What Ofsted grade does Kennet Day Nursery have?

Kennet Day Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 9 December 2025. Its most common grade is strong standard in 5 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Kennet Day Nursery take?

Ofsted registers Kennet Day Nursery for 64 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Reading has 70.

How much does Kennet Day Nursery cost?

Kennet Day Nursery 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 Kennet Day Nursery 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 Kennet Day Nursery how it offers them.

When was Kennet Day Nursery last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Kennet Day Nursery on 9 December 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Kennet Day Nursery?

Nearby in RG1: Little LLamas Montessori Nursery, N Family Club Reading, MonkeyMoos Huntley Wharf.

Kennet Day Nursery

Day nursery in Reading, RG1.

Kennet Day Nursery, Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU

64 places

2014 registered with Ofsted

2 of 39 in our Reading ranking

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

What Ofsted found

Strong standard in 5 of 6 Inspected 9 December 2025

Ofsted report card for Kennet Day Nursery
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Achievement	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Strong standard	Better than 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

Kennet Day Nursery 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.

Kennet Day Nursery against Reading

	Kennet Day Nursery	Reading average
Places	64	70
Ofsted outcome	Strong standard in 5 of 6	79% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Kennet Day Nursery

What Ofsted grade does Kennet Day Nursery have?: Kennet Day Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 9 December 2025. Its most common grade is strong standard in 5 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Kennet Day Nursery take?: Ofsted registers Kennet Day Nursery for 64 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Reading has 70.
How much does Kennet Day Nursery cost?: Kennet Day Nursery 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 Kennet Day Nursery 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 Kennet Day Nursery how it offers them.
When was Kennet Day Nursery last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Kennet Day Nursery on 9 December 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Kennet Day Nursery?: Nearby in RG1: Little LLamas Montessori Nursery, N Family Club Reading, MonkeyMoos Huntley Wharf.

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.