Busy Bees

Busy Bees is a global early childhood education and childcare provider, operating nursery care and kindergarten programmes for children from infancy through to school age. Founded in 1983 by Marg Randles and her family, the company has grown over more than four decades to run centres across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, North America and Asia. Its services fall into three areas: nursery care for infants and toddlers, kindergarten programmes focused on school readiness, and family-partnership childcare built around each child's natural curiosity.

The company's stated mission is that every child deserves the best start in life. Learning experiences are designed to follow the individual child's interests, with an emphasis on confidence, social skills and the foundations for lifelong learning, and preparation for life rather than school alone. Services are delivered in partnership with families and with high standards for safety and wellbeing.

Staffing follows from that approach. Busy Bees invests in qualified educators and places weight on care, creativity and child-led development in its centres. For those working in the sector, the business combines an international footprint with a focus on early years practice across Australia and New Zealand as well as operations further afield.