Flying Start Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Wokingham for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2015, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Any fee paying customers or extra hours £8 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hour funding.
Worth knowing. We do not charge top up fees.
What childcare usually costs in Wokingham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wokingham 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
RG40 3AQWhat 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, 27 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy attending this setting. They independently put their lunch boxes away and find their pegs to hang their coats. Children show curiosity and a real zest for knowledge as they engage with this thoughtfully planned environment. Children explore with play dough and join in with junk modelling.
Staff build on children's knowledge by exploring real vegetables in the home corner, and they learn the vocabulary for 'aubergine', 'turnip' and 'leek'.
The entrance hall has been made more of a natural, calming environment to help children feel calm and settled in small groups. Children seek out their key person for comfort and reassurance when needed. This means that children are supported to continue to feel secure in their environment.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the sharing of information with other settings that children attend to support a consistent approach across all aspects of children's development n support children further to improve their understanding of the importance of making healthy choices around food.
- 27 April 2023Good
- 22 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Flying Start Nursery
- Meals
- 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.
- Is £8.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.