Poperinghe Pre-School
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Arborfield for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2002, with 75 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 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
RG2 9NNWhat 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, 9 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children eagerly arrive at this warm and welcoming pre-school. Staff greet them with wide smiles and contagious enthusiasm. This supports highly successful transitions resulting in children settling happily and swiftly. Children keenly share home languages, experiences and celebrations with staff and their friends. They are gaining a wonderful understanding and respect for everyone within their community. Staff form excellent relationships with children, who demonstrate high levels of emotional well-being and a strong sense of belonging.
The manager and staff are highly successful at providing an inclusive environment and have high aspirations for all children. For example, additional staff are employed to assist children with special educational needs/and or disabilities
(SEND) to support equal access to learning experiences. Skilled practitioners use purposeful questioning skills and model ambitious vocabulary choices.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further strengthen staff's abilities to precisely identify next steps for children's learning across all areas to help them make even more progress.
- 9 January 2023Good
- 4 May 2017Good
- 24 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Poperinghe Pre-School
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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