Full-day nursery in Water Heyes, Wigan
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes
Windmill Close, Wigan, WN1 3QS · 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
Windmill Close, Wigan, WN1 3QS · More nurseries in WN1
Stations
- Wigan Wallgate12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Wigan North Western13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Ince (Manchester)19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Wellington Street, Gilroy Street and Coop Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Platt Lane Play Area7 min walk
- Mesnes Park12 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 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 Wigan there are about 2.8 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 Wigan Scholes is a full-day nursery at Windmill Close, Wigan, WN1 3QS, in Water Heyes, Wigan. It is registered for 94 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 5 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
- Douglas Valley Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2024 0.1 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- St Catharine's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- Mab's Cross Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- CEWE School ages 4–11 0.3 miles
- Britannia Bridge Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.7 miles
- Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 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 Wigan Scholes's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes Good at its inspection on 28 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes is registered with Ofsted for up to 94 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes?
Wigan Wallgate is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wigan Scholes?
You can call 01942 239939 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 EY486979 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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