‘Children are warmly welcomed by the caring and understanding staff at this safe and spacious Pre-school’; Ofsted March 2011

Situated a mile outside Lymington in the rural village of Pilley in the New Forest, Bees Knees offers children the highest quality of pre-school care.

The Pre-school is run at Boldre War Memorial Hall and provides the equipment and staff to provide for the care and education of under-5s between the hours of 9.15am and 12.15pm with a lunch club until 1.15pm, Monday – Friday during school term times.

The pre-school has a secure and fully enclosed outside play area and offers continuous free-flow play, where the children can choose whether to play and learn inside or out.

Bees Knees aims are:

• to provide high quality, affordable and accessible childcare to children aged two and a half to five, in a safe and supportive environment
• to meet EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) learning goals through fun activities and to prepare children for a happy transfer to school.
• to work in partnership with parents in the provision of this childcare
• to offer the children and their parents a service that promotes equality and diversity; and
• to add to the life and well-being of the local community.

Bees Knees is registered to take up to 26 children. We have five friendly, caring and qualified staff working on a ratio of one adult to four children for the under 3s and one adult to eight children for the over 3s. There is a Keyperson system in place in order to provide each child with as much continuity in care as possible.

Bees Knees is Ofsted inspected and received a "good" rating at our last inspection. Bees Knees is a member of the Pre-school Learning Alliance and a Registered Charity Number 1036289. We are also a member of Childrens Links who support pre-school groups nationwide.

The group is a community based, voluntary managed setting and we depend on the good will of parents and their involvement to keep going.

If you would like to visit our pre-school please contact us.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bees Knees.