Happy Tots Day Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Barrow-In-Furness for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2013, with 137 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 15 Hours FREE Early Years entitlement per week for 2 year olds and up to 30 Hours FREE Early Years entitlement per week for 3 and 4 year olds, across 38 weeks of the year.
Worth knowing. Funded 2Yr Old Places available if you meet the criteria set out by the Local Authority; Early Years funded sessions through the Nursery Education Grant will mean a reduction in your monthly payments.
What childcare usually costs in Westmorland and Furness
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Westmorland and Furness 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
LA13 9JYWhat 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, 7 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy attending this nurturing, happy nursery. Babies proudly point at photos of activities that they have previously experienced. Older children enthusiastically recall what they have learned at nursery. Staff have developed positive, caring relationships with children. They offer reassuring cuddles when children are new to the setting, which helps them to quickly feel calm and secure.
Staff promote a sense of awe and wonder of the world we live in. Babies giggle as they explore their own reflections in the mirror. Older children watch in amazement as they see a bird's nest outside. They ask thoughtful questions about when the eggs will hatch. Staff further ignite children's curiosity as they show them videos of nesting birds of prey. They teach children the names of these birds and build on their knowledge of how eggs hatch. Children develop positive attitudes to learning and make good progress from their starting points.
Staff support children from an early age to understand the routines and expectations. They use objects of reference to prepare children for what is happening next. For example, they show babies a nappy before nappy changing time. Staff explicitly model to children how to share and to take turns. This supports children to be able to interact positively alongside each other.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consider more closely how to promote the intended learning for each child through the learning experiences they provide n review the organisation of group times to ensure that children are consistently engaged and accessing purposeful learning.
- 7 May 2024Good
- 31 August 2018Outstanding
- 28 March 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happy Tots Day Nursery Limited
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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