Happitots Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Wokingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2006, with 92 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
RG41 5EQWhat 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.
- 23 September 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive very happy and ready to learn at this welcoming nursery. Staff greet them with warm smiles and lots of enthusiasm. They build loving relationships with children from the outset. Children readily approach staff for any help or reassurance. Staff gather detailed information from parents when children start to help them to feel valued and comfortable. For instance, they collect and use key words in children's home languages. Staff provide plenty of praise and encouragement to children across the nursery. This helps to promote their confidence and self-esteem. Staff are positive role models and have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children mimic staff's good qualities. Toddlers successfully remember ways to minimise potential problems, such as using polite ways to tell other children, who want the same toy, that they need to wait their turn.
Leaders and staff know children well. They provide a positive learning environment with exciting activities based on children's interests and needs. For example, babies explore a variety of real objects in the sensory room. They learn to make soft and loud sounds when tapping wooden sticks together. Staff provide real shells in a quiet area for toddlers to listen to, and talk about, the sounds they hear. Staff organise hands-on experiences to teach pre-school children about the life cycle of a plant. Children thoroughly enjoy learning new facts. Staff recognise that such opportunities allow children to repeat and refine their skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the arrangements to monitor and support staff to identify when to take action to address minor inconsistencies in practice.
- 14 March 2024Good
- 22 May 2018Outstanding
- 23 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Happitots Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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