Berkeley Gardens Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Reading for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £9.60 an hour for under 3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2011, with 98 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated MAY 2026.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 yearsbirth to 3y | £9.605 days £10.501-4 days | |
| Over 3 years3y to 5y | £9.005 days £10.501-4 days |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feenot refundable
- £100.00 a day Depositper day of attendance, refundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.55 an hour Food (£11 per day) Discounted rateper funded hour
- £1.10 an hour Food (£11 per day)per funded hour
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours per week term time only (38 weeks per year); 30 hours over 38 weeks (1140 hours per year) applied across the whole year giving up to 22.35 hours per week; funding for children from 9 months, 2 years and 3 years.
Worth knowing. Fully funded option of 15 hours per week term time only, delivered as five sessions per week either 8:45am-11:45am or 2:00pm-5:00pm, no charges and no deposit required. Otherwise charged for Food and consumables associated with funded hours. Maximum 8 hours funding per day up to 22.35 hours across the week over a minimum of 3 days.
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
RG1 6HYWhat 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, 17 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and show excitement and confidence, ready to find their friends. Staff welcome families with a kind, nurturing manner. They talk with parents and exchange information. This helps ensure that children have the support they need at nursery. Children are happy and show they feel secure. This is because of the strong bonds staff build with children and their family. Parents leave happy knowing that their children are safe and their needs are being met.
Staff provide a range of learning experiences that build on what children already know and can do. They use assessment well to plan activities based on children's interests. Children enjoy the broad curriculum the nursery has to offer. They develop strong independence skills. This prepares them effectively for each stage of their learning and development.
Staff provide a variety of opportunities for children to develop their physical skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff interactions to consistently support children's communication and language development. - implement a more consistent approach to encouraging good behaviour during key transition times
- 17 October 2023Good
- 22 February 2019Good
- 27 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Berkeley Gardens Day Nursery
- Nappies
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.
- Is £9.60 an hour still the rate? 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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