Full-day nursery in Whetstone, Leicestershire
Busy Bees at Blaby
170 Lutterworth Road, Blaby, LEICESTER, LE8 4DP · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2009Reference EY388572Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 20 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places84 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
170 Lutterworth Road, Blaby, LEICESTER, LE8 4DP · More nurseries in LE8
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Ripon Drive, Dundee Road and Western Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Crescent Park6 min walk
- Bouskell Park10 min walk
- Oakfield Park11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Leicestershire there are about 2.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Busy Bees at Blaby is a full-day nursery at 170 Lutterworth Road, Blaby, LEICESTER, LE8 4DP, in Whetstone, Leicestershire. It is registered for 84 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Foxfields Academy ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Badgerbrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.6 miles
- Glen Hills Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 1.3 miles
- Greenfield Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.4 miles
- Cosby Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Busy Bees at Blaby's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees at Blaby Good at its inspection on 20 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees at Blaby take?
Busy Bees at Blaby is registered with Ofsted for up to 84 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees at Blaby?
Busy Bees at Blaby is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees at Blaby?
Narborough is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees at Blaby?
You can call 0116 278 6040 and visit www.busybeeschildcare.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY388572 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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