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Happy Tots Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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4.8(6 parent reviews) ·Arndene Park, Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9JY · Westmorland and Furness
Number of places
137 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

About this day nursery

Happy Tots Day Nursery provides a stimulating and enriching environment for children, focusing on high standards of care and education. The nursery boasts purpose-built, double-storey facilities with excellent indoor and outdoor spaces designed to foster outstanding learning experiences.

Conveniently located in Ardene Park, Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, it offers easy access for families from Barrow and surrounding villages, with good connections to the A590. The nursery is open 51 weeks a year, from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm daily, excluding bank holidays.

Happy Tots prides itself on its experienced team, who are valued and supported in their professional development, ensuring continuous high-quality provision. The nursery also emphasises strong partnerships with parents and carers, which has contributed to outstanding feedback.

Happy Tots Day Nursery is dedicated to providing inspirational learning for all children in a fun and secure setting.

What it's like

Children enjoy attending this nurturing, happy nursery. Staff have developed positive, caring relationships with children and offer reassuring cuddles, which helps them to quickly feel calm and secure. Staff promote a sense of awe and wonder, and children develop positive attitudes to learning and make good progress.

Experienced TeamExcellent FacilitiesStrong Parent Partnerships

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.

Key facts

Opening hours

7.00am - 6.00pm

Age range

9 months - 4 years

Established

2013

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Happy Tots Day Nursery

Last inspected 7 May 2024

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 attending this nurturing, happy nursery. Staff have developed positive, caring relationships with children and offer reassuring cuddles, which helps them to quickly feel calm and secure. Staff promote a sense of awe and wonder, and children develop positive attitudes to learning and make good progress.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager evaluates the quality of the provision effectively, ensuring staff have access to professional development and receive targeted coaching and feedback.
  • Staff understand the importance of supporting children's communication skills, engaging them in rich two-way conversations and extending their vocabulary.
  • Leaders are ambitious for what children should achieve at each stage of their development, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Children benefit from many opportunities to develop their physical skills both outside and inside, achieving well in their physical development.
  • Parent partnership is promoted throughout the nursery, with effective daily communication and information sharing to support continuity between the setting and home.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to consider more closely how to promote the intended learning for each child through the learning experiences they provide
  • 2review the organisation of group times to ensure that children are consistently engaged and accessing purposeful learning.
Inspection #10341172 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders are ambitious for what children should achieve at each stage of their development. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. While staff plan learning experiences that build on children's knowledge and skills, at times, children's individual next steps in learning are not precisely targeted through the activities provided.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from the many opportunities that staff provide to develop their physical skills. Outside, they use their feet to pass a ball to each other and carefully steer as they ride bikes. Older children embrace the challenge to run at speed around the large outdoor area. Staff provide children with a range of activities that engage and excite them.

Parent Reviews of Happy Tots Day Nursery

4.8
(6)
Suzanne Coop
2 years ago

My daughter Alesha went here 16 years ago. We miss this place was fantastic the memories we shared are long lasting. The staff are fantastic, caring. We were gutted to.be moving to Warwick at the time that's the only reason we left.

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Annamarie
8 years ago

Happy tots is an amazing nursery my child has been there for 9 years and i can not fault the nursery!! It has gone from strength to strength the activites that are planned are great always sending things home. Happy tots is just like 1 big family

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Wendy Brett
3 years ago

My 2yr old granddaughter just started here and we've been very impressed with the setup, the staff, etc.

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Ben Morsby
8 years ago

Fantastic nursery great facilities and lovely staff

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Inspection history
  • May 2024Good
  • August 2018Outstanding
  • March 2014Outstanding

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