Full-day nursery in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Busybugs
Bedford House, Havelock Place, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4PR · 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 March 2017Reference EY544477Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places98 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 7 September 2026Food 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
Bedford House, Havelock Place, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4PR · More nurseries in ST1
Stations
- Stoke-on-Trent18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Howard Place, Havelock Place and Rectory Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hanley Park6 min walk
- Cauldon Park7 min walk
- Etruria Park10 min walk
- Bethesda Church Yard12 min walk
- Playground1 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 Stoke-on-Trent there are about 4 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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Busybugs is a full-day nursery at Bedford House, Havelock Place, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4PR, in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. It is registered for 98 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 5.0 from 14 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BusybugsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The Orange Tree Day Nursery @ StokeFull-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
- St Mark's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Emerge School ages 5–13 0.2 miles
- Etruscan Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.5 miles
- Waterside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.7 miles
- Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- Forest Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 1.0 miles
- The Willows Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.1 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 Busybugs's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Busybugs Good at its inspection on 27 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Busybugs take?
Busybugs is registered with Ofsted for up to 98 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Busybugs?
Stoke-on-Trent is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Busybugs?
You can call 01782 287959 and visit busybugsnursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY544477 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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