Woodley Gardens Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth 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 October 2023. Open since 2017, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 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 to £1.10 an hour Foodper funded hour
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 9 month to 23 month funding, two year old funding, and funding for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. There are no charges associated with a fully funded place, and no deposit is required. However, you will 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 3AEWhat 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, 5 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children and their parents as they arrive. They ask about children's morning and how they are feeling. This contributes to children entering the nursery happy and ready to learn. Staff want children to be confident and independent.
They create an environment where children can make choices and lead their own play. Staff engage and interact with children as they play to extend their vocabulary. They talk and ask questions to encourage children to describe what they are doing and why.
Attentive and motivating staff nurture children's interest in exploring the natural environment. Children explore a range of activities and resources in the garden.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen coaching and support for new members of staff to help them quickly deliver quality teaching and learning experiences n support staff to more consistently promote children's independence skills.
- 5 October 2023Good
- 2 July 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodley 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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