Waingels Gardens Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth 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. £90.50 a day for over 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2018, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year, price list dated MAY 2026.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3 yearsbirth to 3y | – | £8.005 days £10.001-4 days | |
| Under 2 yearsbirth to 2y | £86.005 Days per Week £100.00Part times - Daily | – | |
| Over 2 years2y to 5y | £79.005 Days per Week £90.50Part times - Daily | – | |
| Over 3 years3y to 5y | – | £8.005 days £10.001-4 days |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feenot refundable
- £100.00 a day Depositper day of attendance, refundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.55 an hour Food (£11 per day) - Discounted rateper funded hour
- £1.10 an hour Food (£11 per day)per funded hour
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours per week, available term time only (38 weeks per year), delivered as five sessions per week either from 8:45am to 11:45am or 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Also funding options for children from 9 months old, 2 years old, and 3 years old.
Worth knowing. You will also be charged for Food and consumables associated with any funded hours per week. We will claim up to a maximum of 8 hours funding per day of attendance up to 22.35 hours across the week. (over a minimum of 3 days).
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
RG5 4RFWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 22 June 2021.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Waingels Gardens Day Nursery
- Nappies
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 £90.50 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.
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