Full-day nursery in Springfield, Shropshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury
Sitka Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LG · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Sitka Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LG · More nurseries in SY2
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground11 min walk
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Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Shropshire there are about 3 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 Shrewsbury is a full-day nursery at Sitka Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LG, in Springfield, Shropshire. It is registered for 119 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 11 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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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mereside Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Prestfelde School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- St Giles CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.1 miles
- Crowmoor Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Inadequateinspected January 2023 1.3 miles
- Belvidere Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 1.5 miles
- Coleham Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 1.6 miles
- Belvidere School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 1.2 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 Shrewsbury's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury Outstanding at its inspection on 15 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury is registered with Ofsted for up to 119 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Shrewsbury?
You can call 01743 368998 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.
- © 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 EY486999 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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