Full-day nursery in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley
Falcon Close, Off Merlin Drive, Quedgeley, GL2 4NJ · 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 May 1999Reference 101805Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 10 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places80 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Falcon Close, Off Merlin Drive, Quedgeley, GL2 4NJ · More nurseries in GL2
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Falcon Close, Sabre Close and Goshawk Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Quedgeley Park6 min walk
- Holmleigh Park10 min walk
- Playground6 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 Gloucestershire 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.
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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley is a full-day nursery at Falcon Close, Off Merlin Drive, Quedgeley, GL2 4NJ, in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.4 from 21 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited (company), which runs 32 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Meadowside Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.1 miles
- Beech Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- The Altus School ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2022 0.6 miles
- Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 miles
- Harewood Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.7 miles
- Harewood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.7 miles
- Grange Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.8 miles
- Field Court Church of England Infant Academy Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 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 Quedgeley's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley Good at its inspection on 10 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Quedgeley?
You can call 01452 725533 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 101805 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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