Full-day nursery in Brandon, Durham
Brandon Happytimes Daycare
Brandon Primary School, Carr Avenue, Brandon, DH7 8NL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since October 2006Reference EY334279Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 2 March 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places44 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 March 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Brandon Primary School, Carr Avenue, Brandon, DH7 8NL · More nurseries in DH7
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Carr Avenue, Lowland Road and Sawmill Lane Surgery.
Parks and playgrounds
- Addison Park6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Durham there are about 4.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Brandon Happytimes Daycare is a full-day nursery at Brandon Primary School, Carr Avenue, Brandon, DH7 8NL, in Brandon, Durham. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.8 from 4 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Brandon Happytimes Daycare Limited.
Run by Brandon Happytimes Daycare Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Brandon Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Browney Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.5 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Langley Moor Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Langley Moor Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.0 miles
- New Brancepeth Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.5 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Brandon Happytimes Daycare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Brandon Happytimes Daycare Good at its inspection on 2 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Brandon Happytimes Daycare take?
Brandon Happytimes Daycare is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
Who runs Brandon Happytimes Daycare?
Brandon Happytimes Daycare is run by Brandon Happytimes Daycare Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact Brandon Happytimes Daycare?
You can call 0191 378 9890.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY334279 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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