Happy Hall Preschool
GoodBirth to 5Open a few years
A pre-school in Walsall for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2022, with 24 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 Walsall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Walsall 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
WS2 0LSWhat 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, 20 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Friendly, happy staff eagerly welcome children and their parents to this warm and friendly environment. Children separate well from their parents. They are happy to see their friends, and they settle straight into play. An effective key-worker system ensures that staff build strong, nurturing relationships that support children's emotional security and well-being effectively. Staff plan interesting and exciting activities for children to enjoy. They adapt these to meet children's individual learning needs, thereby, enabling children to make continued progress in their learning. Children enjoy sharing what they know with others. For example, they explain that their hearts are beating faster because they have been dancing.
Staff provide children with daily opportunities to learn outdoors. Children delight in going on minibeast hunts and using magnifiers to identify and observe what they find. They eagerly share and talk about the insects they find with their friends. All children relish this time outside to extend their learning and develop their social skills as they play alongside their friends.
Staff encourage children to have a go and do things for themselves. They praise children's efforts and celebrate their successes. This promotes children's selfconfidence and boosts their self-esteem. Staff have clear expectations for children's behaviour and are good role models. They encourage children to use their 'listening ears' and support them to take turns as they play. As a result, children behave well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider ways to ensure that children are given consistently clear messages around hygiene practices so that they build on what they already know and continue to develop healthy habits n review the management of group activities to ensure that all children continue to benefit from the maximum opportunities to extend their learning.
- 20 June 2024Good
- 22 August 2023Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Hall Preschool
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.