Happy Days UK Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sittingbourne for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2004, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours per week of government funding over 38 weeks, including working parents with children of 9 months plus, as well as families in receipt of other government support with children who are 2 years old.
Worth knowing. Funding can be used with any of our sessions, in blocks of 5 or 10 hours.
What childcare usually costs in Kent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kent 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
ME9 8REWhat 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.
- 27 May 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure in this nurturing environment. They have formed strong bonds with the staff and their peers. Children are confident and gain the skills they need for the next stage in their learning, such as moving rooms within the nursery or progressing on to school. They are developing their independence as they take on small tasks, such as serving themselves at mealtimes. Staff support children to understand their emotions and encourage them to talk about how they are feeling. Children's behaviour is good and appropriate to their stage of development. They are kind to their friends and willing to share resources. For instance, they pass their friends some play dough so that they can join in with the activity.
Staff provide children with a wide range of opportunities to investigate textures as they engage in sensory play. For example, they explore the feel of the shaving foam as they squish it between their fingers. Staff encourage children to make patterns on the wall with the shaving foam, which supports the development of their early writing skills. Children enjoy looking at books independently, as well as listening to staff read a story to them. Babies and children like to look at the photographs of family and friends displayed on the walls. Staff make effective use of the photographs to encourage children to recall past events and engage them in conversations.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - ensure staff make effective use of focused activities to challenge and extend children's learning n continue to support staff working with younger children to develop their practice and raise the quality of teaching.
- 10 May 2023Good
- 26 October 2017Outstanding
- 23 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Days UK Ltd
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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