Nursery in Northampton, Wootton Fields

My child has settled in very well since she started the nursery in September 2025. The staff in the nursery has been very supportive to my child, they're friendly and caring. They have a very good environment and spacious space for the movements of kids and large playground for the kids to play.

Busy Bees Wootton Fields is an excellent nursery setting. From the moment my daughter joined the nursery, she's been nurtured and supported by all the caregivers in her room. She receives a great variety of meals and the activities/play looks great too. Every staff members I have come across has been kind, helpful and friendly. As parents we receive regular updates and detailed communications.

The Nursery is safe and secure. Bumbles room if organised with good structure. The preschool room is the complete opposite. Theres no organisation. You have to search for your child's belongings everyday, often in different places. My observation is there's a lack of senior leadership and experience. The work force is quite young. Clearly there has been a change in staff recruitment to adhere to diversity policies, as there are now 4 new members of male staff, all of which are young. Some are teenagers. My boy has mentioned that he is scared of certain male members of staff (this is no longer the case) I think this is due to their lack of experience. I don't feel comfortable with teenage boys looking after and potentially changing my little girls nappy. I think busy bees should prioritise what is best for the kids and who's the right person for the job rather than trying to tick boxes for being 'diverse'. The kids are priority. Other parents we talk to share this opinion.

Brilliant nursery I was so worried when my boy first started as it was the first time him not being around me. They updated me on everything and also on how he was doing. He's only been there 3 weeks and he's already settled. He still doesn't like going in and me leaving but he will settle after a while. They send me photo of him every week and some with him actually smiling which makes me feel so much better. I just want to say thank you so much for the support you have given me as a parent. And hopefully he will love it even more once settled properly.

Very caring and supportive staff. My children have grown so much during their time here, built strong positive bonds with both staff and peers, and learned a great deal along the way. Highly recommended

Very disappointed, requested funding placement ONLY, asked for a full day & half day. Explained how previous nursery accommodated according to funding hours. Questioned why child would be attending such long hours (8 - 1) (8-6) found this strange again because previous nursery only allowed child to attend the 15 hours funding as requested. Only once in placement & after questioning yet again - was it explained that the funding is covered in that time frame & anything extra must be paid by parents. This is not an option, it will leave us very low on funds come the end of the month when nursery invoice us. Child has only attended 1x 2 hour settle in session, 2 half days & 1 full day. Have attempted to withdraw placement & been informed to provide 2 months notice. Meaning again we have to pay for another month & child will loose out on other placements which have being researched & who will happily take child for funding hours only. Security is very lax as well and concerning.

The staff are dedicated and know each child personally but some recent changes to the rooms could have been justified better.

Our 15 month olds are always happy to go to nursery. The staff are great and caring and we're very happy for our children to be there.