Full-day nursery in Riverhead, Kent
Busy Bees at Riverhead
Walker House, London Road, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2DN · 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 July 2007Reference EY348921Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 March 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places93 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 March 2026Food 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
Walker House, London Road, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2DN · More nurseries in TN13
Stations
- Dunton Green14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Sevenoaks24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Tesco, Chesterfield Drive and The Miners Arms.
Parks and playgrounds
- Riverhead Parkland11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 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 Kent 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 Riverhead is a full-day nursery at Walker House, London Road, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2DN, in Riverhead, Kent. It is registered for 93 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 4.6 from 7 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Riverhead Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Dunton Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Amherst School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.5 miles
- Sevenoaks Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.9 miles
- The Granville School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.0 miles
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 1.4 miles
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 1.5 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 Riverhead's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees at Riverhead Good at its inspection on 23 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees at Riverhead take?
Busy Bees at Riverhead is registered with Ofsted for up to 93 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees at Riverhead?
Busy Bees at Riverhead is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees at Riverhead?
Dunton Green is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees at Riverhead?
You can call 01732 461146 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY348921 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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