Full-day nursery in Alton, Hampshire
Busy Bees @ St Lawrence
St Lawrence Church Hall, Church Street, Alton, GU34 2BW · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Lawrence Church Hall, Church Street, Alton, GU34 2BW · More nurseries in GU34
Stations
- Alton9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Church Street, High Street and Amery Hill School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Flood Meadows5 min walk
- The Public Gardens6 min walk
- Greenfields Park12 min walk
- 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 Hampshire 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 @ St Lawrence is a full-day nursery at St Lawrence Church Hall, Church Street, Alton, GU34 2BW, in Alton, Hampshire. It is registered for 43 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026). It is run by Busy Bees @ St Lawrence Alton Ltd.
Run by Busy Bees @ St Lawrence Alton Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busy Bees @ St LawrenceThis 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
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.1 miles
- Alton Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Bushy Leaze Early Years Centre Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.3 miles
- Anstey Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- The Butts Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Wootey Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Wootey Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 0.7 miles
- Treloar School ages 2–19Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2024 1.1 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 @ St Lawrence's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees @ St Lawrence Good at its inspection on 21 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees @ St Lawrence take?
Busy Bees @ St Lawrence is registered with Ofsted for up to 43 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees @ St Lawrence?
Busy Bees @ St Lawrence is run by Busy Bees @ St Lawrence Alton Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Busy Bees @ St Lawrence?
Alton is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busy Bees @ St Lawrence?
You can call 07561 346521.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2559333 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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