 months old. He absolutely loves it. Staff are brilliant, they look after the children very well and do all sorts of activities. My son is very happy and he has a great time at nursery.

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Review from Ava R (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending Busy Bees nursery since she was 5 months old and she absolutely loves it there! The staff are amazing and I love how they always keep me up-to-date with my daughter's learning journey. P.S She always comes home very tired = The sign of a good day!
I highly recommend
this nursery!


Thank you so much Busy Bee's staff.


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Review from Chantelle P (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My little girl started off very unsettled but the staff have been great in helping her to settle and be more confident and only this week she has had her 1st week both sessions excellent.
The Parent Zone could be updated and sent to parents quicker and it would be nice to see a section which includes
what activities they have done/taken part in during the day as I never know what she has done without having to ask the teacher at every pickup.

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Review from Hayley L (Mother of Child) published on 10 March 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My child has recently started Busy Bees Chichester, he settled quickly and all of the team are nice and friendly. I am happy with my decision to send him to Busy Bees at Chichester. I also like how flexible they are as a working mum it's great I can put him in for an extra day here and there when needed!

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Review from Larissa C (Mother of Child) published on 20 December 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Busy Bees is brilliant, I feel at such ease bringing my son to nursery.
My son is set back with his development and everyone is very supportive and patient. We are always welcomed and everyone is friendly. The resources are fabulous and the food is brilliant. I am very happy with the nursery as a
whole and would definitely recommend it.

Reply from Shirley Miller, Manager at Busy Bees Chichester

Thank you for your lovely review.


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Review from Lucy C (Mother of Child) published on 20 December 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

Not very happy with the parent zone information as her meals are not always accurate so I'm not sure whats been eaten.
Not always a very welcoming place. I would also like to be introduced to new staff who work with my child. Although I am pleased she has settled in as well as she has.

Reply from Shirley Miller, Manager at Busy Bees Chichester

Thank you for your review.


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Review from Ann C (Mother of Child) published on 20 December 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am so happy with this nursery. They truly are amazing. My son is extremely happy there. All the staff are extremely friendly and are so enthusiastic. They care so much about the childrens' well being and progress and my son has become really independent since being here and has progressed in many
ways. The environment in his pre-school room is fantastic for learning and play. Well equipped with fabulous resources and a lovely atmosphere throughout. My son looks forward to going every day.

Reply from Shirley Miller, Manager at Busy Bees Chichester

Thank you for your excellent review.


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Review from Melisa B (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am absolutely blown away by this nursery and am so pleased I have my little one here and will soon be sending my youngest too!


This nursery is extremely clean, literally all of the time! Some great spaces indoors and outdoors for the children to play, develop and learn and the staff are the friendliest

and switched on I have seen in any nursery.


I really like the fact that there is a uniform for the 3-4-year-olds to prepare them well for their school years!


Home cooked breakfast, lunch and dinners on the premises and again very clean kitchen and hygienic chef.


My little boy loves coming here and is always talking about busy bees what he did there and his friends and teachers.


Can not fault this nursery, thank you for coming to Chichester!!!


Reply from Shirley Miller, Manager at Busy Bees Chichester

Thank you for taking time to complete your kind review.
Shirley


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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.956)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.956) out of 10 for Busy Bees Chichester is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 19 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 19 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 4.956 for Busy Bees Chichester is calculated as follows: ( (219 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 228 Ratings = 4.956

  • 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 Chichester is based on 19 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 92 number of registered child places is 18.4, which has been reached with 19 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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Shirley

Shirley Miller

Job Title: Centre Director

I have worked in childcare for over 21 years, 17 years with Busy Bees Hillingdon where I was the manager at this extremely busy nursery with the capacity of 114 children and a staff team of over 40. I  moved into the area of Pagham with Gary and our two little dogs Molly and Riley in 2017 where we are enjoying long walks along the beach and in the local countryside. I have two grown up children and four Grand-children which I love to spend time with. My other passion is cruising; me and Gary have been on quite a few now but I have not managed to go to Hawaii where I have always wanted to go as a child.                                                                              


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