Sessional pre-school in West Tarring, West Sussex
Busy Bees Preschool Tarring
The Old Palace, Glebe Road, Worthing, BN14 7PF · 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
The Old Palace, Glebe Road, Worthing, BN14 7PF · More nurseries in BN14
Stations
- West Worthing11 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Worthing21 min walk · 0.9 miles
- Durrington-on-Sea24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Glebe Road, Thomas A Becket School and Parkfield Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Tarring Park3 min walk
- Church House Grounds3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground10 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 West Sussex 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 Preschool Tarring is a sessional pre-school at The Old Palace, Glebe Road, Worthing, BN14 7PF, in West Tarring, West Sussex. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busy Bees Preschool TarringThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Home from Home WorthingFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Thomas A Becket Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.2 miles
- Thomas A Becket Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected March 2024 0.2 miles
- Broadwater CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Heene CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Inadequateinspected April 2022 0.9 miles
- Durrington Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing ages 2–13has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 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 Preschool Tarring's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Preschool Tarring Good at its inspection on 30 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Preschool Tarring take?
Busy Bees Preschool Tarring is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Preschool Tarring?
West Worthing is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
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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 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY494177 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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