Sessional pre-school in New Town, Reading
Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre)
Community Centre, Kennet Walk, READING, RG1 3GD · 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
Community Centre, Kennet Walk, READING, RG1 3GD · More nurseries in RG1
Stations
- Reading19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Kenavon Drive, The Meridian and Tesco.
Parks and playgrounds
- Kings Meadow7 min walk
- Chocolate Island7 min walk
- King George V Gardens9 min walk
- Forbury Gardens12 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground4 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.
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Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre) is a sessional pre-school at Community Centre, Kennet Walk, READING, RG1 3GD, in New Town, Reading. It is registered for 20 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres.
Run by Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres (company), which runs 12 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre)This nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Rainbow Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.2 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 0.2 miles
- The Deenway Montessori School ages 3–16has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Caversham Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- The Abbey School Reading ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- New Bridge Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.7 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 0.8 miles
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 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 Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre) Good at its inspection on 10 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre) take?
Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre) is registered with Ofsted for up to 20 children at any one time.
Who runs Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre)?
Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre) is run by Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres, which runs 12 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Reading Centre)?
Reading is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY428241 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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