Full-day nursery in Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave
University Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, COVENTRY, CV2 2DX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
University Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, COVENTRY, CV2 2DX · More nurseries in CV2
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Hospital Interchange, Hospital Car Parks and Blandford Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Platinum Jubilee Nature Reserve3 min walk
- Potters Green Corridor10 min walk
- Wyken Croft Nature Park10 min walk
- Caludon Castle Park12 min walk
- Playground6 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 Coventry there are about 4.7 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 Coventry Walsgrave is a full-day nursery at University Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, COVENTRY, CV2 2DX, in Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 33 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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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Pearl Hyde Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.2 miles
- Walsgrave Church of England Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.3 miles
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Wyken Croft Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Whittle Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Seva School All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Clifford Bridge Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.1 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 Coventry Walsgrave's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave Outstanding at its inspection on 8 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Coventry Walsgrave?
You can call 024 7662 2485 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY422559 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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