Busy Bees at Ashton House

Just some of the facilities to be found at Busy Bees at Ashton House
Manager
Pam Southworth
Address
Ashton House
Ashton Park
Ashton-on-Ribble
Preston
PR2 1HL
Map
view a map of the location of our childrens nursery
Telephone
01772 726 696
Hours
7:30am - 6:00pm Monday to Friday
Ages Taken
3months - 11years

Why choose Busy Bees at Ashton House: -

The nursery is a beautiful, grade 2 listed building on the north side of Preston, set in lovely parklands. The nursery has got excellent public transport links by road and rail.

We also provide Out Of School Care and Holiday Club facilities for children up to 11 years old in our 'Hive' room.

 

A look inside one of the nursery rooms at Busy Bees at Ashton House

Facilities at the nursery include: -

  • Good Ofsted 2008 - Click here to see our report
  • Sensory room for a wonderful chill out session
  • Extensive gardens
  • Gym facilities
  • Dance classes
  • Story sport
  • Forest School sessions
  • Interactive white board

Current Busy Bees Childcare Initiatives include:

The Hive Holiday Club

Download our holiday club application form

We have large Out of School facilities providing Before and After School and Holiday care.

Lisa Thompson is our Hive Coordinator and has worked for Busy Bees since 2005 and is level 3 qualified.

Our facillities include the following activities plus much much more.

  • Playstation 3
  • Wii
  • Xbox kinect
  • Guitar Hero
  • Laptops - Fizz books
  • Safe internet access
  • Trips out in the buses
  • Gym
  • Large outdoor areas
  • Local parks
  • Games room
  • Chillzone
  • Cooking with Me - For all those little chefs in the family

Shuttle Bus from Royal Preston Hospital

We will collect your child from Royal Preston Hospital outside the Gordon
Hesling Block in the morning and bring your child back for you to collect at the end of the day.

The bus will be ready to collect your child at 7.45am and will leave at 8.00am prompt. The return to your collection point will be at 4:45pm, all children must be collected by 5pm prompt.
 

For an up to date listing of our Current Holiday Dates and activities please see our 'what's on' listing on this page.
 

The Hive Out of School Club

Download our hive after school club application form

Schools Drop off and Pick list

Our Out of School club includes Dropping off and collecting your child from their school,  we currently offer this service for the following schools.

  • Roebuck
  • Cottam
  • St Andrews 
  • Fulwood and Cadley
  • Queens Drive
  • Sacred Heart
  • Lea Community

 

I started with Busy Bees at Ashton House in February 1995 as a Nursery Assistant, gaining my NVQ Level 2 and 3.

My career with Busy Bees has been varied and interesting having worked as a Nursery Nurse, with all age groups from babies to pre-school, and as an Out of School Co-ordinator. Since being with Busy Bees I have taken on a range of extra roles and responsibilities including Health and Safety Co-ordinator, Training Mentor and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator - a role I find particularly interesting as it involved planning strategies to help individual children develop.

I was Deputy Manager at Ashton House before moving on to manage several nurseries as maternity cover and supporting new managers in their role.

I have now been the nursery manager since January 2010 and I am throughly enjoying the role.