Full-day nursery in St Albans, Hertfordshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street
52 Bernard Street, St. Albans, AL3 5QN · 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 August 1993Reference 123546Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 December 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places61 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 March 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:30–18:30
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
52 Bernard Street, St. Albans, AL3 5QN · More nurseries in AL3
Stations
- St Albans City16 min walk · 0.6 miles
- St Albans Abbey22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Catherine Street, Chime Square and St Peter's Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Woods5 min walk
- The Old Brickie10 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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 Hertfordshire 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.
What parents say
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Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street is a full-day nursery at 52 Bernard Street, St. Albans, AL3 5QN, in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 61 children. It opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 6 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
- Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.2 miles
- St Albans High School for Girls ages 4–18 0.2 miles
- Alban City School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- Maple Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.2 miles
- Muriel Green Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.3 miles
- Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Heathlands School ages 3–18has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.5 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 are Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street's opening hours?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri.
What is Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street Good at its inspection on 9 December 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street is registered with Ofsted for up to 61 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street?
St Albans City is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Bernard Street?
You can call 01727 860542 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 · 13 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 123546 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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