Full-day nursery in Bradley Stoke, South Gloucestershire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke
Ferndene, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 9DF · 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 1998Reference 135962Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 20 June 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places92 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 21 October 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
Ferndene, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 9DF · More nurseries in BS32
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Patchway Brook, Bradley Stoke Surgery and Chessel Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Jubilee Green10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Foxborough Play Area playground7 min walk
- Beacon Play Area playground11 min walk
- Paddock Close Play Area playground11 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 South Gloucestershire there are about 2.4 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 Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke is a full-day nursery at Ferndene, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 9DF, in Bradley Stoke, South Gloucestershire. It is registered for 92 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.8 from 14 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
- Wheatfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.1 miles
- Holy Trinity Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Bowsland Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2022 0.4 miles
- Stoke Lodge Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.4 miles
- SGS Pegasus School ages 4–18Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Bradley Stoke Community School All-throughages 4–18Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Meadowbrook Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 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 Bristol Bradley Stoke's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke Good at its inspection on 20 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke is registered with Ofsted for up to 92 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke?
Patchway is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol Bradley Stoke?
You can call 01454 202888 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 135962 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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