Full-day nursery in Jarvis Brook, East Sussex
Busy Bees at Crowborough
Unit 2, Crowborough Trading Park, Crowborough Hill, TN6 2JL · 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 September 2024Reference 2812453Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 2 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places110 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 October 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
Unit 2, Crowborough Trading Park, Crowborough Hill, TN6 2JL · More nurseries in TN6
Stations
- Crowborough2 min walk · under 0.1 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Crowborough Railway Station, Burdett Road and Bracken Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Crowborough Country Park6 min walk
- The Bull Track11 min walk
- Jarvis Brook playground2 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 East Sussex there are about 3.2 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 Crowborough is a full-day nursery at Unit 2, Crowborough Trading Park, Crowborough Hill, TN6 2JL, in Jarvis Brook, East Sussex. It is registered for 110 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 7 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
- Jarvis Brook Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- Ashdown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.9 miles
- St Marys Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.0 miles
- Rotherfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 1.4 miles
- Acre Wood Academy ages 4–19Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Inadequate; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected October 2024 1.5 miles
- Beacon Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Outstandinginspected April 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Busy Bees at Crowborough's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees at Crowborough Good at its inspection on 2 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees at Crowborough take?
Busy Bees at Crowborough is registered with Ofsted for up to 110 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees at Crowborough?
Busy Bees at Crowborough is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees at Crowborough?
Crowborough is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees at Crowborough?
You can call 0330 333 8133 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 2812453 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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