Love Lane Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Newbury for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 11:30, 5 days a week. £16.50 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1992, with 26 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 | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £16.50Fees or Our Fees, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £10.00 registration feenew admissions, not refundable
Funded hours
15 hours for all 3 and 4 year olds; 30 hours for working parents of children from 9 months; 15 hours for some 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Funding must be applied for every term; if the deadline is missed, parents are invoiced directly at the standard rate.
What childcare usually costs in West Berkshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in West Berkshire 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
RG14 2JGWhat 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, 29 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The management team, staff and new committee have successfully addressed the last inspection findings. For example, the new chair of the committee has ensured that all members of the committee understand their role and had their suitability checks completed. The manager works well with the treasurer to ensure that all funding is spent appropriately on children to improve outcomes. Staff have formed strong relationships with parents and children, which in turn helps children to feel safe and secure.
The manager and staff regularly reflect on what they are offering to children to ensure that their needs are met. Staff communicate well to each other about children's progress and their next steps in learning. This helps them to cater activities to support children's development. Children are happy and thrive in the care of the kind, dedicated and enthusiastic staff team. Staff engage with children well, overall, and offer a learning environment which is rich in language.
Children enjoy attending and they settle quickly to self-chosen play activities. They enjoy circle time where they enthusiastically sing the welcome song to their friends, staff, and visitors. Group times are provided to help children build on their social skills and to encourage children's listening, attention, and confidence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on strategies used for questioning children, to develop the consistency of their interactions to further support children's thinking skills
- create more opportunities to help children understand why rules are in place.
- 29 January 2024Good
- 1 March 2023Needs improvement
- 19 May 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Love Lane Pre-School
- 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 £16.50 a session 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
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