Full-day nursery in Cowhill, Derbyshire
Busy Bees Belper
1 Gibfield Lane, Belper, DE56 1WA · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
1 Gibfield Lane, Belper, DE56 1WA · More nurseries in DE56
Stations
- Belper9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Hillside Rise, Community Project and Herbert Strutt School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Belper Parks3 min walk
- Memorial Gardens7 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 Derbyshire there are about 3.4 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 Belper is a full-day nursery at 1 Gibfield Lane, Belper, DE56 1WA, in Cowhill, Derbyshire. It is registered for 147 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 13 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
- Herbert Strutt Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Long Row Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.8 miles
- St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Pottery Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.1 miles
- Milford Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 1.1 miles
- Holbrook Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 1.4 miles
- Holbrook School for Autism ages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.8 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 Belper's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Belper Good at its inspection on 11 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Belper take?
Busy Bees Belper is registered with Ofsted for up to 147 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Belper?
Busy Bees Belper is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Belper?
Belper is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Belper?
You can call 01773 882423 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
- 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 EY418090 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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