Full-day nursery in Great Doddington, North Northamptonshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough
Enstone Court, Wellingborough, NN8 2DR · 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 September 1999Reference 220266Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 18 November 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places100 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 May 2025Food 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
Enstone Court, Wellingborough, NN8 2DR · More nurseries in NN8
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including The Priory PH, Fosse Close and The Cromwell PH.
Parks and playgrounds
- Stanwell Lake Greenbelt Park3 min walk
- Croyland Park Area12 min walk
- Croyland Park Football Field12 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 North Northamptonshire there are about 3.5 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 Wellingborough is a full-day nursery at Enstone Court, Wellingborough, NN8 2DR, in Great Doddington, North Northamptonshire. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.2 from 30 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
- Warwick Academy Primaryages 2–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected January 2024 0.6 miles
- Great Doddington Primary Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Croyland Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.9 miles
- Ruskin Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.1 miles
- Ruskin Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 1.1 miles
- St Barnabas Church of England School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.1 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 Wellingborough's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough Good at its inspection on 18 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough?
You can call 01933 224666 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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 220266 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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