Full-day nursery in Watermead, Gloucestershire
Busy Bees Playgroup
Castle Hill Primary School, Abbotswood Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4NU · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Castle Hill Primary School, Abbotswood Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4NU · More nurseries in GL3
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Watermead, Cirencester Road and Abbotswood Estate.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Pound Farm Play Area playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 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 Gloucestershire 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 Playgroup is a full-day nursery at Castle Hill Primary School, Abbotswood Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4NU, in Watermead, Gloucestershire. It is registered for 20 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Busy Bees PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Castle Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Lift Brockworth Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- Coopers Edge School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.2 miles
- Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 1.8 miles
- Henley Bank High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.5 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 Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Playgroup Good at its inspection on 30 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Playgroup take?
Busy Bees Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 20 children at any one time.
How do I contact Busy Bees Playgroup?
You can call 07427 077719 and visit www.busybeesplaygroup.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 101780 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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