Full-day nursery in Woodley, Wokingham
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley
Loddon Vale Centre, Hurricane Way, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4UL · 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
Loddon Vale Centre, Hurricane Way, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4UL · More nurseries in RG5
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Woodley Piazza, Headley Close and Lysander Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Sandford Park5 min walk
- Vauxhall Park8 min walk
- Ashenbury Park8 min walk
- Enstone Road Play Area playground3 min walk
- Alderwood Play Area playground5 min walk
- Sandford Park Play Area 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 Wokingham there are about 2.5 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 Reading Woodley is a full-day nursery at Loddon Vale Centre, Hurricane Way, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4UL, in Woodley, Wokingham. It is registered for 112 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 12 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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| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading WoodleyThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Woodley CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.2 miles
- Willow Bank Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.5 miles
- Willow Bank Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Rivermead Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 miles
- Beechwood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- The Ambleside Centre Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.7 miles
- St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- South Lake Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 1.0 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 Reading Woodley's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley Good at its inspection on 17 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley is registered with Ofsted for up to 112 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley?
Winnersh Triangle is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Reading Woodley?
You can call 0118 969 1299 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 · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY289901 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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