Sessional pre-school in Newbury, West Berkshire
St. John's Pre-School
St. John's Pre-School, St Richard's Room, St. Johns Road, NEWBURY, RG14 7PR · 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
St. John's Pre-School, St Richard's Room, St. Johns Road, NEWBURY, RG14 7PR · More nurseries in RG14
Stations
- Newbury4 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Newbury Racecourse16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Newbury Station, Chapel Corner and Porchester Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Stroud Green5 min walk
- City Recreation Ground7 min walk
- Victoria Park12 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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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St. John's Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at St. John's Pre-School, St Richard's Room, St. Johns Road, NEWBURY, RG14 7PR, in Newbury, West Berkshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, 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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| St. John's Pre-SchoolThis 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
- St Nicolas C.E. Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- The Willows Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- Victoria Park Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.7 miles
- Speenhamland School Primaryages 2–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.8 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- John Rankin Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected October 2024 0.9 miles
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 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 St. John's Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St. John's Pre-School Good at its inspection on 30 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St. John's Pre-School take?
St. John's Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St. John's Pre-School?
Newbury is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St. John's Pre-School?
You can call 07814 155110 and visit saintjohnspreschool.co.uk.
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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 511119 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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