Full-day nursery in Littleover, Derby
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton
Hollybrook Way, Littleover, Heatherton Village, Derby, DE23 3TZ · 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 May 1999Reference 206111Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 19 May 2023Ofsted · 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 7 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
Hollybrook Way, Littleover, Heatherton Village, Derby, DE23 3TZ · More nurseries in DE23
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Hollybrook Way, Nuffield Hospital and Hollybrook Medical Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Griffe Field Park11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 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 Derby there are about 3.8 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 Derby Heatherton is a full-day nursery at Hollybrook Way, Littleover, Heatherton Village, Derby, DE23 3TZ, in Littleover, Derby. It is registered for 109 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 28 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
- Derby Grammar School ages 4–18has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Highfields Spencer Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Griffe Field Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Ivy House School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Brookfield Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- Derby High School ages 3–19has a nursery class 1.0 miles
- High Grange School ages 5–19 1.2 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 Derby Heatherton's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton Good at its inspection on 19 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton is registered with Ofsted for up to 109 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Derby Heatherton?
You can call 01332 518888 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 206111 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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