Full-day nursery in Dunkirk, Nottingham
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University
University Park, off Beeston Lane, Sports Centre Drive, Nottingham, NG7 2RD · 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
University Park, off Beeston Lane, Sports Centre Drive, Nottingham, NG7 2RD · More nurseries in NG7
Stations
- University of Nottingham6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Queens Medical Centre7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Gregory Street14 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Chemical Engineering, Arts Centre and University East Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Highfields Park2 min walk
- University of Nottingham2 min walk
- Millennium Garden10 min walk
- Wollaton Park11 min walk
- Dunkirk Park11 min walk
- Highfields Park Play Area playground5 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 Nottingham there are about 4 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 Nottingham University is a full-day nursery at University Park, off Beeston Lane, Sports Centre Drive, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, in Dunkirk, Nottingham. It is registered for 96 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 23 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
- Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Edna G. Olds Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.9 miles
- Middleton Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 miles
- Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.1 miles
- Beeston Fields Flying High Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- The Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 1.3 miles
- Radford Primary School Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 1.3 miles
- John Clifford Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 1.3 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 Nottingham University's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University Good at its inspection on 5 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University is registered with Ofsted for up to 96 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University?
University of Nottingham is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Nottingham University?
You can call 0115 922 9117 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 EY422553 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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