Full-day nursery in Portishead, North Somerset
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead
Serbert Road, Gordano Gate, Portishead, BS20 7GF · 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
Serbert Road, Gordano Gate, Portishead, BS20 7GF · More nurseries in BS20
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Serbert Way, Galingale Way and The Vale.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Vale Park4 min walk
- The Park7 min walk
- Harbour Edge Park8 min walk
- Fitzroy Circus10 min walk
- Phoenix Park11 min walk
- Playground5 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 North Somerset 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 Bristol, Portishead is a full-day nursery at Serbert Road, Gordano Gate, Portishead, BS20 7GF, in Portishead, North Somerset. It is registered for 91 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 7 reviews (November 2026). 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected February 2023 0.3 miles
- Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.3 miles
- Portishead Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2021 0.5 miles
- High Down Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.2 miles
- High Down Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.2 miles
- Gordano School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead Good at its inspection on 12 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead is registered with Ofsted for up to 91 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bristol, Portishead?
You can call 01275 847275 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
- 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 EY252071 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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