Full-day nursery in Pot House, Sheffield
Happy Hands Pre-School and Childcare
McIntyre Road, Stocksbridge, SHEFFIELD, S36 1DG · 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.
Official records
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
McIntyre Road, Stocksbridge, SHEFFIELD, S36 1DG · More nurseries in S36
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Shay House Lane/Kenworthy Road, Shay House Lane/Linden Crescent and Kenworthy Road/Shay House Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cedar Pocket Park8 min walk
- Oxley Park9 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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 Sheffield there are about 3.7 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 Hands Pre-School and Childcare is a full-day nursery at McIntyre Road, Stocksbridge, SHEFFIELD, S36 1DG, in Pot House, Sheffield. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.1 miles
- Stocksbridge Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.2 miles
- Royd Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- Stocksbridge High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 under 0.1 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 Hands Pre-School and Childcare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Happy Hands Pre-School and Childcare Outstanding at its inspection on 18 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Happy Hands Pre-School and Childcare take?
Happy Hands Pre-School and Childcare is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
How do I contact Happy Hands Pre-School and Childcare?
You can call 0114 288 6262.
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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 300932 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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