Happy Kids Heybury Close
Outstanding★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Manchester 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2014, with 63 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 Manchester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Manchester 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
M11 3TYWhat 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, 14 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Highly-skilled staff afford a warm welcome to children and their families at this inclusive setting. Detailed information is gathered about each child when they first start to attend. Staff use this information exceptionally well to help ensure that each child's unique needs are celebrated and taken into account from the outset.
Staff have helped children to become exceptionally skilled learners who demonstrate a real excitement and thirst for learning. They engage deeply in the carefully considered opportunities staff make available. A meticulously considered, unique and well-sequenced curriculum reflects the needs of each child. Staff knowledge of the curriculum and the ways in which children prefer to learn enable them to differentiate and extend children's learning successfully. Every opportunity that children choose to engage in becomes an opportunity to learn. Staff skilfully help children to recall previous learning and build on what they already know and can do. For example, when attempting to rescue toy animals frozen in ice, children recall how snow melts in winter when the sun comes out. They decide to pour warm water on the ice to help it to melt. Children's enthusiasm to learning is infectious and they make excellent progress from their starting points.
Staff are highly-effective role models. They gently support children to understand their feelings and to be mindful of the consequences of their behaviour on those around them. Staff use a wide range of age-appropriate strategies when teaching children to regulate their own behaviour. All children behave incredibly well. This contributes to the harmonious learning environment where children explore with impressive confidence and self-assurance.
- 14 June 2024Outstanding
- 4 July 2018Outstanding
- 14 August 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Kids Heybury Close
- 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.
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