Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road: Ofsted 2026

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road

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23 Leyton Road, AL5 2HZ

23 Leyton Road, AL5 2HZ Website 01582 762220

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GoodNov 2023View full report

GoodNov 2023

Inspected Nov 2023 · View report

7:30–18:30

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Accepted

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Inspection · Good, Nov 2023 (2 years ago)

Source · Ofsted · Inspected Nov 2023

Type

Private Day Nursery

Age Range

Not published

Registered Places

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 9/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

Nov 1996

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 9 of 10 (IMD 2025)

Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 9Least deprived

Planning flood zone (ignores defences)Zone 1

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

Neighbourhood safety· within ½ mileAround LA average

Crimes per month 44

Hertfordshire peer median: 38 per month

12-month total524

Top categories

Shoplifting

130 (25%)

Anti-social behaviour

107 (20%)

Violent crime

90 (17%)

and 11 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · vs 1,550 Hertfordshire schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)31

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m22

Nearest site32m

Includes8 public parks, 1 playing fields, 2 play spaces, 4 sports facilities

Source: OS Open Greenspace

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)	11.9 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (10)	10

Within the legal limit in England (40) · above 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)	8.6 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)	14.1 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (15)	15

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within 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

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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road's early years overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road's early years overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in November 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.

Where is Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road located?

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Harpenden Leyton Road is located in Harpenden, AL5 2HZ, Hertfordshire.

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