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Happy Days Childrens Centre

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2022)
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5.0(4 parent reviews) ·Minsthorpe Community College, Minsthorpe Lane, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2UJ · Wakefield
Number of places
83 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2022
Local authority
Wakefield

About this day nursery

Happy Days Children’s Centre is a purpose-built, secure, high-quality private day nursery conveniently located on the Minsthorpe Community College campus, offering easy access from major motorways. The centre is dedicated to providing a fun, welcoming, and enriching environment where children aged 0-5 years can thrive and develop.

Open 50 weeks a year from Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm (excluding bank holidays and a two-week Christmas closure), the nursery offers both full days and flexible morning or afternoon sessions to cater to varying family needs. Happy Days focuses on delivering optimal childcare and learning, ensuring children feel safe, secure, and happy from the moment they arrive.

The nursery aims to help every child reach their full potential through engaging and stimulating activities, preparing them for their next educational milestones. Parents consistently praise the staff's caring nature, the children's progress, and the supportive community fostered at Happy Days, highlighting its significant role in their children's development.

What it's like

Children arrive happily and ready to learn, developing strong relationships with caring staff and feeling safe and secure. They are confident, have fun, and engage in activities, responding positively to staff requests and quickly learning daily routines. Staff encourage a love of reading, with children eager to guess story content and predict what will happen next.

Purpose-built facilityCaters for 0-5 yearsFlexible sessions availableOpen 50 weeks a yearLocated on college campus

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Session types

Full days, Morning sessions, Afternoon sessions

Opening hours

Monday- Friday 8am-6pm

Age range

0-5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Happy Days Childrens Centre

Last inspected 1 March 2022

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily and ready to learn, developing strong relationships with caring staff and feeling safe and secure. They are confident, have fun, and engage in activities, responding positively to staff requests and quickly learning daily routines. Staff encourage a love of reading, with children eager to guess story content and predict what will happen next.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are encouraged to be independent with some tasks, such as pouring their own water and washing their hands.
  • Children are provided with opportunities to develop their early mathematical skills.
  • Children enjoy being outside in the fresh air, developing good physical skills and hand-to-eye coordination.
  • Children learn about diversity and the wider world through discussions and activities.
  • The committee provides strong governance for the staff team, placing a strong priority on reducing staff workload and promoting staff's well-being.

Areas to develop

  • 1further develop children's independence skills by encouraging them to manage simple tasks for themselves
  • 2make better use of staff supervision to support staff to develop the consistency of their teaching skills
  • 3support staff to raise their interactions and engagement with children to a consistently high level so that they benefit more from quality play experiences.
Inspection #10131559 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Managers and staff acknowledge the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic on accessing support needed from other professionals children are working with. However, the manager proactively engages with them in other ways, for example through phone calls and emails, to ensure continued targeted support is provided to those children.

Outdoor space

Outside, older children enjoy the 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' story and are delighted to go on a pretend 'bear hunt' in the outside area. They join in with familiar phrases and actions, and scream with excitement when they pretend to find the bear. Children enjoy being outside in the fresh air. They develop good physical skills as they climb, jump and balance along the wooden planks and crates. Children develop good hand-to-eye coordination as they roll cars down pieces of guttering.

Parent Reviews of Happy Days Childrens Centre

5.0
(4)
kim smart
8 years ago

My daughter been going here for a while and loves it she never wants to come home by far best place

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Daniel Parker
a year ago

Staff are great and really care about the kids.

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R Coelho
a year ago

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Inspection history

Date: August 2004

  • March 2022Good
  • May 2016Outstanding
  • March 2012Outstanding
  • August 2004Good

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