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Happy Kids Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2025)
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4.9(39 parent reviews)
·280-284 Green Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham, B9 5DN · Birmingham
Number of places
30 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
Birmingham

About this day nursery

Happy Kids Nursery is dedicated to providing a nurturing and stimulating environment where children from birth to five years old can thrive and achieve their full potential. The nursery prioritises children's safety and wellbeing, ensuring all staff are committed to safeguarding.

They focus on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, providing a happy, active, exciting, fun, and secure experience that supports holistic development. The nursery offers specifically designed rooms for toddlers (2-year-olds) and preschoolers (3-4-year-olds), each crafted to meet the developmental needs of the children within them.

Highly professional and trained staff guide children through their daily activities, which include free flow play, circle time, snack time, outdoor play, story time, and singing. Happy Kids Nursery also emphasises healthy eating and encourages outdoor play, with equipment like climbing structures and wheeled toys to build stamina and motor skills.

They aim to involve parents in their child's journey through a Parenta App, offering daily updates on activities, sleep, and meals, including photos and videos.

Our ethos

Happy Kids Nursery is committed to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, aiming to provide a holistic development through a happy, active, exciting, fun, and secure experience. They focus on free flow play, circle time, and outdoor activities to build stamina and motor skills, while also valuing parent engagement through the Parenta App.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time at this welcoming and inclusive nursery. Staff greet children warmly, and children are quick to settle. Staff use children's interests to plan a curriculum that supports continuous learning and develop good social skills, promoting positive friendships and healthy lifestyles.

EYFS CurriculumOutdoor PlayParent Communication AppSafe and Nurturing Environment

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

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

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, Full day: 9:00am - 3:30pm, Morning session: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Afternoon session: 12:30pm - 3:30pm (Term Time Only)

Session types

Full day, Morning session, Afternoon session

Age range

Birth - 5 years

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Happy Kids Nursery

Last inspected 27 February 2025

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 enjoy their time at this welcoming and inclusive nursery. Staff greet children warmly, and children are quick to settle. Staff use children's interests to plan a curriculum that supports continuous learning and develop good social skills, promoting positive friendships and healthy lifestyles.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy their time at this welcoming and inclusive nursery.
  • Leaders have high expectations for children's development and a well-sequenced curriculum.
  • Staff place a strong focus on developing children's speech and language.
  • Staff support children's mathematical development effectively.
  • Staff are vigilant to ensure the nursery remains a safe place for children.

Areas to develop

  • 1review the organisation of activities to enable children to listen and concentrate during adult-led activities
  • 2provide more guidance and support for less-experienced staff on how to extend activities to further promote children's learning.
Inspection #10390170 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and staff work closely with parents and outside agencies to ensure targeted plans and support is in place for those children who need additional support. Leaders ensure additional funding is used to meet individual children's specific needs. Staff have received training to help them to assess and support children's speech and language development.

Outdoor space

Leaders strive to continually improve the service they provide. They have identified areas for development, such as changes to the nursery's outdoor play area. While this area is temporarily out of use, leaders ensure children still continue to enjoy daily opportunities to be physically active.

Parent Reviews of Happy Kids Nursery

4.9
(39)
nawaaz b
5 months ago

An excellent teaching team that has made a remarkable contribution to my daughter’s development. Their dedication and care have truly helped my child shine. We have seen noticeable progress in her confidence, communication, and enthusiasm for learning. Special thanks to Miss Faiza!

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Lara Fadare
5 months ago

My child is always eager to come to the nursery since she started. She loves her teachers and has improved so much since then. I highly recommend.

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yin lau
a year ago

Happykids day nursery is amazing. Safia and her staff have always done a great job in supporting the children and parents. The nursery has so many fun activities every day and always get parents involved on special occasions. I would definitely recommend anyone in the area with tiny children attend happy kids nursery. They are absolutely fantastic, professional, friendly, supportive and caring.

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Khalbint King
a year ago

This nursery not good only they care about money. My child was have autistic but they didn't tell me any step I have to deal with, like EHSPC Plan etc. Only they tell me every term to sign it the paper for funding.they cause my child to delay speak until now. I don't prefer anyone to go there.

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Ruaba Junaid
2 years ago

Its a great place for kids to learn basic skills and manners, so can be prepared to start their full time school . Moreover kids get some time to play with different toys and learn to share and coordinate with the fellow beings. Staff is so nice and cooperative. They handle kids with love and care.

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Inspection history

Date: September 2019

  • February 2025Good
  • September 2019Good

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