Childcare in Reading (Wokingham)
Reading (Wokingham) has 21 day nurseries, 12 pre-schools, 13 school nursery classes, 21 childminders and 30 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 43 of them and rated 41 Good or better, 6 of them Outstanding. 54 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Wokingham there are 42 places per 100 children under five, better supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Wokingham, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 31 school nursery classes across Wokingham, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
30 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Opened GetActive@ShinfieldStMary's Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened SDE (Earley) Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Code Ninjas Reading Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Get Active At Radstock Primary School
- Jun 2026Closed LITTLE BLOOM NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Get Active @shinfield St Mary's Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Ultimate Activity Camps At Reading Blue Coat School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed FACE Holiday Club Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Beechwood Primary School - Core Kids Club Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Maiden Erlegh Pre-School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed The Mad House (Reading) Holiday Club Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Opened Kumon Arborfield Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Reading (Wokingham)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Reading (Wokingham) take funded hours?
23 of the 97 settings in Reading (Wokingham) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Reading (Wokingham) rated Outstanding?
Yes. 6 of the 43 settings Ofsted has inspected in Reading (Wokingham) hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Reading (Wokingham) take babies?
68 settings in Reading (Wokingham) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Reading (Wokingham)?
Wokingham has 42 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Reading (Wokingham)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.