Full-day nursery in Gatley, Stockport
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway
High Grove Road, Cheadle, SK8 1NP · 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 1997Reference 307163Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places67 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 September 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
High Grove Road, Cheadle, SK8 1NP · More nurseries in SK8
Stations
- Gatley12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Kingsway School, Broadway and Grange Park Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Brookfield Park6 min walk
- Brooklyn Crescent Park8 min walk
- Hall Street Green9 min walk
- Bruntwood Park12 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 Stockport there are about 3.1 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 Cheadle Kingsway is a full-day nursery at High Grove Road, Cheadle, SK8 1NP, in Gatley, Stockport. It is registered for 67 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 11 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
- Cheadle Village Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- Lady Barn House School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Inscape House School ages 5–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.6 miles
- Lum Head Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Gatley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.7 miles
- North Cheshire Jewish Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.7 miles
- Meadowbank Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Cheadle Hulme Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 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 Cheadle Kingsway's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway Good at its inspection on 27 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway is registered with Ofsted for up to 67 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway?
Gatley is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway?
You can call 0161 428 6226 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 307163 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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