Happy House Preschool & Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leyland for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 1992, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
From September 2024, 15 hours of government funded childcare will be extended to all children from the age of 9 months. From September 2025, working parents of children under the age of five will be entitled to 30 hours of government funded childcare a week.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
PR25 5LXWhat 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, 11 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy in this welcoming, spacious and well-organised nursery. Staff greet families with smiles. Parents share information about their children so that staff are well informed for the day ahead. For children who are reluctant to come into nursery, staff use positive strategies of encouragement. Children start their day with a cuddle if they need it. The well-established key-person system shines through the setting with children feeling safe and secure.
Children's behaviour is encouraged by staff who are good role models. They give gentle reminders to younger children who are learning about manners. Older children are polite and respectful. Children have positive attitudes towards their learning. For example, they enjoy walking across a rope bridge, using their balancing skills, and persist until they reach the other side. They are praised by staff at every stage.
Children love playing outdoors. They use push-along toys to travel around the path, confidently climb the rope ladder, and show delight in going down the slide.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make the most of supervision, focusing more precisely on staff's teaching to support them in providing sufficiently challenging activities that build on what children already know and can do.
- 11 October 2022Good
- 7 December 2016Good
- 16 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy House Preschool & Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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