Sessional pre-school in Burghfield Common, West Berkshire
Rainbow Nursery
Scout Association, The Scout Hut, Hollybush Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3FL · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Scout Association, The Scout Hut, Hollybush Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3FL · More nurseries in RG7
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Hollybush Lane, Burghfield Village Hall and Recreation Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Burghfield Skateboard Park1 min walk
- Playground6 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 West Berkshire there are about 2.7 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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Rainbow Nursery is a sessional pre-school at Scout Association, The Scout Hut, Hollybush Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3FL, in Burghfield Common, West Berkshire. It is registered for 31 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Rainbow NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mrs Bland's Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Garland Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 1.2 miles
- Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 1.3 miles
- Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.6 miles
- Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.6 miles
- The Willink School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.3 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 Rainbow Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Nursery take?
Rainbow Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 31 children at any one time.
How do I contact Rainbow Nursery?
You can call 07984 685504 and visit www.therainbownursery.org.
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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
- 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 2623446 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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