Full-day nursery in High Brooms, Kent
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells
Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9HU · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9HU · More nurseries in TN4
Stations
- High Brooms7 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Silverdale Lane, Silverdale Road and Temple Way.
Parks and playgrounds
- Grosvenor Recreation Ground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground12 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 Kent there are about 3.2 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 Tunbridge Wells is a full-day nursery at Silverdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9HU, in High Brooms, Kent. It is registered for 90 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 18 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.4 miles
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.5 miles
- Skinners' Temple Grove Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- The Wells Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.9 miles
- Beechwood School ages 2–19has a nursery class 1.0 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 Tunbridge Wells's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells Good at its inspection on 24 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells?
High Brooms is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Tunbridge Wells?
You can call 01892 540068 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 EY428303 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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