Happy Nest Day Nursery
Outstanding★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in London for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2022. Open since 2000, with 39 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 Hackney
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hackney 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
E2 8LRWhat 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, 18 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this highly stimulating nursery. They curiously explore a rich, sensory learning environment. They use multiple senses to investigate intriguing objects to explore how they feel, move and work. This stimulates children's imagination and facilitates critical thinking. Children relish in their time outside.
They participate in daily physical literacy activities to develop their fundamental movement skills. For example, as children play chase, they learn to avoid obstacles while running. Children learn about nature as they help to plant and harvest fruit and vegetables they grow in the garden. They pick herbs and chop up vegetables to make experiments in the mud kitchen.
Children display an impressive understanding of the behavioural expectations of the setting as they share and take turns. Staff are skilled at supporting children to recognise their own feelings by labelling their emotions and understanding how to independently manage them. Children use manners regularly and say, 'no thank you' and 'yes please' without prompting. Children delight in learning important independent skills. They independently prepare the food table as they lay down the placemats, cups and jugs of water. Children learn about important healthy practices, such as washing their hands and brushing their teeth after breakfast.
- 18 August 2022Outstanding
- 4 November 2015Outstanding
- 2 December 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Nest Day Nursery
- 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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