Full-day nursery in Harborne, Birmingham
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE
160 Metchley Lane, Birmingham, B15 2TX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
160 Metchley Lane, Birmingham, B15 2TX · More nurseries in B15
Stations
- University10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Selly Oak22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Metchley Court, Maternity Hospital and Humphrey Middlemore Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Grove Park7 min walk
- The Grove Playground9 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 Birmingham there are about 3.8 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 Birmingham QE is a full-day nursery at 160 Metchley Lane, Birmingham, B15 2TX, in Harborne, Birmingham. It is registered for 133 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. 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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Harborne Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected May 2025 0.5 miles
- Water Mill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- The Blue Coat School Birmingham ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- St Peters CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Chad Vale Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- Selly Oak Nursery School Nurseryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected April 2023 0.8 miles
- Cherry Oak School ages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 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 Day Nursery at Birmingham QE's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE Good at its inspection on 26 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE is registered with Ofsted for up to 133 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Birmingham QE?
University is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY344321 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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