Full-day nursery in Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth
Icknield Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4GY · 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 June 2004Reference EY289914Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 October 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places104 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Icknield Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4GY · More nurseries in SG6
Stations
- Letchworth Garden City5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Rowan Crescent, Morrisons and Letchworth Railway Station West.
Parks and playgrounds
- Broadway Gardens6 min walk
- Wilbury Recreation Ground7 min walk
- Howard Park and Gardens11 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Adventure Play Area playground11 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 Hertfordshire 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 Letchworth is a full-day nursery at Icknield Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4GY, in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 104 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 15 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
- Wilbury Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- St Francis College ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Hillshott Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Pixmore Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 miles
- St Christopher School ages 2–18has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- North Herts Education Support Centre ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 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 Letchworth's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth Good at its inspection on 6 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth is registered with Ofsted for up to 104 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth?
Letchworth Garden City is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Letchworth?
You can call 01462 683761 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY289914 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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