Happy Jays Ltd - www.happyjays.co.uk - is a privately owned company which opened its first nursery in Boroughbridge in September 1996. The second nursery followed in York in September 2000 and the third at Scarborough in 2005. In January 2006 Happy Jays purchased Carlinghow Hall Nursery in Batley and in September 2013 acquired Setting Sail nursery in Killinghall on the outskirts of Harrogate. The company is a registered daycare provider by Ofsted with a mission to provide the best quality childcare available for children from 3 months old up to 8 years of age. Happy Jays is the first nursery group of its size in the UK to achieve Investors in People status across 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014.