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Toad Hall Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
·Edney's Hill, Wokingham, RG41 4DS · Wokingham
Number of places
122 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Wokingham

About this day nursery

Toad Hall Nursery, situated in Wokingham, provides childcare on non-domestic premises for children aged 0-4 years. 45am to 8am subject to demand, excluding bank holidays and the Christmas period.

The latest Ofsted inspection, on 2nd September 2025, rated the nursery as 'Good' in overall effectiveness. Children are observed to arrive happily and eagerly engage with staff and activities, benefiting from a calm environment where they learn to play cooperatively.

Staff show a good understanding of the curriculum and individual learning needs, promoting children's speech and language through various interactions. They are fully aware of children who may need extra help, ensuring all children's progress is successfully promoted.

The nursery ensures effective support for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) through close collaboration with parents and professionals. Children also benefit from both indoor and outdoor learning opportunities, where the quality of education is consistently assessed.

Parents speak positively about the care their children receive, highlighting regular feedback on their children's activities, learning, and care needs. The nursery, established in December 1994, maintains effective partnerships with parents and outside professionals, with leaders sensitive to the individual needs of all families.

Leaders and staff carefully manage children's transitions between rooms to support their emotional well-being.

What it's like

Children arrive happily and are keen to start their day, confidently interacting with staff. Staff respond with kindness, providing reassurance to babies and children, ensuring they feel settled, safe and secure. Staff promote children's speech and language and are aware of children who may need extra help.

Good Ofsted rating0-4 years age rangeAll-year provisionSEND provisionOutdoor learningPositive parent feedback

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Toad Hall Nursery

Last inspected 2 September 2025

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily and are keen to start their day, confidently interacting with staff. Staff respond with kindness, providing reassurance to babies and children, ensuring they feel settled, safe and secure. Staff promote children's speech and language and are aware of children who may need extra help.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have addressed actions raised, including ensuring that staffing arrangements meet the qualified staff ratios.
  • Staff use knowledge gained from behaviour management training to successfully implement positive strategies.
  • Staff understand and adapt the nursery curriculum well and take account of children's interests.
  • Staff build children's confidence effectively.
  • Leaders and staff carefully manage the move between rooms to support children's emotional well-being.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop staff's teaching skills to help them extend children's skills and knowledge further
  • 2build on staff's organisation of routine times of the day, such as mealtimes, to manage these times more effectively.
Inspection #10408720 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak positively about the care their children receive.

They highlight staff provide regular feedback about their children, including their activities, learning and care needs.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are fully aware of children who may need extra help with their learning. This helps to promote all children's progress successfully. Leaders and staff work closely with parents and professionals to meet children's needs consistently.

Outdoor space

Children line up to go outside. The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Inspection history

Date: June 2011

  • September 2025Good
  • July 2023Good
  • March 2023Inadequate
  • July 2018Good
  • March 2018Inadequate
  • November 2015Good
  • June 2015Inadequate
  • June 2011Good

Frequently asked about Toad Hall Nursery

About the setting

Toad Hall Nursery registered in December 1994. It is situated in Wokingham, Berkshire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, except for bank holidays and the Christmas period. There are currently a total of 33 staff, including bank staff who work with the children. Of whom, 21 hold relevant early years qualifications from level 2 to level 5.

URN
148628
Registered person
Toad Hall Nursery Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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