Full-day nursery in Spinney Hill, West Northamptonshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill
Kettering Road, Northampton, NN3 6AA · 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
Kettering Road, Northampton, NN3 6AA · More nurseries in NN3
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Morrisons, Addison Road and Malcolm Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bradlaugh Fields2 min walk
- Brookland Pocket Park9 min walk
- Eastfield Park10 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 West Northamptonshire there are about 3.2 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 Northampton Spinney Hill is a full-day nursery at Kettering Road, Northampton, NN3 6AA, in Spinney Hill, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 111 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 31 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kingsley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- Wallace Road Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.3 miles
- Eastfield Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.4 miles
- Cedar Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Parklands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Parklands Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Fairfields School ages 3–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- Headlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.8 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 Northampton Spinney Hill's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill Good at its inspection on 1 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill is registered with Ofsted for up to 111 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Spinney Hill?
You can call 01604 494868 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY486889 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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