Early years · Early years complaint outcome
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Swindon Broome
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- Inspection datesingle source
16 Oct 2026
- URN verified
EY289477
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criticalOfsted found the nursery not meeting some legal requirements and issued a welfare requirements notice.
Ofsted received concerns about several areas and carried out a regulatory visit in October 2026. The inspector found the provider was not meeting some requirements, so a legal welfare requirements notice was served. The provider remains registered and Ofsted will monitor its response to the actions set.
To improve
- Ensure staff implement an effective key-person system working in partnership with parents.
- Improve communication with parents so they share accurate information about their child's learning and development.
- Ensure staff implement a broad curriculum providing appropriate challenge for all children.
- Improve support for children who have barriers to their learning so they make secure progress.
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- Pages
- 2
- Words of findings
- 336
- about usual (typical 281)
- Reading level
- Hard
- Flesch 38, typical 42
- Average sentence
- 20 words
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- 6%
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Summary of outcome
All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, which you can find at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2. If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure they put matters right.
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Summary of outcome
On 14 May 2026, 30 June 2026 and 13 October 2026, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to key person, staff: child ratios, supporting and understanding children's behaviour, special educational needs, risk assessment, safeguarding policies and procedures, whistleblowing and suitable people.
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Summary of outcome
On 14 October 2026, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We have served a welfare requirements notice. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the action below within the timescales set out. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this.
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Summary of outcome
n ensure staff implement an effective key-person system to work in partnership with parents and help meet their children's individual needs through improved communication with parents so that they share accurate information about their child's learning and development.
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Summary of outcome
We also issued actions that we require the provider to meet within the timescales set out below:
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Summary of outcome
n ensure staff implement a broad curriculum that provides appropriate challenge for all children, taking full account of their individual needs and interests and stage of development. n ensure staff improve the support for those children who have barriers to their learning to help them make secure progress from their starting points.
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Summary of outcome
We will monitor the provider's response to ensure the actions are successfully completed. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.
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Publication of complaints
We publish details of complaints made against childminders, home childcarers and childcare providers where we or the provider have taken action in order to meet legal requirements.
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Publication of complaints
We publish details of complaints on our website for a period of five years.
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Publication of complaints
For further information about the complaints process please view the Concerns and complaints about childminders and childcare providers leaflet .
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