What is Bee Curious
The UK’s only independently evaluated early years curriculum. Bee Curious and Busy Bees educators bring an unrivalled expertise for early years development and readiness for school.
All of our early years educators have been trained to support our children with the innovative Bee Curious curriculum. This takes them beyond current professional qualifications, giving them the skills to deliver the highest standard of playful teaching across every Busy Bees centre.
Meet the
The Bee Curious curriculum is the brainchild of a dedicated team of early childhood education experts, each bringing a wealth of knowledge and passion to the table. With a collective mission to ignite the spark of curiosity in young learners!
Gill Jones MBE
As Busy Bees Group Chief Quality Officer, Gill brings her vast experience of early years education best practice to create the innovative Bee Curious curriculum.
Gill joined us from Ofsted where she was Deputy Director of Schools and Early Years. As well as writing inspection frameworks, Gill led on Ofsted’s curriculum work for schools and early years and has been a key advisor to the Government.
Before joining Ofsted, Gill was a successful headteacher and in her second headship started a private nursery on the school site to serve working parents like herself.
Jenny Shaw
Jenny joined Busy Bees in 2006 and has been an integral part of our quality team for over a decade. With significant experience as a frontline educator, Jenny brings a thorough understanding of child development and the importance of quality early years education to develop a lifelong love of learning.
As Lead Academic Research and Developer for Busy Bees, Jenny has been the driving force in the creation of our Unleashing Potential (UP) app, offering a wealth of inspiring learning activities for parents and staff. Alongside her commitment to Busy Bees, she gained a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education in 2021.
Dr Lala Manners
Lala has enjoyed a long and varied career in the field of Early Years physical development and movement studies – as practitioner, researcher, educator, author and trainer in the UK and internationally.
A member of the All-Party Parliamentary ‘Fit and Heathy Childhood’ Group, Lala has also advised Ofsted on the physical development component of the Early Years Education Inspection Framework.
Her contribution to Bee Curious ensures we deliver the best physical development programme for our babies and children.
Emma
Emma brings a wealth of experience as a former headteacher, lecturer and early years advisor.
A member of Early Education, Emma has implemented evidence-informed play-based learning strategies and supported schools and academies with curriculum development.
Emma plays a pivotal role in Bee Curious to ensure we provide a practical mathematics programme to give our children a head start for school.
Little Discoverers
Our ‘Little Discoverers’ progression model is designed to nurture children’s innate curiosity and foster their life-long love of learning through playful teaching.
Areas of Discovery
Each unique Area of Discovery is tailored to spark curiosity and foster comprehensive development in children.