Full-day nursery in Haldens, Hertfordshire
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City
Kestral Way, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1TN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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 and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:30–18:30
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Kestral Way, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1TN · More nurseries in AL7
Stations
- Welwyn Garden City20 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Welwyn North22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Blythway, Kestrel Way and Lodgefield.
Parks and playgrounds
- Haldens Park9 min walk
- Black Fan Valley11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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.
What parents say
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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City is a full-day nursery at Kestral Way, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1TN, in Haldens, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 85 children. It opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 15 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
- Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Waterside Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- St John's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.6 miles
- Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Templewood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.7 miles
- Panshanger Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- Peartree Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 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 are Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City's opening hours?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri.
What is Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City Outstanding at its inspection on 22 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City is registered with Ofsted for up to 85 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City?
Welwyn Garden City is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City?
You can call 01707 393380 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 · 13 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 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY308307 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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