Happitots Nursery Boddam

Buchan Station, Station Road, Boddam, Peterhead AB42 3AR
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Happitots Nursery Boddam is located at Buchan Braes, Aberdeenshire. Happitots Nursery Boddam is part of award winning Thrive Childcare.

Delighted to have been awarded NMT Nursery Group Award 2018.

The nursery offers quality childcare and education for children from birth to five years of age.

Open Monday – Friday, 7am - 6pm the long opening hours help cater to the needs of parents. Funded hours available for 3-5-year-olds as well as eligible 2-year-olds - and now offer extended funded hours, up to 22.5 hours per week.

They are in partnership with Aberdeenshire Council to offer 2-year-old and pre-school funding. Contact them for more information.

The nursery provides healthy and nutritious meals and snacks, included in fees, from an onsite chef, using the freshest of ingredients and where possible organic.

Parents benefit from; monthly newsletters, parents evenings, Children’s Interests Association Committee, E-learning Journals and car parking, allowing for easy drop off and collection.

Offer flexible, part-time and full-time session plans.

The Nursery Manager has a childcare career spanning over 40 years, with 25 of these having been spent managing childcare services. Despite seeing many changes during this time, their passion for childcare and getting it right for every child is still as strong as it was when they first entered the sector.

The nursery provides a warm welcoming, family friendly environment where you can bring your little one feeling confident in the knowledge that you are leaving them with a dedicated team in a safe, warm and nurturing environment that has been developed to offer them a wide range of experiences and learning opportunities.
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Funding & Fees

Contact us to learn more about our competitive fee structure. Funded spaces available.

Contact Happitots Nursery Boddam to get a personalised quote.

Contact Happitots Nursery Boddam to get a personalised quote.

Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Linda Adamson (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 15

Total Places for Children

  • 58

Age Range

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

Opening Times

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

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Happitots Nursery Boddam Reviews (64)

9.6

Happitots Nursery Boddam has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.625) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Happitots Nursery Boddam has 64 reviews.

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Review from David B (Father of Child) published on 28 June 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our Daughter is 3yrs old and has attended Buoys and Gulls since she was 15 months old. She has gone through the baby Room to the 2's room and is now in the 3-5 room.


Like all parents who use a facility like this we fell into a bit of a rut of just seeing it as a babysitting service so we could get

stuff done, but it isn't.... it really isn't. Whenever our Daughter has transitioned from one room to another we have been given very detailed reports to look back through and it was a surprise to us to see just how much education was going on too. We thought it was us parents doing a great job but the staff at Buoys and Gulls really pay close attention to their development and help them along.


Our Daughter has really blossomed since she went there, as an only child and with no other kids in our street we really wanted her to spend time with other kids and she is now one of the most sociable kids I have ever seen.


I wouldn't hesitate to recommend B&G's to anyone looking for first class care.

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Review from Jordan S (Mother of Child) published on 28 June 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son loves coming to the nursery, he gets excited driving through to boddam and gets excited seeing his friends and teachers! This puts me as a mum at ease knowing that he's enjoying it, I love the fact that he's outdoors nearly every session and he loves coming to nursery and being with his friends
and teachers. We love seeing his progress on the online journals and his dad loves the fact that he can look at this whilst he's offshore. Would highly reccomend this nursery to friends and family
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Review from Claire C (Mother of Child) published on 27 June 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter always comes home happy from nursery, full of news about the fun she's had and what she's been doing. I would highly recommend Buoys and Gulls Nursery, especially now it has changed managers.
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Review from Jim A (Grandfather of Child) published on 27 June 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Friendly staff and loving the fact the children are outdoors everyday. Good freshly cooked food and a wide range of activities on offer.
My granddaughter is always eager to go into nursery and when I collect her she always has loads to tell me.
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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.625)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.625) out of 10 for Happitots Nursery Boddam is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.7 out of 5 from 11 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 4.902 for Happitots Nursery Boddam is calculated as follows: ( (121 Excellents x 5) + (9 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 132 Ratings = 4.902
  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 4.723 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Happitots Nursery Boddam is based on 11 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 = 3.775
    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 58 number of registered child places is 11.6. 11 Positive Reviews ÷ 11.6 = 0.948
  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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Awards / Recognitions (5)

Meet the Team (2)

Linda

Linda Adamson

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2016

My childcare career spans over 40 years, with 25 of these has been spent managing childcare services.


During this time I have seen many changes, however my passion for childcare and getting it right for every child is still as strong as it was when I first entered the sector.


Within the nursery we provide a warm welcoming, family friendly environment where you can bring your little one feeling confident in the knowledge that you are leaving them with a dedicated team in a safe, warm and nurturing environment that has been developed to offer them a wide range of experiences and learning opportunities.


Our nursery ethos is …..
-   Children first every time
-   Deliver every day with passion
-   Be a positive role model
-   Teamwork.


And we strive to offer this to every child in our care, every day

Megan

Megan Buchan

Job Title: Deputy Manager Joined: 2023

Megan works closely with Linda to create wonderful experiences for the children each and every day.

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