Full-day nursery in Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering
122 Rockingham Road, Kettering, NN16 9AG · 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
122 Rockingham Road, Kettering, NN16 9AG · More nurseries in NN16
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Charles Street, Satra House and 15 Neale Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Grafton Street Park4 min walk
- Rockingham Road Park5 min walk
- North Park11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Rockingham Road Park Playground7 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 Northamptonshire there are about 3.5 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.
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Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering is a full-day nursery at 122 Rockingham Road, Kettering, NN16 9AG, in Kettering, North Northamptonshire. It is registered for 81 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. 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
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.2 miles
- Kettering Park Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Kettering Park Infant Academy Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- Brambleside Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- Kettering Buccleuch Academy All-throughages 4–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.8 miles
- Ronald Tree Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.8 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- Grange Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 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 Queen of Hearts Kettering's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering Good at its inspection on 19 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering take?
Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering is registered with Ofsted for up to 81 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering?
Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering?
Kettering is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 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 220035 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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