We are excited to announce that have received the Busy Bees ‘Centres of Excellence’ award for demonstrating exceptional care to the children at our nursery.

Seven of Busy Bees 146 nurseries have been chosen as a Centre of Excellence in an aim to encourage Childcare Professionals to continue to develop and provide a good all round environment for the children at Busy Bees. The award promotes a proactive approach to best practice by giving Nursery Staff at Busy Bees across the UK the opportunity to visit the nurseries chosen as Centres of Excellence. During their visit, staff will have the opportunity to observe areas such as; creative displays, free-flow, child development monitoring systems, learning journals, and training. All the observations are designed to give inspiration and ideas to staff across the whole of Busy Bees, ensuring the nurseries are always exciting and efficient settings for children to develop and play.

We received the award after the Busy Bees Childcare and Curriculum team carried out an extensive audit on our nursery. Childcare and Curriculum Manager, Lisa Snell, explains her decision, “Busy Bees in Wollaton has been selected as a flagship nursery after scoring 91% in their quality audit. The Nursery Manager is passionate to exceed, and has created a nursery environment that is well defined with engaged staff, offing exciting activities for the children to get involved in.”

The Centres of Excellence are part of Busy Bees’ ‘See the Difference’ campaign, which strives to ensure every Busy Bees nursery maintains a high level of care and service by answering to a strict and thorough criterion.

The seven Centres of Excellence are located in Wollaton, Chatham, Colchester, Brough, Northwich, Preston Hospital, and Oldbrook, Milton Keynes. The nurseries were marked on areas such as Ofsted inspection results, partnerships with parents and the local communities, support with child development and learning, and capturing child creativity.