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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle
Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE27 0QJ · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE27 0QJ · More nurseries in NE27
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Silver Fox Way-Procter & Gamble, Cobalt Link Road - North and Cobalt Link Road - South.
Parks and playgrounds
- Silverlink Biodiversity Park3 min walk
- Rising Sun Country Park6 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 North Tyneside there are about 3.5 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 Newcastle is a full-day nursery at Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE27 0QJ, in New York, North Tyneside. It is registered for 110 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 5.0 from 11 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
- Hadrian Park Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.4 miles
- New York Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Shiremoor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- Battle Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2022 0.9 miles
- Silverdale School ages 4–16has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Inadequate; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected April 2025 1.0 miles
- Holystone Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 1.0 miles
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Denbigh Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 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 Newcastle's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle Good at its inspection on 17 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle is registered with Ofsted for up to 110 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle?
Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear) is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newcastle?
You can call 0191 257 8842 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 EY254577 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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