Happy Feet Day Care Limited
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Birstall for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2023, with 52 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Kirklees
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kirklees 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
WF17 9BHWhat 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, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are excited to arrive at this friendly, welcoming nursery. Staff form positive relationships with children and their families. They offer support and guidance to parents. Children demonstrate they feel safe and secure as they settle quickly. They are eager to explore the environment and quickly become involved in their learning. Staff plan inviting activities to spark children's interests. Children explore the ice activity and try to work out how to get the dinosaurs out of the ice blocks.
They use simple tools to chip away at the ice. Staff support children to explore what happens when their warm hands hold the ice. Children have a positive attitude towards their learning. Staff give a high priority to children's literacy development. Children access a range of stories, songs and rhymes.
Leaders and managers consider the skills children need to be ready for school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's understanding of the learning intention for activities, so they can support children's development further n develop staff's knowledge further about how they can support children to develop their critical thinking skills and solve problems, to extend their learning to a higher level.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 8 May 2024Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Feet Day Care Limited
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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