Full-day nursery in Southfields, Leicester
Busy Bees at Leicester City
146 Upper New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7QA · 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 April 2003Reference EY259769Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 March 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places54 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 October 2024Food 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
146 Upper New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7QA · More nurseries in LE1
Stations
- Leicester10 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Granville Road, Adventist Church and Hamilton Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Victoria Park2 min walk
- Prebend Gardens6 min walk
- Museum Square Park10 min walk
- Nelson Mandela Park10 min walk
- St Mary’s Triangle10 min walk
- Playground4 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 Leicester there are about 4.4 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 Leicester City is a full-day nursery at 146 Upper New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7QA, in Southfields, Leicester. It is registered for 54 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 20 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Leicester Therapeutic School ages 5–11 0.1 miles
- Medway Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.3 miles
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.3 miles
- Al-Islamia Institute for Education ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Uplands Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.4 miles
- St Crispin's School ages 2–16has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Highfields Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.5 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 Leicester City's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees at Leicester City Good at its inspection on 30 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees at Leicester City take?
Busy Bees at Leicester City is registered with Ofsted for up to 54 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees at Leicester City?
Busy Bees at Leicester City is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees at Leicester City?
Leicester is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees at Leicester City?
You can call 0116 233 0423 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 · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY259769 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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