Braintree, Essex · URN 2821074
According to Ofsted's inspection on 28 August 2026, Happy Hill Hub in Braintree, Essex was graded on 4 areas of its report card: behaviour and routines: Strong Standard; welfare and wellbeing: Strong Standard; inclusion: Strong Standard; leadership and governance: Strong Standard. Source: Little Bees Nursery Intelligence, from Ofsted's published record.
Braintree, Essex · CM77 7FS. Location from the Ofsted register. This setting Nearby
Report card: six areas graded separately.
Curriculum and teaching and Achievement were not inspected here; a setting is only graded on the areas its registration covers, so this is not a gap in its practice.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result.
On the EYR and the CCR and the VCR.
Happy Hill Hub in Braintree, Essex was last inspected on 28 August 2026. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 4 areas: behaviour and routines — Strong Standard; welfare and wellbeing — Strong Standard; inclusion — Strong Standard; leadership and governance — Strong Standard. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Ofsted did not grade curriculum and teaching or achievement at this setting. A provider is only graded on the areas its registration covers — an out-of-school club, for example, is not inspected on delivering the early years curriculum. It is not a gap in the setting's practice.
Yes. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result. Strong standard and exceptional sit above it; needs attention and urgent improvement sit below.
Happy Hill Hub is registered for children aged 3 to 19.
Happy Hill Hub is registered for up to 25 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
Happy Hill Hub has been registered with Ofsted since 27 December 2024. Its unique reference number (URN) is 2821074.
Happy Hill Hub is one of 2 settings on Ofsted's register run by the same provider.
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