Pine Rivers Kindergarten Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Reading for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £104.00 a day for all ages, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2014, with 43 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3birth to 3y | – | £450.00Full Time Under 3 | |
| Over 33y to 5y | – | £400.00Full Time Over 3 | |
| All ages | £98.00Min. 2 days per week £104.00Adhoc additional days | – |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £11.50 a session Meals & Consumables (M&C) chargeper funded session, includes meals, snacks, and other consumable items not
Discounts
- 25% Sibling DiscountApplied to eldest child
Funded hours
30 hours of funded childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year, for eligible working parents with a child aged 9 months up to 4 years on or after 1 September 2025.
Worth knowing. Stretched funding places only, spread evenly across 51 weeks; no term-time only places; Meals & Consumables charge of £11.50 per funded session.
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 2ALWhat 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.
- 1 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 20 December 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 21 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed at the nursery and arrive happily at the setting.
They separate from their parents well; extra support is provided to those who need it to help them settle swiftly. Children demonstrate they are happy and feel safe.
They all make independent choices about what they would like to do, which supports their learning. For example, children are seen accessing toys that interest them from low-level storage areas. Activities are plentiful and children show they are excited and engaged as they play. For instance, babies are curious as they play with animals and dolls; toddlers have fun as they explore with sensory activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the opportunities for children to think and respond in detail when staff question them n review the organisation of some routines and activities to ensure children remain interested and purposefully engaged.
- 21 March 2023Good
- 14 April 2022Needs improvement
- 8 June 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pine Rivers Kindergarten Ltd
- 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 £104.00 a day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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