Full-day nursery in Smallford, Hertfordshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road
601a Hatfield Road, Smallford, St. Albans, AL4 0HL · 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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Fees
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:00–18:15
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
601a Hatfield Road, Smallford, St. Albans, AL4 0HL · More nurseries in AL4
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Smallford Roundabout, Three Horseshoes PH and Jove Gardens.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ellenbrook Fields5 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 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.
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Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road is a full-day nursery at 601a Hatfield Road, Smallford, St. Albans, AL4 0HL, in Smallford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 76 children. It opens 07:00–18:15, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 37 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
- Colney Heath Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.0 miles
- Oakwood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 1.3 miles
- Howe Dell Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.3 miles
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.6 miles
- Skyswood Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 1.6 miles
- Camp Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.8 miles
- Windermere Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 1.8 miles
- Fleetville Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 1.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What are Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road's opening hours?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road opens 07:00–18:15, Mon–Fri.
What is Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road Outstanding at its inspection on 22 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road is registered with Ofsted for up to 76 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans Hatfield Road?
You can call 01727 833980 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
- 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 EY233068 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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