Full-day nursery in Snow Hill, Wakefield
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield
Red Hall Court, Paragon Business Village, Wakefield, WF1 2UN · 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
Red Hall Court, Paragon Business Village, Wakefield, WF1 2UN · More nurseries in WF1
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Paragon Business Village.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hedleys AFC9 min walk
- Wrenthorpe Park & Alverthorpe Meadows10 min walk
- Hedley Park Play Area playground9 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 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 Wakefield there are about 4.7 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 Wakefield is a full-day nursery at Red Hall Court, Paragon Business Village, Wakefield, WF1 2UN, in Snow Hill, Wakefield. It is registered for 112 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 24 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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| Busy Bees Day Nursery at WakefieldThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Newton Hill Community School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Wrenthorpe Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Pinderfields Hospital PRU ages 2–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Hall Cliffe Primary School ages 5–11 0.8 miles
- Jerry Clay Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- Rooks Nest Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 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 Wakefield's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield Good at its inspection on 31 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield is registered with Ofsted for up to 112 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield?
Outwood is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield?
You can call 01924 375505 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY292282 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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