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Oak Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Aug 2024)
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5.0(4 parent reviews)
·13 Nine Mile Ride, Finchampstead, Wokingham, RG40 4QD · Wokingham
Number of places
71 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Wokingham

About this day nursery

Oak Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School in Wokingham provides a nurturing and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to explore and develop a love for learning. The nursery focuses on fostering curiosity through engaging activities like small-world play and a dedicated growing area with a greenhouse, allowing children to cultivate fruits, vegetables, and plants.

This hands-on approach helps children connect with the natural world and even create natural inks. The nursery also offers a learning library where families can access resources such as books, story sacks, and activity bags to support at-home learning and help children navigate different emotions and new experiences.

With a diverse team, the nursery celebrates various cultures and backgrounds, naturally integrating them into daily activities, including singing and reading stories in Spanish. Emphasising a "home from home" atmosphere, Oak Tree Day Nursery values parental and child input, striving to create a cohesive nursery community.

Our ethos

Oak Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School's approach is grounded in fostering curiosity through hands-on, nature-based exploration, such as growing food and making natural inks. They emphasise a "home from home" atmosphere, valuing parental and child input to build a community, and celebrating diversity through daily integration of various cultures.

What it's like

Children thrive at this well-developed, exciting nursery, feeling safe and secure and happily joining in purposeful play. Practitioners provide an inspirational environment, indoors and outdoors, enhancing children's learning and offering a broad curriculum based on meticulous assessment.

Focus on curiosity and explorationDedicated growing area and greenhouseLearning library for familiesCelebration of diverse cultures and languagesHome from home environment

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday – Friday: 07.30 – 18.30

Age range

9 months to 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2022

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Oak Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School

Last inspected 6 August 2024 · Lindsay Osman

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children thrive at this well-developed, exciting nursery, feeling safe and secure and happily joining in purposeful play. Practitioners provide an inspirational environment, indoors and outdoors, enhancing children's learning and offering a broad curriculum based on meticulous assessment.

Inspector highlights

  • Leadership is outstanding, and the team has a great vision for the nursery, with staff receiving regular supervision and informal 'chocolate chats' to discuss their well-being.
  • There are exceptional arrangements to support children with SEND, with practitioners attending training to ensure their knowledge is current and sharing new information with the wider team.
  • The leadership team and practitioners devised their own 'three pillars' curriculum to give the children essential life skills, sequencing it to build on children's previous experiences.
  • The dedicated practitioners develop children's uniqueness and characters, knowing them incredibly well and responding appropriately to their needs.
  • Partnership with parents is excellent, involving them in their children's learning and encouraging them to share experiences from home.
Inspection #10356211 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say the practitioners are amazing and the help they receive is incredible.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make excellent progress from their starting points. There are exceptional arrangements to support children with SEND. Practitioners attend training to ensure their knowledge is current and share new information with the wider team. This helps to ensure that all practitioners are as knowledgeable as possible to meet the needs of the children. Practitioners identify children with SEND swiftly. Additional help is sought to enable children to make the best progress. They use the skills and knowledge they have gained through training to help parents to support their children at home. Partnership working with other agencies and bodies is exceptional.

Outdoor space

Practitioners seize every opportunity, indoors and outdoors, to enhance children's learning. Children have access to a variety of fiction and non-fiction books inside and outside. Practitioners provide many opportunities for children to take risks and develop their physical skills outdoors. For example, children show high levels of engagement when climbing up into the tree house and splashing excitedly in the puddles.

Parent Reviews of Oak Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School

5.0
(4)
Manoj Datta
8 years ago

Fantastic nursery. Staff are incredibly understanding and helpful. My son really enjoys being there. They give very good reviews of your child and have an online website where they upload photos, videos and observations. Well managed nursery!

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Tom Greenwood
7 years ago

Amazing place. They go above and beyond to make sure your child is happy and you are updated on progress. Great outdoor space and brilliant activities and resources inside. But the staff make it.

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Maria Ed
3 years ago

I'm impressed by this nursery. The staff is amazing and approachable. The best in the area!

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Inspection history

Date: August 2024

  • September 2024Outstanding
  • August 2024Outstanding

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