Sessional pre-school in New Town, Reading
Crescent Under Fives
148 Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JR · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
148 Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JR · More nurseries in RG6
Stations
- Earley24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including St Peters Road, Palmer Park Avenue and Mockbeggar.
Parks and playgrounds
- Palmer Park3 min walk
- Whiteknights Park6 min walk
- Sol Joel Park12 min walk
- Palmer Park playground5 min walk
- East Reading Adventure 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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Crescent Under Fives is a sessional pre-school at 148 Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JR, in New Town, Reading. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| Crescent Under FivesThis 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
- Alfred Sutton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Redlands Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.5 miles
- Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.5 miles
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.8 miles
- New Town Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- Aldryngton Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.9 miles
- Addington School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.9 miles
- Highwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2021 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Crescent Under Fives's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Crescent Under Fives Good at its inspection on 24 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Crescent Under Fives take?
Crescent Under Fives is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Crescent Under Fives?
Earley is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Crescent Under Fives?
You can call 07311 388325 and visit www.crescentunderfives.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 116827 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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