Full-day nursery in Eastend, Essex
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow
Harlow Business Park, Green Way, Harlow, CM19 5QE · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Harlow Business Park, Green Way, Harlow, CM19 5QE · More nurseries in CM19
Nearest stations and parks
- Roydon28 min walk · 1.1 miles
- Harlow Town43 min walk · 1.8 miles
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Essex 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.
What parents say
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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow is a full-day nursery at Harlow Business Park, Green Way, Harlow, CM19 5QE, in Eastend, Essex. It is registered for 105 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 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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| Busy Bees Day Nursery at HarlowThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Roydon Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.9 miles
- Little Parndon Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.1 miles
- Jerounds Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.3 miles
- Pemberley Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected January 2024 1.3 miles
- Water Lane Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 1.4 miles
- St Luke's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.4 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 Harlow's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow Good at its inspection on 24 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow is registered with Ofsted for up to 105 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow?
Roydon is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harlow?
You can call 01279 441277 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.
- 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 EY307317 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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