Full-day nursery in Bure Park, Oxfordshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester
1 Barberry Place, Bicester, OX26 3HA · 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 October 2000Reference 134308Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 17 July 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places139 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 2 December 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
1 Barberry Place, Bicester, OX26 3HA · More nurseries in OX26
Stations
- Bicester North13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Barberry Place Shops and Blake Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Southwold Park4 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Play Area 18 playground3 min walk
- Playground3 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 Oxfordshire 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.
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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester is a full-day nursery at 1 Barberry Place, Bicester, OX26 3HA, in Bure Park, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 139 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 18 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited (company), which runs 32 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
- Bure Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Southwold Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- Brookside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Bardwell School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 miles
- Glory Farm Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- Gagle Brook Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.7 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.7 miles
- King's Meadow Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 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 Day Nursery at Bicester's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester Good at its inspection on 17 July 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester is registered with Ofsted for up to 139 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester?
Bicester North is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bicester?
You can call 01869 321522 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 · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 134308 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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