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Nurseries in Newbury

There are 19 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Newbury, and 14 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Newbury

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (3 Strong standard, 10 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (1 Outstanding, 11 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Abacus Day Nursery and Pre-School - Day nursery, Newbury RG14 1XB, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 30 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Burghclere Preschool and Toddler Group - Day nursery, Newbury RG20 9HX, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 12 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Newbury - Day nursery, Newbury RG14 7TD, ages 1 to 4, 104 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 May 2026: Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Chieveley Pre-School - Day nursery, Newbury RG20 8TY, ages 2 to 4, 27 places
    Ofsted, 5 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Code Ninjas (Newbury) - Pre-school, Newbury RG14 2BX
  • Compton Pre-School - Pre-school, Newbury RG20 6NP, 24 places
  • Compton Pre-School - Pre-school, Newbury RG20 6PP, 40 places
  • Happy Kids Newbury Ltd - Day nursery, Newbury RG14 1LN, ages 2 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 27 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jane's House Montessori - Pre-school, Newbury RG14 6TL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 19 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kingsclere Preschool - Pre-school, Newbury RG20 5RH, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted report card, 8 May 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Ladybirds Pre School - Pre-school, Newbury RG14 7AP, ages 2 to 4, 37 places
    Ofsted report card, 1 July 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Love Lane Pre-School - Pre-school, Newbury RG14 2JG, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 29 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Newbury Gardens Day Nursery - Day nursery, Newbury RG14 7HS, ages 0 to 4, 89 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Quackers Day Nursery - Day nursery, Newbury RG20 8TE, ages 0 to 8, 69 places
    Ofsted, 12 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rocking Horse Nursery - Day nursery, Newbury RG14 7NZ, ages 0 to 4, 160 places
    Ofsted, 17 July 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Gabriel's Nursery - Day nursery, Newbury RG20 9BD, 98 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2017: Good overall
  • St. John's Pre-School - Pre-school, Newbury RG14 7PR, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Waterside Centre Youth Programmes - Day nursery, Newbury RG14 1DS
  • Wings & Wellies - Pre-school, Newbury RG14 6NU, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 20 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Elite Camps Newbury - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG14 6NQ
  • Funtastic Kids @ St George's - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG14 6NU, 50 places
  • Funtastic Kids @ St Joseph's - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG14 2AW, 50 places
  • Let Me Play @ Northcroft - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG14 1RS
  • Let Them Play Newbury - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG14 1LN
  • Quackers Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 9XF, 40 places
  • Quackers Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 5RE, 40 places
  • Quackers Out Of School Clubs - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 8TY, 40 places
  • Stagecoach Newbury - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 9HP
  • Super Camps - Newbury - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 9PS, 86 places
  • TA Sport Stars Camp The Downs School and Sixth Form - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 6AD
  • uKids @ The Ilsleys RG20 - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 7LP, 16 places
  • Ultimate Activity Camps at St Gabriel's School - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG20 9BD, 80 places
  • West Berkshire Mencap - Out-of-school club, Newbury RG14 6AT

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Newbury

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.