Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes: Ofsted & Fees 2026

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes

IndependentDay Nursery

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St James Street, BN7 1HR

St James Street, BN7 1HR Website 01273 480736

From official sources

Expected· our summaryDec 2025View full report

Expected· our summaryDec 2025

Inspected Dec 2025 · View report

8:00–18:00

Opening hours

from the setting

15 & 30 hrs

Funded hours taken

from the setting

Registered places

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Inspection · Expected · our summary, Dec 2025 (under a year ago)

Source · Ofsted · Inspected Dec 2025

Type

Private Day Nursery

Age Range

Not published

Registered Places

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR, CCR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 7/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

Feb 2015

Food Hygiene

5/5

Funded provision

Accepts funded entitlements (verify with setting)

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Key metrics · Absence, staffing and capacity

Key admissions dates ·

The area · Deprivation decile 7 of 10 (IMD 2025)

Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 7Average

Food hygiene

Planning flood zone (ignores defences)Zone 2

Heritage status

Grade II

Around the schoolcrime · road safety · green space · road noise · air quality · heritage

Heritage designations

One designation matched to Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes or its setting.

4, ST JAMES STREET
Historic England · England · within 25 m · designated May 1984
Grade II

Source: Historic England · England. Updated Apr 2026. Match: 25 m PostGIS spatial join from the school’s point location to each designation polygon.

Neighbourhood safety· within ½ mileAround LA average

Crimes per month 61

East Sussex peer median: 27 per month

12-month total731

Top categories

Violent crime

182 (25%)

Anti-social behaviour

161 (22%)

Shoplifting

116 (16%)

and 11 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · vs 464 East Sussex schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)29

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m25

Nearest site62m

Includes2 public parks, 5 playing fields, 6 play spaces, 2 sports facilities, 1 allotments

Source: OS Open Greenspace

Road Noise

Road noiseLow — 40.5 dB 24-hour, peaking at 67.2 dB nearby

Source: Defra strategic noise mapping

Air Quality

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)	7.8 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (10)	10

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within the WHO guideline (10)

Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅)	8.4 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (20)	20
England’s 2040 target (10)	10
The WHO guideline (5)	5

Within the legal limit in England (20) · within England’s 2040 target (10) · above the WHO guideline (5)

Particulate matter (PM₁₀): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Particulate matter (PM₁₀)	16.1 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (15)	15

Within the legal limit in England (40) · above the WHO guideline (15)

Modelled annual mean for 2025, for the 1 km square containing the school. Not a measurement.

Source: DEFRA, Air quality compliance assessment 2025: modelled data and reports (GOV.UK) (CMAQ-Urban model) © Crown copyright, Defra. Open Government Licence v3.0Limits and guideline: The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, Schedule 2; WHO global air quality guidelines (2021), Table 0.1; The Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, regulation 4

Data from:Inspection: Dec 2025Profile updated: Sep 2026

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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes: key facts

What is School Atlas's summary of Ofsted's 6 judgements for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes?

Ofsted gave no overall grade at its inspection in December 2025. School Atlas summarises the 6 judgements Ofsted made as Expected standard. This is our summary, not Ofsted's own grade.

Where is Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes located?

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Lewes is located in Lewes, BN7 1HR, East Sussex.

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