Full-day nursery in Sunnyside, West Northamptonshire
Happy Days Nursery
91 - 93 Chalcombe Avenue, Northampton, NN2 8LB · 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 November 2005Reference EY316388Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places43 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 30 July 2026Food 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
91 - 93 Chalcombe Avenue, Northampton, NN2 8LB · More nurseries in NN2
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Aynho Crescent, Hamilton House and Hill House.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bradlaugh Fields12 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 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 West Northamptonshire there are about 3.2 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 is a full-day nursery at 91 - 93 Chalcombe Avenue, Northampton, NN2 8LB, in Sunnyside, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 43 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 8 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Days NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Highfield Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sunnyside Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- Purple Oaks Academy ages 3–18Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.3 miles
- Green Oaks Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- All Saints CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Whitehills Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.7 miles
- Whitehills Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Buckton Fields Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 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's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Happy Days Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Happy Days Nursery take?
Happy Days Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 43 children at any one time.
How do I contact Happy Days Nursery?
You can call 01604 842866.
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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
- 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY316388 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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