Full-day nursery in Rawcliffe, York
Busy Bees Day Nursery at York
Eccles Close, Rawcliffe, YO30 5XJ · 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
Eccles Close, Rawcliffe, YO30 5XJ · More nurseries in YO30
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Manor Lane, Rawcliffe Bar and Rawcliffe Bar Park and Ride.
Parks and playgrounds
- Rawcliffe Bar Country Park5 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground12 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 York there are about 2.7 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 York is a full-day nursery at Eccles Close, Rawcliffe, YO30 5XJ, in Rawcliffe, York. It is registered for 120 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 4.3 from 13 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited (company), which runs 32 nurseries.
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| Busy Bees Day Nursery at YorkThis 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
- Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Lakeside Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Skelton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- Poppleton Ousebank Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 1.4 miles
- Burton Green Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.4 miles
- Clifton Green Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.6 miles
- Carr Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery class 1.7 miles
- Carr Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.7 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 York's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Day Nursery at York Good at its inspection on 21 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Day Nursery at York take?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at York is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Day Nursery at York?
Busy Bees Day Nursery at York is run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Day Nursery at York?
Poppleton is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees Day Nursery at York?
You can call 01904 674762 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 512461 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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