Tigers Day Nursery
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Thatcham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1994, with 88 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 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
RG18 3QYWhat 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, 2 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the nursery. They access a wealth of play opportunities that staff plan for them both indoors and outdoors. For example, they measure the sunflowers they grew in the garden and staff discuss the size with them. Indoors, children make leaf rubbings and explore play dough. Staff laugh excitedly with the children, role modelling expression of their feelings. Children laugh in delight back at them.
Staff care for the children attentively, supporting their emotional well-being. They offer warm hugs and speak softly to all children. They sing as they rock the youngest babies to sleep. All children feel happy and content. Children have strong relationships with staff and feel safe and secure at the nursery. Children seek out staff for reassurance when needed.
Staff have high expectations for all children. They support children to be kind and take turns with their friends. Older children help each other to clear the table after mealtimes. They work together to find solutions that mean all their friends are able to be included. For example, they find enough telescopes for their friends to join in the bug hunt in the garden. Children make good progress in the curriculum.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's skills in recognising when to give children more time to process information to support their communication and language even further n strengthen information-sharing with parents to communicate children's individual learning goals effectively.
- 2 October 2024Good
- 6 November 2018Good
- 12 January 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tigers 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.
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