Full-day nursery in Galley's Corner, Essex
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree
Galleys Corner, Baintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, CM77 8GA · 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 March 2001Reference 405269Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 July 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places109 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 27 January 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
Galleys Corner, Baintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, CM77 8GA · More nurseries in CM77
Stations
- Braintree Freeport12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Cressing Rd Rdbt, Fowlers Farm and Thames Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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 Essex there are about 2.9 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 Braintree is a full-day nursery at Galleys Corner, Baintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, CM77 8GA, in Galley's Corner, Essex. It is registered for 109 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 21 reviews (November 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
- Beckers Green Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- Cressing Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.9 miles
- John Ray Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2019 1.1 miles
- John Ray Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.1 miles
- Lyons Hall School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.1 miles
- Great Bradfords Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.4 miles
- Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 1.4 miles
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.7 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 Braintree's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree Good at its inspection on 26 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree is registered with Ofsted for up to 109 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree?
Braintree Freeport is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Braintree?
You can call 01376 344416 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 · 4 November 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 405269 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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