Full-day nursery in Hemdean Bottom, Reading
Chiltern Nursery
20 Peppard Road, Caversham, READING, RG4 8JZ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2002Reference EY221229Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 21 August 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places130 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 November 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
20 Peppard Road, Caversham, READING, RG4 8JZ · More nurseries in RG4
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Balmore Drive, Newlands Avenue and Rufus Isaacs Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Balmore Walk5 min walk
- Christchurch Meadows12 min walk
- Rufus Isaacs Play Area playground7 min walk
- Westfield Road Recreation Ground playground10 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Reading there are about 3.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Chiltern Nursery is a full-day nursery at 20 Peppard Road, Caversham, READING, RG4 8JZ, in Hemdean Bottom, Reading. It is registered for 130 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 11 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiltern NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Caversham Preparatory School ages 3–11has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- Caversham Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- The Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Thameside Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.5 miles
- New Bridge Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Micklands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Emmer Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Chiltern Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Chiltern Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Chiltern Nursery take?
Chiltern Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 130 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Chiltern Nursery?
Reading is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Chiltern Nursery?
You can call 0118 947 1847 and visit chilternntc.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY221229 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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