Happy Days Nursery Broadmeadow

An adjoining sleep room for babies, a garden beside the toddler room and preschool space extending onto decking give Happy Days Nursery Broadmeadow a clear physical identity. This purpose-built Teignmouth nursery separates its day into age-based rooms, with outdoor space forming part of the offer rather than a single shared destination.

Children are accepted from four months to five years. At its January 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall. That judgement provides a useful reference point, while the room arrangements offer more immediate practical detail for families comparing where their child would play, rest and move outdoors.

Morning, afternoon and whole-day bookings cover different attendance needs. The shorter sessions have distinct start and finish times, so choosing between them matters as much as choosing the nursery itself.

Rooms and Ages

The Baby Room serves children from four months to two years, combining two rooms with an adjoining sleep room and activities including sensory play, songs and stories. The separate sleep space matters for families weighing how rest fits alongside a busy day of play. Babies have space for different experiences within their own part of the building.

For children aged two to three, the Two Year Old Room combines play shaped by changing interests with an adjoining garden used under supervision during the day. Its physical arrangement gives this age group outdoor space directly beside its room. Children can explore movement as well as indoor play within that stage of the nursery.

Children aged three and over use the Pre-School Room, where two indoor rooms and a decking area allow movement between spaces, alongside access to the main garden and a mixture of adult-organised activities and freely chosen play. Independence is an explicit emphasis here, linked to preparation for primary school. The layout gives older children more than one setting for their activities.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides the framework for learning and care, with children learning through play. In the Two Year Old Room, activities respond to children's changing interests. This makes the child's own curiosity part of planning, rather than treating play simply as a break between organised tasks.

In January 2022, preschool children explored whether objects floated or sank, prompting discussion about materials and their properties. Younger children explored water and cocoa-based mud alongside a story, using sensory experiences to develop descriptive vocabulary. These examples show how an ordinary activity can bring together talking, investigation and hands-on play.

The Proud Cloud board, used in January 2022, brought together contributions from staff and parents about children's achievements. The board made those achievements a shared point of attention for families and staff. Outdoors at that time, children practised riding balance bikes and tackling narrow steps, adding specific physical challenges to their play.

In January 2022, children built relationships with familiar key people, and staff offered comfort when children needed it. Small milk jugs let toddlers practise pouring their own drinks. Care and independence worked together in that example: staff made the task manageable rather than doing it entirely for the child.

At the January 2022 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and reported good progress for children, including those with learning difficulties or disabilities, with additional funding used to support individual needs. These are dated judgements about practice at that visit, rather than a promise about any individual child's experience today.

Communication in January 2022 included videos showing parents the playrooms, while contributions to the achievement board connected home and nursery. The practical value was concrete: parents could see the spaces used by their children and contribute comments about their children's achievements.

Two improvements were identified in January 2022: children whose spoken language was developing needed more ways to express themselves, and activities needed closer adjustment to individual stages of learning. These concerns matter alongside the positive findings. A lively activity alone does not show whether a quieter child can participate or whether each child receives enough challenge.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is Newfoundland Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 9WP. Bookings comprise AM sessions from 8am to 12.30pm, PM sessions from 1.30pm to 6pm, and DAY sessions from 8am to 6pm. The morning and afternoon patterns therefore have different boundaries, which families need to match to their own daily arrangements.

Opening hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The nursery operates across the year, closing for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. Enquiries can be made through the contact form, by email or by telephone.

Funding and Paid Extras

Private childcare and government-funded childcare are offered. For funded attendance, funding covers basic childcare but excludes food and drinks, for which the nursery may charge extra; this distinction matters when comparing the childcare entitlement with the overall cost of attendance. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

The fees page sets out the attendance patterns and funding charge structure. Families choosing funded care should distinguish the childcare element from any additional charges for food and drinks.

Preparation for primary school is part of the Pre-School Room's emphasis on independence. This is preparation for the next stage of learning, with children encouraged to do more for themselves.

• Communication and challenge. The January 2022 improvement points concerned expression for children developing speech and activities matched to individual learning needs. During a visit, ask how staff adapt the same activity for children who communicate or learn differently.
• Rest for babies. The Baby Room has an adjoining sleep room. Ask how settling and sleep routines are organised within this arrangement for your child.
• Session boundaries. AM attendance finishes at 12.30pm and PM attendance begins at 1.30pm. Choose the pattern around those actual boundaries, rather than assuming the two shorter sessions form one continuous booking.

Happy Days Nursery Broadmeadow suits families considering morning sessions, afternoon sessions or a whole nursery day, with separate spaces for babies, two-year-olds and preschool children. The adjoining sleep room, toddler garden and preschool decking provide tangible reasons to look closely at how each stage works.

The January 2022 Good judgement is a positive reference point, balanced by specific improvement needs around communication and individual challenge. The strongest decision rests on both: the physical arrangements are clear, and those learning questions deserve attention when choosing care for a particular child.