Full-day nursery in Great Ashby, Hertfordshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby
Whitehorse Lane, Great Ashby Way, Stevenage, SG1 6NH · 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 October 2002Reference EY239818Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places112 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 3 July 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Whitehorse Lane, Great Ashby Way, Stevenage, SG1 6NH · More nurseries in SG1
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Fairfield Way, The Beacons and Whitworth Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Nicholas Park3 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 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 Stevenage Great Ashby is a full-day nursery at Whitehorse Lane, Great Ashby Way, Stevenage, SG1 6NH, in Great Ashby, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 112 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 14 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Round Diamond Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- The Leys Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Martins Wood Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.7 miles
- Giles Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 miles
- The Giles Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 miles
- Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 1.1 miles
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 1.3 miles
- Lodge Farm Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 1.4 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 Stevenage Great Ashby's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby Good at its inspection on 7 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby is registered with Ofsted for up to 112 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stevenage Great Ashby?
You can call 01438 365692 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 · 30 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY239818 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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