Full-day nursery in Scale Hall, Lancashire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster
Ovangle Road, Lancaster, LA1 5JR · 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 September 2002Reference EY241718Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 5 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places125 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 28 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
Ovangle Road, Lancaster, LA1 5JR · More nurseries in LA1
Stations
- Lancaster24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Asda, AXA Insurance and Winster Walk.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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 Lancashire there are about 2.7 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 Lancaster is a full-day nursery at Ovangle Road, Lancaster, LA1 5JR, in Scale Hall, Lancashire. It is registered for 125 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 4.8 from 21 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
- Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.2 miles
- Morecambe Road School ages 3–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- The Loyne Specialist School ages 4–19Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected January 2024 0.6 miles
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.7 miles
- Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal) ages 5–11 0.7 miles
- Willow Lane Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Appletree Nursery School Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.8 miles
- Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.9 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 Lancaster's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster Good at its inspection on 5 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster is registered with Ofsted for up to 125 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster?
Lancaster is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lancaster?
You can call 01524 845245 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 EY241718 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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