Waverley School and Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wokingham for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2022, with 312 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early Years Funding for 15 free hours per week until the term of their 5th birthday.
Worth knowing. At Waverley, we allow Reception children to benefit from Early Years Funding for 15 free hours per week until the term of their 5th birthday. While eligible, termly fees are therefore as per the 'Reception Funded' lines above.
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
RG40 4YDWhat 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.
- 20 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 16 August 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 12 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from fun, engaging and interesting activities. These help children to develop their concentration and promote their learning well. For example, staff caring for babies count as they help children learn how to take off and put away their shoes. Toddlers develop their small physical skills effectively. They have fun as they thread pieces of spaghetti through holes in metal containers. This helps to develop their hand-to-eye coordination.
Children form strong bonds with staff. Staff know their key children very well and the caring, positive relationships are evident between them. Children benefit from being cared for in small groups with consistent staff. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Toddlers and babies begin to build early friendships. For example, toddlers show kindness to each other by giving toys to their friends. Children receive age-appropriate guidance and support to help them begin to understand the behaviour expected. Staff model good manners and behaviours to the children.
They provide 'calming areas' to offer children a safe space when they feel overwhelmed. This helps children to learn ways to self-regulate their feelings and behaviour.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review how changes of routines are managed by staff and support them to engage children in more consistently purposeful play and learning during these times - reflect on the curriculum intent and implementation by staff, to identify areas to extend children's learning and development more effectively, to help them build further on their skills and knowledge.
- 12 July 2023Good
Still missing for Waverley School and 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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