Childcare in Wokingham
Wokingham has 20 day nurseries, 5 pre-schools, 12 school nursery classes, 17 childminders and 27 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 36 of them and rated 32 Good or better, 5 of them Outstanding. 45 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.
27 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 Funtastic Kids @ Walter Infant Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Code Ninjas Wokingham Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened uKids @ Windmill Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened My Little Boardroom Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Junior Adventures Group @ Walter RG41 Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed Barkham Pre-School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed The Club Hub Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed GetActive@WestendeJunior Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed In2Care at Windmill Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed In2Care at Wheatfield Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Marie Redmond Tuition Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Redwood Early Years Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Wokingham
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Wokingham take funded hours?
18 of the 81 settings in 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Wokingham rated Outstanding?
Yes. 5 of the 36 settings Ofsted has inspected in Wokingham hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Wokingham take babies?
59 settings in 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 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 Wokingham
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.