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Happy Days

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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3.0(2 parent reviews) ·Jarrow Comcare, Glasgow Road Clinic, Jarrow, NE32 4AU · South Tyneside
Number of places
42 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
South Tyneside

About this day nursery

Happy Days is a welcoming nursery in Jarrow, rated Good by Ofsted at its latest inspection on 8 January 2025. 30pm.

Leaders are dedicated to supporting children's learning from the moment they arrive. The curriculum is designed to spark children's imaginations and allows them to explore their interests.

Staff effectively use resources to help children develop and expand their own ideas. Through careful observations and assessments, staff identify children who may need extra support.

Swift interventions, such as focused small-group activities, help children to catch up; for example, staff model speech sounds while children make cupcakes, supporting language development. Happy Days also promotes outdoor learning, with new equipment introduced to enhance children's physical development.

The nursery prioritises strong partnerships with parents, sharing information through daily diaries and an online application to support children's learning at home.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and eager to play in this welcoming nursery. Leaders are committed to ensuring that children's learning is supported from the minute they walk through the door. The curriculum focuses on provoking children's imaginations and then allowing them to choose the direction of their learning. Staff support this well, for example, by providing resources that help children to develop and extend their own ideas. Careful observations and assessments of children's knowledge and skills help staff to support all children to make good progress across all areas of learning.

Highly motivated childrenComprehensive assessmentsDevelops friendshipsOutdoor physical developmentContinuous improvementStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Happy Days

Last inspected 8 January 2025

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 happy and eager to play in this welcoming nursery. Leaders are committed to ensuring that children's learning is supported from the minute they walk through the door. The curriculum focuses on provoking children's imaginations and then allowing them to choose the direction of their learning. Staff support this well, for example, by providing resources that help children to develop and extend their own ideas. Careful observations and assessments of children's knowledge and skills help staff to support all children to make good progress across all areas of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are highly motivated to learn. They become absorbed in enjoyable activities during their independent play, which help them to build on their knowledge and skills.
  • Assessments of children's progress are comprehensive. Swift interventions, such as focused small-group activities, help children to catch up.
  • Staff encourage children to develop friendships. They are quick to notice minor disagreements between children and support them well to resolve their conflicts.
  • Leaders are committed to continuous improvement. For example, they have introduced new equipment outdoors to better support children's physical development.
  • Partnerships with parents and carers are a priority for staff and leaders. They acknowledge the importance of sharing information with parents, and do so in a variety of ways.

Areas to develop

  • 1organise group activities more effectively, to support children to participate and engage in their learning
  • 2monitor and evaluate staff's teaching to plan more precisely for their professional development and address minor weaknesses in practice.
Inspection #10367501 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Assessments of children's progress are comprehensive. This helps staff to identify children who may be at risk of falling behind in some aspects of their learning and development. Swift interventions, such as focused small-group activities, help children to catch up. For example, staff clearly model speech sounds while children help to make cupcakes, supporting them to make more progress in their language development.

Outdoor space

Leaders have introduced new equipment outdoors to better support children's physical development. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Happy Days

3.0
(2)
Kimberley Seymour
a year ago

Amazing nursery! The staff are all lovely and I’ve had two children go through this nursery. My son attended for from 2018 up until he went into reception. Now my daughter attends and she will be here till she goes to reception next year. Both children have come on amazing from being in a social setting before going into primary school. Which has helped them transition straight into primary with no issues. All the girls go above and beyond to help. Thank you for everything you do. Highly recommend A*

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Inspection history

Date: February 2019

  • January 2025Good
  • February 2019Good

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