Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell)

Penrice Hospital, Porthpean Road, St Austell PL26 6AA
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  • Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell), St Austell
Happy Days Penrice is a long-established setting that always provides a warm and nurturing environment for early years children. With a newly refurbished outdoor area, children are provided with a safe and secure environment, with free flow access to indoor rooms that are decorated with natural and calming interior.
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Funding & Fees

Full Day Care Fees
0–2 Years: £77.27 per day (08:00–18:00)
2–3 Years: £77.22 per day (08:00–18:00)
Over 3 Years: £76.41 per day (08:00–18:00)

Government funding is available and can be used to reduce daily fees. Further information is available on our website, or you can call and speak with our knowledgeable nursery team. We’re here to ensure you receive all the support and funding you’re entitled to.

Please note, fee information is correct as of Dec 2025.

For fee information, contact the Nursery directly.

Contact Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) to get a personalised quote.

Contact Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) to get a personalised quote.

Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Jen Philips (Acting Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 24

Total Places for Children

  • 80

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • The nursery provides parent parking and level access to the nursery/pre-school.

Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) Reviews (68)

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Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.337) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) has 68 reviews.

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Review from H T (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I feel very relaxed leaving my child as the nursery staff are kind and caring. My child has progressed so much over the last few years. The overall standard is amazing and I couldn't ask for a better nursery.
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Review from T C (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are always lovely. My son has really come on since being at this nursery and loves it.
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Review from Lauren T (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child absolutely loves his time at pre-school. I've watched him develop and grow in many ways; emotionally, education/academically and he has access to extracurricular activities such as tennis lessons.


Management are superb and hot on keeping you up to date with protocol and any changes. They

are very flexible and bend over backwards to meet my needs and my child's. I feel content and happy in the knowledge that my son is safe, well looked after and having a wonderful time. I couldn't recommend highly enough.
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Review from Ann-Marie R (Mother of Child) published on 12 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has attended Happy Days Nursery - Penrice since she was 9 months old. We were given lots of settling in sessions and made to feel comfortable with the process.
My daughter has moved up in classes at each time it has been at her pace, a very child-friendly approach to service delivery.
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am positive that my daughter's learning and independence has been in part to the activities at Penrice, she loves her lunch there and we have already recommended Happy Days to friends and family.
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Review from Stacey F (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Great place of care for my 2-year-old, learning new things every session and great with helping new skills such a potty training. A safe and happy environment to begin my child's learning journey.
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Review from Lisa E (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started at Happy Days Penrice at only 3 months old. All the staff were so helpful and made me feel so at ease leaving her when she was so little.
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Review from R P (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been coming to Happy Days Penrice since the age of 10 months. The staff have always been happy to help and are very welcoming. My child has come on leaps and bounds since being in the setting and I'm truly grateful for all their hard work.
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Review from Z J (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery. All the staff are friendly and welcoming. Management also lovely and easy to talk to about any matters. The interaction and learning with the children is very good constant learning through play, group and individual activities. They talk with the children about everything they are
doing and try to instil being safe, kind to others and explore and explain "Well why do we do this", "what happens if we do this", my child also loves the cooked lunches.
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Current Review Score: 9.3 (9.337)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.3 (9.337) out of 10 for Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.3 out of 5 from 23 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 20 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.337 for Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) is calculated as follows: ( (199 Excellents x 5) + (39 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) + (4 Poors x 2) + (32 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 276 Ratings = 4.337
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) is based on 20 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 80 number of registered child places is 16, which has been reached with 20 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (1)

Jen

Jen Philips

Job Title: Acting Nursery Manager Joined: 2025

My name is Jen, and I’ve been working in childcare for 15 years. I finished college, completing my level 3 in childcare and went straight into a job in childcare, working with children aged 2-4 years and also helping out at lunchtime within the school. I then moved to a larger nursery, caring for babies and children aged 0-5 years. I was there for 10 years, where I moved up to the preschool room leader. In 2023, I joined Happy Days Penrice as a nursery nurse and then continued on to become a room leader in the Adventurers room. From September 2025, I became deputy manager and helped with supporting the children, families and staff and then from January 2026, I stepped up as manager covering Toni’s maternity cover. I am passionate about helping every child individually shine and supporting them through nursery, ready for school.

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