Full-day nursery in Spencers Wood, Wokingham
Spencer's Wood Day Nursery
Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG7 1AA · 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 September 2023Reference 2743576Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 3 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places88 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating3 (Generally satisfactory)inspected 13 April 2026Food 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
Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG7 1AA · More nurseries in RG7
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Post Office, Hyde End Road and The Square.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Blackwater Close Play Area playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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 Wokingham there are about 2.5 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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Spencer's Wood Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG7 1AA, in Spencers Wood, Wokingham. It is registered for 88 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by The Childcare Corporation Limited.
Run by The Childcare Corporation Limited (company), which runs 56 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Lambs Lane Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2022 0.4 miles
- The Vine Christian School ages 3–18 0.9 miles
- Grazeley Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.9 miles
- Alder Grove Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- Shinfield Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.4 miles
- Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 1.5 miles
- Oakbank School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Inadequate; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected November 2024 0.8 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 Spencer's Wood Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Spencer's Wood Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 3 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Spencer's Wood Day Nursery take?
Spencer's Wood Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 88 children at any one time.
Who runs Spencer's Wood Day Nursery?
Spencer's Wood Day Nursery is run by The Childcare Corporation Limited, which runs 56 nurseries.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2743576 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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