How to apply

For information, to check availability or to arrange a time to visit and chat with the staff, please contact our Admissions Secretary Vicki Whitelegg or Pre-School Manager Tina Morley on (01423) 870351 or email busybeespannal@yahoo.com.

We require you to complete a Busy Bees application form, which is available from Busy Bees or you can download a copy here. application_form_2016-2017.xlsx

You will be required to pay a £25 non-refundable booking deposit to reserve a place at Busy Bees. If you have had confirmation of a place for your child, please make cheques payable to ‘Busy Bees’ and return with your child's application form. Otherwise, please wait until a place has been confirmed and the deposit requested.

• Busy Bees provides places for pre-school children aged 2 to 5 years.
• We accept children from all areas of Harrogate, North Leeds and surrounding villages.
• Our main intakes are September and January. If your child is not ready to start at the beginning of these terms, you may be able to add their name to our waiting list for an alternative starting date, but please note that we cannot hold places without payment for longer than one full term.
• We require that children attend for a minimum of 2 separate sessions per week (full days count as one session).
• Please only request days that you know you are going to use. We need to ensure that all available sessions are being utilised, as demand for places can be high. Funded children who are consistently absent for one or more of their funded days risk losing their allocation, as we are only able to claim funding on the basis of the child attending.
• To withdraw from Busy Bees Pre-school, 4 WEEKS' WRITTEN NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN or 4 weeks’ fees will be charged.