Quackers Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Newbury for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 December 2022. Open since 2012, with 69 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Registered for 9 months 2, 3 and 4 year old Funding. 15 and 30 Hours Funded (often referred to as Free) Childcare for 9 months upwards.
Worth knowing. We Offer Fully Funded Places with No Charges applied. At Quackers we offer funding over 38 weeks of the year.
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
RG20 8TEWhat 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, 12 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and thoroughly enjoy their time at the nursery. They excitedly explore the wide variety of activities on offer. For example, babies giggle with glee as they explore the feel of streams of paper and throw them into the air. Older children excitedly busy themselves pretending to 'fix' a box. They eagerly work away using toy tools to help them. Children's confidence and ability to try new things is impressive.
Children have a wonderful sense of curiosity. For example, they delight in hunting for frost and ice in the garden. Staff enthusiastically inspire children and extend their learning very well. For example, they excitedly admire what children are finding, such as frozen water in bowls. They encourage children to proudly take the
'heavy' tray around the garden to show others. Children are learning about the world in exciting and engaging ways.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the arrangements to coach and mentor individual staff to continually improve the quality of teaching - support staff working with the youngest children to plan more precisely for babies at times they are involved with a larger group.
- 12 December 2022Good
- 24 April 2017Good
- 19 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Quackers Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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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