Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 07:00 - 18:00
Fennies Reading
Ofsted: Strong standard·
5.0(8 parent reviews)
·Kilnbrook House, Rose Kiln Lane, Reading, RG2 0HP · Reading
Number of places
130 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Reading
About this day nursery
Fennies Reading, located in Kilnbrook House, Rose Kiln Lane, Reading (RG2 0HP), is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises that opened on 24 June 2025. It cares for children aged 0 to 4 years, with a total capacity of 130 places.
The nursery is registered with Ofsted as an Early Years Register provider and is managed by Fennies Day Nurseries Limited. The setting demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusion and meeting individual needs, with leaders gathering comprehensive information from parents regarding children's backgrounds, health needs, and potential learning barriers from the outset.
This robust approach, combined with excellent early identification and assessment systems and high-quality staff training, ensures that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make rapid progress. The nursery fosters a calm and consistent environment where clear behavioural expectations are understood, helping children to develop self-regulation and positive social interactions.
Physical development is a notable strength, with a wide range of activities promoting gross and fine motor skills. The curriculum thoughtfully nurtures children's physical development, curiosity, independence, and imagination, supported by open-ended activities that children enjoy.
The nursery also prioritises healthy habits, with children actively participating in making healthy snacks and learning about oral hygiene with guidance from healthcare professionals.
Our ethos
Fennies Nurseries is committed to providing an enriching early years experience and emphasises a holistic approach to early education, detailed through their unique "Fennies Day" and a carefully designed curriculum and pedagogy. They view parent partnerships as a cornerstone of their philosophy, ensuring a collaborative approach to each child's development.
What it's like
Children are happy, safe and well cared for at the nursery. Babies and older children arrive with confidence and are warmly welcomed by nurturing staff. They flourish in this rich learning environment, eagerly exploring the world around them and showing a strong enthusiasm for learning. Children thoroughly enjoy making friends in this stimulating setting. Babies' and children's behaviour is exemplary. They listen attentively and respond kindly to one another. Children confidently and politely ask their friends to share and take turns.
Strong safeguardingInclusive environmentStrong physical developmentNutritious habitsWarm relationshipsClear expectations
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2025
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Strong standard
Last inspected Apr 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Fennies Reading
Last inspected 20 April 2026
What it's like to attend
Children are happy, safe and well cared for at the nursery. Babies and older children arrive with confidence and are warmly welcomed by nurturing staff. They flourish in this rich learning environment, eagerly exploring the world around them and showing a strong enthusiasm for learning. Children thoroughly enjoy making friends in this stimulating setting. Babies' and children's behaviour is exemplary. They listen attentively and respond kindly to one another. Children confidently and politely ask their friends to share and take turns.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should continue to support staff to help them provide consistent high-quality teaching and interactions, to further improve outcomes for all children.
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Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders and staff know the children extremely well and quickly identify any emerging needs, including for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They are proactive in recognising barriers to children's learning and wellbeing. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make rapid progress from their starting points and feel included, supported and valued.
Outdoor space
Physical development is promoted extremely well, with children climbing, balancing and running, showing clear enjoyment of outdoor play. Staff monitor outdoor play closely. Children giggle with delight as they chase flowing water outside or mix ingredients in the mud kitchen. They huddle together in the outdoor playhouse to fill buckets in the sandpit.
EAL / language support
Staff skilfully adapt the environment so that all children, including those with English as an additional language, feel included, supported, and valued. They provide guidance on supporting children's speech and language.
Parent Reviews of Fennies Reading
5.0
(8)
Oummah KarimMiah
4 months ago
Fantastic nursery, lovely engaged staff, clean environment and happy children. I was apprehensive about my little one starting nursery but the support shown my Kiri, Laura, Sam, Megan and the team made the transition really smooth and he enjoys his time so much! The team were accomodating around his settling in which helped so much and it's generally such a wonderful environment for the children to be in. Lovely garden, painting and cooking room too!
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Jade Walton
9 months ago
Fennies nursery firstly is a wonderful and happy place to be for both children and parents and from speaking to staff it’s clear that it’s also a great place to work. The team that work here are like a big family and every single one of them has a smile on their face. My children hated nursery prior and had terrible separation anxiety. After just one week of settling sessions at Fennies I knew something was different as my children asked to go back and were excited to start. The staff have treated both my children 3 and 2 as individuals, getting to know them as little humans and finding out all their little quirks, dislikes and how they work. This is so important to me as each child in my opinion is different. The rooms are so bright and the activities are endless. The vast development I have seen in both my children from a confidence and educational point of view is remarkable and as a mother I couldn’t be happier. The app used to update you through the day is easy to use and very informative in real time. The food is exceptional and I’m an advocate of self serving so the fact the children have choice to experience new foods I think is brilliant. My children love messy play and cooking and at Fennies they embrace this and my children both cook the most wonderful treats for myself and their dad to enjoy after a long day at work. All in all I cannot recommend this nursery enough and I will be sad for my children to leave for school.
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bhavika babuta
9 months ago
I highly recommend Fennies nursery to anyone who is looking for a comfortable clean and happy place for their children. The staff is superb always welcoming and always smiling . Extremely patient and helpful. The nursery has a very calm happy vibe which I think is what most parents look out for. Best decision ever :)
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sisi li
10 months ago
Fennies reading is a great nursery. The environment is very clean, the staffs are warm and helpful. My daughter had great time there, she was took care very well. Fennies provided the different interesting activities for kids, my daughter had great improvement. As a parent, I really recommend this great nursery to my friends or families.
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Angel Mark
9 months ago
I would highly recommend this place! My 2-year-old absolutely loves it—just as much as we do. From the very beginning, Liam has settled in so well and is always greeted with care and warmth. The staff are incredible and truly make each child feel safe, happy, and valued. We love how his day is filled with a variety of fun and engaging activities, and the regular updates are such a thoughtful way to keep us connected. Thank you for creating such a nurturing and joyful environment!
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Inspection history
Most recent inspection
20 April 2026
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