Full-day nursery in Sharoe Green, Lancashire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT · 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
Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT · More nurseries in PR2
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Booths, Royal Preston Hospital Grounds and St Clare's Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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 Preston Hospital is a full-day nursery at Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT, in Sharoe Green, Lancashire. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.3 from 12 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
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Sherwood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Queen's Drive Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
- St Pius X Preparatory School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- The Olive School, Preston Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.8 miles
- Fulwood and Cadley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 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 Preston Hospital's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital Good at its inspection on 30 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital?
You can call 01772 522291 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 · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY264156 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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