What Ofsted grade does Chestnuts Pre-school have?

Chestnuts Pre-school has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 19 November 2025. Its most common grade is needs attention in 2 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Chestnuts Pre-school take?

Ofsted registers Chestnuts Pre-school for 26 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Wokingham has 73.

How much does Chestnuts Pre-school cost?

Chestnuts Pre-school sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Chestnuts Pre-school offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Chestnuts Pre-school how it offers them.

When was Chestnuts Pre-school last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Chestnuts Pre-school on 19 November 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Chestnuts Pre-school?

Nearby in RG41: Reddam House Berkshire Early Learning School, Meadow Nursery School, Toad Hall Nursery.

Chestnuts Pre-school

Day nursery in Wokingham, RG41.

32 Chestnut Avenue, Wokingham, RG41 3RS

26 places

1984 registered with Ofsted

41 of 46 in our Wokingham ranking

£144 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South East average

What Ofsted found

Needs attention in 2 of 6 Inspected 19 November 2025

Ofsted report card for Chestnuts Pre-school
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Achievement	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

Chestnuts Pre-school sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South East, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£161	£511
2 years old	£152	£480
3 to 4 years old	£144	£457

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Chestnuts Pre-school against Wokingham

	Chestnuts Pre-school	Wokingham average
Places	26	73
Ofsted outcome	Needs attention in 2 of 6	87% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Chestnuts Pre-school

What Ofsted grade does Chestnuts Pre-school have?: Chestnuts Pre-school has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 19 November 2025. Its most common grade is needs attention in 2 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Chestnuts Pre-school take?: Ofsted registers Chestnuts Pre-school for 26 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Wokingham has 73.
How much does Chestnuts Pre-school cost?: Chestnuts Pre-school sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Chestnuts Pre-school offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Chestnuts Pre-school how it offers them.
When was Chestnuts Pre-school last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Chestnuts Pre-school on 19 November 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Chestnuts Pre-school?: Nearby in RG41: Reddam House Berkshire Early Learning School, Meadow Nursery School, Toad Hall Nursery.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.