Full-day nursery in Moorside, Sunderland
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford
Glanville Road, Doxford Business Park, Sunderland, SR3 3UY · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Glanville Road, Doxford Business Park, Sunderland, SR3 3UY · More nurseries in SR3
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Glanville Road, Moorside and Doxford Technology Park.
Parks and playgrounds
- Doxford Park12 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 Sunderland there are about 5.9 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 Sunderland Doxford is a full-day nursery at Glanville Road, Doxford Business Park, Sunderland, SR3 3UY, in Moorside, Sunderland. It is registered for 90 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 11 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
- Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- East Herrington Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.7 miles
- Mill Hill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 1.0 miles
- Mill Hill Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 1.0 miles
- Farringdon Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.0 miles
- Hasting Hill Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.2 miles
- New Silksworth Academy Infant Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 1.4 miles
- New Silksworth Academy Junior Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 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 Sunderland Doxford's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford Good at its inspection on 30 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sunderland Doxford?
You can call 0191 520 0600 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 · 4 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY335554 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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