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Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school Reading is right in the heart of Reading city centre, within walking distance of the train station and their nursery is set in a beautiful, charismatic listed church building with four spacious rooms, one for each age group.
Their Famly app keeps mums and dads informed about life at nursery with photos from their day, assessments, meals eaten and even toilet training progress! They...
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school Reading is right in the heart of Reading city centre, within walking distance of the train station and their nursery is set in a beautiful, charismatic listed church building with four spacious rooms, one for each age group.
Their Famly app keeps mums and dads informed about life at nursery with photos from their day, assessments, meals eaten and even toilet training progress! They use their 5 Little Pioneers to help share their core values with children such as encouraging them to be independent to making a difference in the world.
The nursery team are big on safety which is why ALL their staff are paediatric first aid trained. The nursery is also silver eco schools accredited, a programme that sees children lead the way in making little changes that deliver big environmental differences.
They are big on happy children which is why they have an area for growing food (and eating it), regular visits to local care homes and take care of each other and the world.
The nursery has its own garden area, which is well equipped including a children's playhouse and slide. There is also a wooden shelter to provide shade and cover and to ensure that children can access the outdoors in all weather conditions.
Type of Service
- Day Nursery
Opening Schedule
Open all yearAttendance patterns offered
All Year
Full days available
YesHalf day sessions offered
YesGroup / Owner
- Your Coop Little Pioneers
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Kate Hatter (Nursery Manager)
Number of Childcare Staff
- 33
Total Places for Children
- 84
Age Range
- from 0 years 3 months
- to 5 years 0 months
Meals Provided
YesMeal Types Provided
Breakfast, Dinner / Tea, Lunch
Consumables provided
YesConsumables provided include
Nappies, Nappy Cream, Suncream, Wipes
Opening Times
- Monday07:30-18:30
- Tuesday07:30-18:30
- Wednesday07:30-18:30
- Thursday07:30-18:30
- Friday07:30-18:30
When Closed
- Bank Holidays
Funding & Fees
Typical monthly cost for a 3-days place
£519/ month
Meal charges apply to all sessions and are charged at £1 for breakfast, £2 for lunch, and £2 for tea. For children attending a fully funded place, meal charges are voluntary and can be removed upon request.
Meal charges apply to all sessions and are charged at £1 for breakfast, £2 for lunch, and £2 for tea. For children attending a fully funded place, meal charges are voluntary and can be removed upon request.
Charges will continue to apply on bank holidays and during periods of absence due to sickness or holidays.
The additional hourly rate is £19.50.
Calculated from data given to us by this nursery. Your final quote may vary slightly.
Averaged monthly figure. Actual billing varies; some nurseries bill weekly or by use.Defaults shown
9 months to 2 years • 3-days • 30 hours funding • all year
How this price scales (per month)
0.5 days per week
£11
3 days per week
£519
5 days per week
£1,263
Adjust for your situation
What this price covers
- Standard chargeable day 7:30am to 6:30pm (11 hours)
- 21.9 funded hours used per week. Remaining hours charged privately.
- Included in this price: Breakfast, Dinner / Tea, Lunch, Nappies, Nappy Cream, Suncream and Wipes
Price without government funding: £1,417 / month (£109 / day)
If you're not eligible or haven't claimed funded hours.More info
- £898/month more than the funded price.
- This is what you'd pay if your child is under 9 months, or if you're not eligible for or haven't claimed funded hours.
About this price
How funding is applied, how the monthly figure is calculated.More info
- Working parents of children aged 9 months to 2 years can usually claim up to 30 funded hours a week. The working-parent hours depend on each parent meeting the minimum earnings rules and earning under £100,000 a year. This nursery stretches funded hours across 52 weeks of the year. You've selected 30 funded hours.
- This nursery applies up to 10 funded hours per day, stretched across 52 weeks of the year. With your selected funding, 21.9 hours are covered each week. Hours beyond this, including the early and late parts of the day, are charged at the standard rate.
- We work out the total cost across the year and divide by 12, so the figure shown is a smoothed monthly average. In practice, nurseries bill in different ways. Some bill monthly at this average. Others bill weekly, or charge for what happened that week or month, which can vary across the year. Confirm billing details with the nursery when you enquire.
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Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, Reading Reviews (119)
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, Reading has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.737) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-school, Reading has 119 reviews.
All the staff are super friendly and my little one absolutely loves attending nursery! They offer so much in a way of learning that I couldn't possibly do myself. My daughter always comes home talking about how much fun she had at nursery and all the things she played with. Her favourite thing to...
All the staff are super friendly and my little one absolutely loves attending nursery! They offer so much in a way of learning that I couldn't possibly do myself. My daughter always comes home talking about how much fun she had at nursery and all the things she played with. Her favourite thing to do is play in the inside garden and in the home corner. Can't fault this nursery at all and will always recommend it to my friends and family.
Co-op Childcare Reading is a fantastic nursery and we are so pleased we decided to take our daughter there. The staff are extremely professional, friendly and look after the kids in the best possible way. Our daughter is happy to go to nursery every morning and is always interested in the...
The only downside is the limited outdoor space but I feel it's a good compromise to make compared to the overall care the kids get. In normal (pre-Covid) times the kids are taken to the park or nearby places though so they get to explore other places too.
I would definitely recommend Co-op Childcare to anyone looking for a friendly nursery in town!
Throughout Covid the nursery has done its best to keep things as ‘normal’ as possible for the kids and having nursery open since last June has been a...
Throughout Covid the nursery has done its best to keep things as ‘normal’ as possible for the kids and having nursery open since last June has been a wonderful piece of consistency in such a horrible year!
Thank you to each and every one of the team at Co-op Reading.
She is always happy to go there and believe has improved massively in her skills.
All staff is very...
She is always happy to go there and believe has improved massively in her skills.
All staff is very competent and lovely. Would definitely recommend this nursery!
Very pleased with the manager and her team. Nicely managed nursery close to the town. The timings are extended as well which is best for working parents. I want my second child to go to the same nursery. Thanks.
Very pleased with the manager and her team. Nicely managed nursery close to the town. The timings are extended as well which is best for working parents. I want my second child to go to the same nursery. Thanks.
Absolutely brilliant nursery in the centre of town, I've been very pleased with the dedication of the team and the great thought they put into supporting the kids with all sorts of activities and focus on learning. Our daughter loves the nursery and staff, and we know she is getting a lot of...
Absolutely brilliant nursery in the centre of town, I've been very pleased with the dedication of the team and the great thought they put into supporting the kids with all sorts of activities and focus on learning. Our daughter loves the nursery and staff, and we know she is getting a lot of attention, carefully thought out investment into her learning as well as high quality food and plenty of outdoors time. I really love that they also encourage lots of discussion with the children, and also use this to lead the activities and focus in different areas they are interested in, for example theme days, learning about space etc. Strongly recommend this nursery, we've been really happy and feel our daughter is getting well prepared for school coming up.
Excellent run nursery, very organised and it was a caring and loving environment for my daughter. I was very happy with the service we received especially during difficult covid times. We were sorry to leave.
Excellent run nursery, very organised and it was a caring and loving environment for my daughter. I was very happy with the service we received especially during difficult covid times. We were sorry to leave.
We joined the nursery in January 2021 and as parents, we are extremely happy with the services. Our little son settled in perfectly from the start. The staff are wonderful and very careful and caring. The updates that we get are very accurate. We always get suggestions on what we can do at home to...
We joined the nursery in January 2021 and as parents, we are extremely happy with the services. Our little son settled in perfectly from the start. The staff are wonderful and very careful and caring. The updates that we get are very accurate. We always get suggestions on what we can do at home to help with our little ones’ progression! Really happy we chose them.
Both of my children attend The Co-op nursery and they absolutely love it. The girls are so wonderful and take such great care of them. The girls in Pre School and Caterpillars are absolutely brilliant. We are so lucky to have such wonderful ladies looking after our boys.
Both of my children attend The Co-op nursery and they absolutely love it. The girls are so wonderful and take such great care of them. The girls in Pre School and Caterpillars are absolutely brilliant. We are so lucky to have such wonderful ladies looking after our boys.
Such wonderful staff who take excellent care of the children. Plenty of fun and valuable activities provided to help the kids’ development, they get such a rich range of experiences. Cannot recommend highly enough.
Such wonderful staff who take excellent care of the children. Plenty of fun and valuable activities provided to help the kids’ development, they get such a rich range of experiences. Cannot recommend highly enough.
This is an excellent nursery, they really look after the children well and have so many fun things for them to play with and do. They also often pivot the next week’s activities based on what the kids have shown an interest in. I also really appreciate how well the staff use the app to share...
This is an excellent nursery, they really look after the children well and have so many fun things for them to play with and do. They also often pivot the next week’s activities based on what the kids have shown an interest in. I also really appreciate how well the staff use the app to share updates and pictures on what the kids are getting up to. The staff are very caring and really love being with the kids. I would recommend.
Our daughter started in Co-op Childcare Reading in September 2020, just before she turned one. This was delayed slightly due to Covid etc. The nursery staff has been nothing but amazing since she started. There were a few tears on her first few days, but her key worker reassured us that she was...
The nursery has really sensible measures in place to help keep everyone as safe as possible throughout the pandemic, which has allowed us as parents to feel confident in our decision to continue to send our daughter into nursery every day.
Since she started, we have seen how much she has grown as a small person in confidence, abilities, and communication, I would not hesitate to recommend this nursery to any potential parent!
I really recommend Co-op Childcare Reading to all the parents that need a nursery in Reading city centre. My son has gone there since September and he absolutely loves it, all the staff members are really keen on their jobs and they provide an amazing experience for the children. They are really...
I really recommend Co-op Childcare Reading to all the parents that need a nursery in Reading city centre. My son has gone there since September and he absolutely loves it, all the staff members are really keen on their jobs and they provide an amazing experience for the children. They are really attentive on the different children's needs and every time my son comes back home after a day in the nursery he shows me something new that he learnt through the day.
The staff are the heart of the building, they are all so loving, caring and friendly! It really feels like a home from home when I drop my child off each day. The service...
The staff are the heart of the building, they are all so loving, caring and friendly! It really feels like a home from home when I drop my child off each day. The service provided is exceptional, my son has progressed so much in his development since starting here and that's down to the staff having such great knowledge and commitment to helping him in his learning and development!
They have great communications with parents using an app which keeps me updated throughout the day sending photos and updates constantly which is lovely to see while you're working.
In recent months the whole nursery team have been amazing in making the nursery a safe, fun and nurturing environment whilst dealing with a pandemic and I couldn't be more thankful!
I couldn't be happier with the nursery and would recommend anyone to send their child here!
It never ceases to amaze me how great the staff are at Co-op Reading nursery. Despite all the extra challenges that Covid has brought - they've managed to deliver an excellent environment for my daughter, who has loads of fun each day and is learning and developing really well.
It never ceases to amaze me how great the staff are at Co-op Reading nursery. Despite all the extra challenges that Covid has brought - they've managed to deliver an excellent environment for my daughter, who has loads of fun each day and is learning and developing really well.
My only reservation aside from nerves before was...
My only reservation aside from nerves before was the outdoor space but my son loves what they have so it's not been a problem.
I would strongly recommend it!
This is an absolutely fabulous nursery the staff are great and very caring, my daughter has learnt so much and has developed very good relationships with kyher children and the staff
This is an absolutely fabulous nursery the staff are great and very caring, my daughter has learnt so much and has developed very good relationships with kyher children and the staff
Really lovely nursery, all the staff are wonderful. Very happy with the care our daughter receives, and she seems to have a lot of fun every day.
Really lovely nursery, all the staff are wonderful. Very happy with the care our daughter receives, and she seems to have a lot of fun every day.
My daughter has been at this nursery since she was 10 months old. She is now 2 1/2 and runs happily into nursery every day. Since the outset, the staff have been friendly, kind and welcoming, completely child centric and very keen to work with me as a parent to help my daughter achieve her key...
My daughter has been at this nursery since she was 10 months old. She is now 2 1/2 and runs happily into nursery every day. Since the outset, the staff have been friendly, kind and welcoming, completely child centric and very keen to work with me as a parent to help my daughter achieve her key milestones and more. I am extremely grateful to have found such a lovely place for my daughter who is thriving in all areas, encouraged and supported by the staff in Reading.
I really like it's holistic approach .Pleased and very proud of the staff there . Again management is excellent too .
I really like it's holistic approach .Pleased and very proud of the staff there . Again management is excellent too .
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