Little Bees covers the nursery day from the first enquiry to the monthly invoices, built as one system so nothing is typed twice. In beta now with a small number of nurseries; launching in 2027.
Every nursery has its own database, shared with no other. Contact details, medical notes and safeguarding records are encrypted before they are stored, safeguarding under its own key. Owners and managers sign in with a passkey or authenticator, and consequential actions go to an audit log that cannot be edited. Every module on this page is built on that foundation.
How it worksEvery child's record in one place — guardians, who may collect them, allergies, medical notes and consents — and an enrolment board that takes a family from first enquiry to their first day.
A daily register for every room: children in and out, who collected them, absences and staff on shift — with ratios worked out as you go and late or uncollected children flagged.
Fee schedules, monthly invoices with funded hours deducted, card payments straight to your own Stripe account, and the termly funding claims your local authority asks for.
A private portal for families: their child's sessions and day, the observations you choose to share, absences, consent forms and invoices they can pay by card — in your nursery's colours.
Observations tagged to the EYFS areas, with photos, video and next steps, shared with families when you choose — and the statutory progress check at two.
The checks Ofsted expects to see done, safeguarding concerns that only your Designated Safeguarding Lead can read, and accidents and incidents logged the day they happen.
Staff records with the vetting Ofsted checks — DBS, qualifications, right to work — and, with the HR add-on, the rota, leave, supervisions and your Single Central Record.
Plan the week's menus from your own meal library, with every meal checked against the allergens of the children eating it — a menu cannot be approved while a conflict remains.
Attendance, occupancy, funding, compliance and money owed, in reports you can read on screen or export — and, with Reporting Plus, saved and emailed to you on a schedule.
Everything above is included. Add-ons are for nurseries that want more in one area — switched on for your nursery, and off again, without a migration.
Apps for staff and families are coming in 2027, with the full launch. Until then, everything in Little Bees — the parent portal included — works in the browser on a phone or tablet.
Nursery Intelligence Free forever
Every nursery's Ofsted record, new inspections as they publish, inspector profiles and how your area compares. Free, with or without the rest of Little Bees.
Book a free personalised demo and we'll walk you through the modules that matter most to your setting.