Full-day nursery in Locking Castle, North Somerset
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare
Bransby Way, Locking Castle, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7EU · 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 May 2002Reference EY222370Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 1 April 2025Ofsted · 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 5 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Bransby Way, Locking Castle, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7EU · More nurseries in BS24
Stations
- Worle9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including The Health Centre, Health Centre and Morrisons Worle.
Parks and playgrounds
- Living Sculpture Park4 min walk
- Moor Lane Play Area playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 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 North Somerset 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 Weston Super Mare is a full-day nursery at Bransby Way, Locking Castle, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7EU, in Locking Castle, North Somerset. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 21 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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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Baytree School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected September 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Herons' Moor Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Becket Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- Mendip Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.7 miles
- Mead Vale Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.8 miles
- St Georges Church School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Worle Village Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.9 miles
- St Martin's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 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 Weston Super Mare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare Good at its inspection on 1 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare?
Worle is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Weston Super Mare?
You can call 01934 519850 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
- 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY222370 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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