Happy Days Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Brighton for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £64.00 a day for over 2 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2016, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2 Yearsbirth to 2y | £45.00Short Day £68.00 | £35.00AM Morning or PM Afternoon, 4.5 hrs | £8.00Lunch Hour | |
| Over 2 Years2y to 5y | £44.00Short Day £64.00 | £33.00PM Afternoon or AM Morning, 4.5 hrs | £8.00Lunch Hour |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £200.00 Depositrefundable
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. No restrictions on how you use your Funded hours. No extra fees for Nappy Wipes, Snacks, Yoga, Dance or music classes or special activities. You will not be charged any more than our published fees above (pro rata) for hours not covered by Funding.
What childcare usually costs in Brighton and Hove
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Brighton and Hove from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BN2 9SQWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 6 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted at the door and receive a warm welcome. Upon arrival, children enjoy helping staff sign them in on the electronic register before they are taken to their designated hall. Children bring in their own lunch boxes and place these on the table before settling into play. Some children enjoy a light breakfast on arrival in the dining hall while other children play with their friends. Younger children explore sensory activities and staff support them to roll out scented dough.
Staff provide enough tools and equipment for all children to take part and provide a commentary to their play. They recognise the importance of supporting younger children's language development.
Children enjoy exploring sensory activities outside, such as sand play. Staff hide different objects in the sand and encourage children to use brushes to brush the sand away and reveal pretend fossils. Staff are skilful at keeping children engaged in their play and provide children with new vocabulary. For example, they name items found in the sand, such as elephant tusk. Children have access to a soft-play area, where they practise their physical skills and staff remind children of how to jump safely. Older children take part in group sessions and learn about the different animals in the Lunar New Year. Staff encourage children to listen and take turns speaking.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance monitoring of staff practice to support staff to focus teaching more precisely on the skills children need to learn next n review and develop routine times to promote children's independence and selfhelp skills even further.
- 6 February 2024Good
- 12 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Days Nursery
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £64.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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