Little Tots Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Reading for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2007, with 44 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
RG30 2UJWhat 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.
- 8 October 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff support children to settle into their busy learning environment. Children are happy to be there and are ready to start their day. The staff's warm interactions help children feel secure, and they develop a sense of belonging. Staff support their personal, social, and emotional development well. If conflicts occur and children become frustrated with each other, staff encourage them to talk to each other about their behaviour and how this makes each other feel. Staff speak kindly and value children's feelings. This effectively supports children to resolve their issues and regulate their emotions.
Staff plan activities that have a clear intent for learning and support the curriculum.
They know what it is they want children to learn. The learning goals are wellthought-out, appropriate, and achievable for children. For example, staff effectively promote equality and inclusion during an activity where they learn about each other and their different backgrounds. Staff encourage children to talk about the similarities and differences between them. They look at each other's eyes and hair colour and talk about what makes them the same and how they are different. The staff talk about everyone being unique and respecting and being kind to one another. Children improve their understanding of the world they live in and recognise and appreciate different cultures.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement consistent expectations for children's behaviour, so that children increasingly learn to follow rules and boundaries n strengthen skills in recognising when to give children more time to process information to support communication and language even further.
- 14 May 2024Good
- 4 October 2018Good
- 24 April 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Tots Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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