Full-day nursery in Stotfold, Central Bedfordshire
Busy Bees, Stotfold
The Grange, 70 High Street, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4LD · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since November 2008Reference EY387116Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places64 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 24 September 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
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 Grange, 70 High Street, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4LD · More nurseries in SG5
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Co Operative, Church Road and The Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Haven Gardens2 min walk
- Playground5 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 Central Bedfordshire there are about 4.1 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, Stotfold is a full-day nursery at The Grange, 70 High Street, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4LD, in Stotfold, Central Bedfordshire. It is registered for 64 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 4.1 from 9 reviews (November 2026). 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
- Roecroft Lower School Primaryages 5–9Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.2 miles
- St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold Primaryages 5–9Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- The Grange Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.3 miles
- Fairfield Park Lower School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 1.3 miles
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 1.4 miles
- Stonehill School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.4 miles
- Gothic Mede Academy Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.5 miles
- Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 1.6 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, Stotfold's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busy Bees, Stotfold Good at its inspection on 30 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busy Bees, Stotfold take?
Busy Bees, Stotfold is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs Busy Bees, Stotfold?
Busy Bees, Stotfold is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
How do I contact Busy Bees, Stotfold?
You can call 01462 734306 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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 EY387116 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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