The Willows, Toad Hall Nursery
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Wokingham for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 2013, with 72 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
RG41 5RBWhat 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.
- 6 October 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 16 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children throughout the nursery display positive relationships with staff. Strong bonds quickly develop and children demonstrate that they feel happy and safe.
They enjoy exploring the well-organised environment and develop good attitudes to learning. Children's interests are known and used to encourage their play and learning. They show high levels of involvement in their play. For example, babies enjoy exploring in trays of sand and feeling the difference it makes when they add water. Two- and three-year-olds get excited as they play in coloured water and hunt out bugs and other objects in yellow 'gloop'. Pre-school children fully immerse themselves in being hairdressers. They enjoy making over adults' hair with clips, hair extensions and pretend brushing colour on to dye the hair. Staff use these activities well to extend on children's interests and build on their vocabulary, communication and language skills.
Children learn to take turns and share. Staff help babies learn that they need to wait until their friends are away from the bottom of the slide before going down.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and improve adult-led activities for the younger children to enable them to gain the most from these activities n develop the range of resources available to support children with emerging and identified needs to engage and concentrate in their learning.
- 16 February 2022Good
- 6 January 2020Inadequate
- 24 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Willows, Toad Hall 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.
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