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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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Toni Smith (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 24

Total Places for Children

  • 80

Age Range

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

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.

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 (61)

9.2

Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.163) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) has 61 reviews.

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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: 9.2 (9.163)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.2 (9.163) 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 4.4 out of 5 from 16 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 14 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 4.438 for Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) is calculated as follows: ( (157 Excellents x 5) + (10 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) + (24 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 192 Ratings = 4.438
  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 4.725 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Happy Days Nursery & Preschool - Penrice (St Austell) is based on 14 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 = 3.85
    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. 14 Positive Reviews ÷ 16 = 0.875
  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.

Child Vacancies

Child Vacancies

Posted: 09 Dec 2025

Vacancies are available! Please contact Happy Days Enquiries team for more information, and to book a tour.

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Meet the Team (1)

Toni

Toni Smith

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Toni has worked in childcare for 15 years, starting out with Level 3 and moving on to a teaching degree. Toni started teaching in SEN schools and gathered a range of experience and knowledge. However, after having her first son, she found a love and passion for Early Years. Toni has worked in nurseries for almost 6 years, working her way up from Nursery Practitioner, third in Charge, Deputy, and now Manager. Toni loves messy play and Science and music activities.

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