Park Day Nursery
Outstanding★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Reading for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2013, with 90 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 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
RG6 1QBWhat 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, 3 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate high levels of energy and excitement as they enter this safe and nurturing nursery. They have excellent emotional attachments with staff and flourish in their care. Children are extremely motivated and eager to engage in the wide range of stimulating learning experiences staff provide. For example, young children select their favourite books and cuddle up with staff to read stories. They are highly imaginative and look for props to retell the story in their own words.
Staff nurture children's enthusiasm for exploring and investigating and consistently encourage them to problem-solve and test out their ideas. For instance, babies squeal with excitement as they run balls down tubes. With support from their older peers, they delight in catching them at the other end using different objects.
Toddlers collect natural resources from around the garden and experiment with water flow. Pre-school children delight in science experiments and discover what happens when they make marks with frozen paint. Children's behaviour and social skills are outstanding. Staff celebrate, reward and share children's kindness and good behaviour, which promotes children's emotional security even further.
- 3 April 2023Outstanding
- 31 July 2017Outstanding
- 4 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Park 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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