Full-day nursery in Old Sarum, Wiltshire
Happy Days Nursery and Preschool
Rhodes Moorhouse Way, Salisbury, SP4 6SA · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Rhodes Moorhouse Way, Salisbury, SP4 6SA · More nurseries in SP4
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Spar, Longhedge and Castle Well Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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 Wiltshire there are about 2.6 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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Happy Days Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Rhodes Moorhouse Way, Salisbury, SP4 6SA, in Old Sarum, Wiltshire. It is registered for 81 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Happy Days Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Happy Days Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 20 nurseries.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Days Nursery and PreschoolThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Old Sarum NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:30–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Old Sarum NurserySessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Bishopdown Farm Community Preschool & Farm FriendsSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.2 miles |
| Finkley Hudson's Field Nursery & PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.2 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at SalisburyFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.5 miles |
| Ladybirds Pre-schoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Old Sarum Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.4 miles
- Greentrees Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 1.2 miles
- Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.3 miles
- Wyndham Park Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 1.6 miles
- Exeter House Special School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.7 miles
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.7 miles
- Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 1.7 miles
- Pembroke Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Happy Days Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Happy Days Nursery and Preschool Outstanding at its inspection on 1 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Happy Days Nursery and Preschool take?
Happy Days Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 81 children at any one time.
Who runs Happy Days Nursery and Preschool?
Happy Days Nursery and Preschool is run by Happy Days Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 20 nurseries.
How do I contact Happy Days Nursery and Preschool?
You can call 0808 281 7300 and visit happydaysnurseries.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2707953 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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