Banana Moon Day Nursery Caversham
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Reading for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2016, with 74 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
What childcare usually costs in Reading
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Reading from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
RG4 8EDWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 13 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a secure and nurturing space where children flourish and grow.
Children build affectionate and caring bonds with staff, who are responsive to their needs. Children's ideas and contributions are listened to and acted on. This is illustrated when children and parents suggest activities around camping, which is something some children have not experienced before. Staff and children build tents and toast marshmallows safely. This helps children feel valued.
Children develop a true love for books, from an early age. Across the provision, children willingly bring their favourite books to staff to share with them. Even the very youngest ones remember key words from the story, such as when children say
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to effectively help children to manage their emotions and learn to self-regulate n implement a more robust professional development system to improve all staff's teaching.
- 13 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 11 February 2019Good
- 22 August 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Banana Moon Day Nursery Caversham
- What it costs
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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