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Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School Yeovil

Ofsted: Requires improvement
(Aug 2025)
·25 Forest Hill, Yeovil, BA20 2PG · Somerset
Number of places
72 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Somerset

About this day nursery

Happy Days Nursery & Pre-School Yeovil provides high-quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years, operating from a beautifully refurbished setting. The nursery, formerly known as Yew Tree Nursery, boasts a brand-new baby unit specifically designed for infants.

Parents benefit from dedicated parking for convenient drop-off and collection. The facility includes a fantastic garden with a separate area for babies, allowing all children to explore safely outdoors.

Inside, a dedicated art studio encourages creative and messy play, fostering development through hands-on learning. The nursery actively engages with the local community through regular visits to nearby schools and care homes, helping children build confidence and a sense of belonging.

Happy Days Nursery aims to offer a stimulating environment where children can learn, discover, and thrive.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at the nursery and have positive relationships with staff. Staff are caring and recognise when children need further support, reassurance or a cuddle, and help children feel safe and secure. The new purpose-built baby room offers an environment focused suitably on the needs of young babies, with everything down at their level and attentive staff promoting babies' well-being.

Refurbished settingDedicated baby unitOutdoor provisionArt studioCommunity engagement

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday – Friday 8am to 6pm (Early drop off at 7.30am available)

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Food

Meals & Snacks

Waitlist

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Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School Yeovil

Last inspected 13 August 2025

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

What it's like to attend

Children enjoy their time at the nursery and have positive relationships with staff. Staff are caring and recognise when children need further support, reassurance or a cuddle, and help children feel safe and secure. The new purpose-built baby room offers an environment focused suitably on the needs of young babies, with everything down at their level and attentive staff promoting babies' well-being.

Inspector highlights

  • Key persons and staff assess children's development and work out what aspects they need to focus on next.
  • Staff plan useful small-group times to support children's communication and language.
  • Staff prepare children for their move on to school and help children gain some of the skills they will need.
  • Staff offer useful and interesting activities for children to develop their physical skills and confidence.
  • Staff beneficially link with local organisations for children to learn about their community and develop an understanding of the world.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop key-person arrangements to ensure children's individual learning needs are clearly known by all staff working with them and targeted support is in place
  • 2improve partnerships with parents and carers, developing consistent and effective routines for a two-way sharing of information and helping provide a strong, concerted approach for children
  • 3develop the effectiveness of staff's management and support for children's behaviour, helping children to understand boundaries and expectations and to follow these independently
  • 4increase the staff team's ability to reflect upon, adapt and more rapidly improve their practice, raising the quality of all aspects of the provision to good levels.
Inspection #10416656 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff plan useful small-group times to support children's communication and language. Babies learn signs to help their understanding and expression.

Outdoor space

During school term times, children enjoy outdoor learning sessions in the local primary school's woodland. Staff offer useful and interesting activities for children to develop their physical skills and confidence.

Inspection history

Date: June 2017

  • August 2025Requires improvement
  • October 2022Good
  • June 2017Good

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