Kilnsea Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Reading for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £8.60 an hour for 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1992, with 33 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years2y to 3y | £8.60 | |
| 3-4 years3y to 4y | £8.25 |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £20.00 administration feewhen registering, not refundable
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded 2-year-olds and 3- & 4-year-old funded children.
Worth knowing. Funded children going over their funded hours are charged £8.60 per hour (2-year-olds) or £8.25 per hour (3- & 4-year-olds); a contribution of 75p per session toward the activity/consumable fund is requested.
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
RG6 3HEWhat 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.
- 19 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children clearly feel safe in the pre-school. Most separate from their parents or carers with ease and those that need extra support are given this to help them feel secure. Children benefit from staff dedication to provide an exciting learning environment. Children make decisions about their play and become engrossed in their learning. They choose from the exciting activities on offer, which helps to develop their creativity and imagination. For instance, children enjoy playing shops, where they make shopping lists and talk about what money they will need. While other children giggle and chatter together as they have pretend tea parties.
Children are happy and enjoy the activities available to them. They have fun exploring a range of materials, such as dough, craft and chalk. Children play well together and share resources well. They enjoy making marks, patterns and enjoy transporting the mud using a range of tools. This supports children's coordination in preparation for early writing skills. Staff demonstrate they know the children well and understand what support they need to continue to make good progress. Staff promote children's communication and language development effectively. For example, staff create cosy spaces for children to relax and enjoy story times.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the arrangements for staff supervision and training, to further develop their skills, and raise the quality of teaching n review the organisation of some activities and routines to ensure children remain interested and engaged.
- 14 March 2023Good
- 19 November 2018Good
- 16 January 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kilnsea Pre-School
- 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 £8.60 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.