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5 Western Elms Avenue, Reading, RG30 2AL
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21 October 2025
I really like this Nursery all the teaching assistants and teachers are very friendly and lovely my son has been here for several months and he enjoys his time at the nursery very much. Thank you for their patient guidance.
25 September 2025
Wonderful experience. Had my both children attending this nursery from early age and had a fantastic experience. Lesley, the owner, is fantastic, kept the family tradition beating at the heart of all activities of the nursery. They have such a friendly staff, loads activity and different themes that keeps children active. Well done Lesley and the team.
20 August 2025
I cannot recommend Pine Rivers enough. The staff are so caring and attentive and our daughter learnt so much in her time here. The management and admin staff are are pleasure to deal with too. The app they use to record your child's day, share pictures and activities really helps keeping you involved in your child's learning and development at the nursery. The range of activities the children get involved in is wonderful and they spend as much time as possible outside which our daughter loved! They have created a wonderful community for children and their parents. We will greatly miss Pine Rivers.
14 March 2025
The staff are caring, attentive, and truly dedicated to the children's development. My son loves going every day, and we've seen such great progress in his confidence and learning. A warm, nurturing environment that I highly recommend!
14 March 2025
From our experience, Pine Rivers provides high-quality childcare. Our daughter attended a few years ago, and she was able to build confidence and independence while learning to speak a different language naturally. Our second child is currently there, and he is becoming strong, clever, active, and energetic. This is due to his learning journey and the stimuli provided daily.
13 March 2025
Lovely staff, plenty of activities for children, relaxed atmosphere in the nursery, daily feedback on child's progress. Additional trips organised by staff. Variety of delicious food. Easy way of communication with the nursery through the app.
25 February 2025
Pine Rivers Kindergarten is an excellent nursery! The building is clean and spacious. The meal plan is well-thought-out and nutritious. The staff is warm and kind - they made my son feel comfortable and cared for. He's learned a lot of new things to help him prepare for school. We are really happy to choose Pine Rivers Kindergarten for our son.
12 February 2025
My one year old has been attending Pine Rivers Kindergarten for the past few months and it's been nothing short of excellent! The staff are all kind and lovely, and the care they've given my son is amazing. I was nervous about sending my son but he always smiles at drop off and pickup, and eats/plays amazingly well there. They are also great at updating the app so I know what he's been doing every day. My husband and I are so happy we went with pine rivers and I would definitely recommend it to any parents who want a safe, clean, and kind atmosphere!
10 February 2025
Our daughter has settled in so well and looks forward to her time at nursery every day. The environment is engaging and stimulating, with a great balance of learning and play. We've seen so much growth in her confidence, social skills, and development since she started. A huge thank you to all the staff for their dedication and care. It's truly reassuring to know she is in such loving and capable hands. Highly recommended!
26 November 2024
Our two daughters attended Pine Rivers. The eldest stayed until going to school. We moved out the youngest because we relocated after that. They both have Ezcema and Pine Rivers helped us a lot with the application of their body creams, which we deeply appreciated. The youngest also has some allergies and Pine Rivers was always careful with them. From a financial point of view, the sibling discount helped us reduce our monthly bills. Pine Rivers also uses the app a lot, so we didn't have to wait all day to know what they ate or did. They also publish lots of photos and videos. Our youngest's new nursery only publishes some photos once a month in their app, so we miss all the communication from Pine Rivers. Over 4 years, we had a few disagreements with the management, but nothing too bad. In general, we feel Pine Rivers was a good place for our daughters. They felt loved and cared and they still remember the names of the staff! Plus they also made wonderful friends!
27 September 2024
I have now had 3 children go through Pine Rivers from 2012 right up until now with my youngest, and the level of care has been utterly exceptional. All the staff have been so friendly and warm, that all 3 settled in within 3 days of starting. The addition of the app has been great too as now I can get updates on how she is doing and contact her room directly with any questions I have. There's a real home-from-home feel and the garden is perfect for little explorers, I honestly wouldn't think of placing my girls anywhere else. If you are looking for a small, independent and personal nursery in Reading this is the one!
17 August 2023
I have two children attending, they both are enjoying and developing their experiences at this nursery. The staff are friendly, there are regular updates along with progress consultation and it has a spacious, clean and secure environment.
16 August 2023
My daughter enjoyed all the time when she was at nursery. She learnt many things. She was always ready to go to nursery. She loves there because she loves to learn new things and she also enjoyed being with their friends and all teacher. It was really a memorable time for her.
09 January 2023
I am really happy with Pine Rivers this year, my kids had a big development and I can see they like being in the nursery. One big difference from other nurseries is the app where the teachers write what happens during the day and some development so I can follow what has happened.
08 July 2021
My child has been attending Pine Rivers since he was 9 months. He took a while to settle in but the staff has done an amazing job at settling him in. It’s a nursery with so many different activities to keep your child busy such as messy activities, phonics, numbers. They celebrate all different types of beliefs, religions and holidays. They have an online service where I can see what he does daily. The staff there are amazing and do such a good job with the children. Also, I used to work there and it is a great and supportive place to work.
06 July 2021
My Son has been attending Pine Rivers since he was 6.5 months and for any new parent it was difficult in the first few weeks to leave him and return to work full time but all the staff at the nursery were just fantastic at getting him settled and also putting our minds at ease. He is now almost 2.5 years and is progressing and developing in leaps and bounds. He thoroughly loves nursery, his friends and his keyworkers so much so that some days he doesn't want to leave as he's having so much fun! The garden is huge with many different attracting areas for the children to learn, play and explore. The menu for the children from babies upwards has always been varied, healthy and nutritious - on many occasions my son will ask for more. There is a true family feel and teamwork ethos throughout the nursery where every member of the team knows your child by name regardless of whether they are based within their room. I would highly recommend Pine Rivers to anyone looking for a nursery.
06 July 2021
My daughter is now 11 months and started attending Pine Rivers - Acorn room (pink bubble) at 9 months. The transition has been remarkable from settling in days to 3 full days a week. I cannot thank the staff enough for their professionalism, updates, patience and making me feel at ease (especially her key worker) as my daughter continues her journey, I feel more and more comfortable each day. With the online Parentzone app, I get to see updates throughout my daughter's day which is fantastic, seeing key developments, and moments that are captured by the staff, meals, sleeps etc. The nursery is close to us as many other family children have attended throughout the years and I would highly recommend it to other family and friends. Well done to all the staff!
06 July 2021
Staff are all so friendly and caring. My daughter has come on leaps and bounds since attending the nursery. She has finally come out of her shell and gets so excited when she goes! I love the parent zone app which is used so I can see what she gets up to throughout the day.
29 November 2019
I like this nursery and staff. They are very helpful to children and have many activities. My boy really likes to go to kindergarten and he is loved by all the educators.
29 November 2019
I'm happy about the fact that I did choose this nursery for my daughter. She is enjoying going to it every day and she is making very good progress.
Latest Reviews for Pine Rivers Kindergarten Ltd
21 October 2025
I really like this Nursery all the teaching assistants and teachers are very friendly and lovely my son has been here for several months and he enjoys his time at the nursery very much. Thank you for their patient guidance.
25 September 2025
Wonderful experience. Had my both children attending this nursery from early age and had a fantastic experience. Lesley, the owner, is fantastic, kept the family tradition beating at the heart of all activities of the nursery. They have such a friendly staff, loads activity and different themes that keeps children active. Well done Lesley and the team.
20 August 2025
I cannot recommend Pine Rivers enough. The staff are so caring and attentive and our daughter learnt so much in her time here. The management and admin staff are are pleasure to deal with too. The app they use to record your child's day, share pictures and activities really helps keeping you involved in your child's learning and development at the nursery. The range of activities the children get involved in is wonderful and they spend as much time as possible outside which our daughter loved! They have created a wonderful community for children and their parents. We will greatly miss Pine Rivers.
14 March 2025
The staff are caring, attentive, and truly dedicated to the children's development. My son loves going every day, and we've seen such great progress in his confidence and learning. A warm, nurturing environment that I highly recommend!
14 March 2025
From our experience, Pine Rivers provides high-quality childcare. Our daughter attended a few years ago, and she was able to build confidence and independence while learning to speak a different language naturally. Our second child is currently there, and he is becoming strong, clever, active, and energetic. This is due to his learning journey and the stimuli provided daily.
13 March 2025
Lovely staff, plenty of activities for children, relaxed atmosphere in the nursery, daily feedback on child's progress. Additional trips organised by staff. Variety of delicious food. Easy way of communication with the nursery through the app.
25 February 2025
Pine Rivers Kindergarten is an excellent nursery! The building is clean and spacious. The meal plan is well-thought-out and nutritious. The staff is warm and kind - they made my son feel comfortable and cared for. He's learned a lot of new things to help him prepare for school. We are really happy to choose Pine Rivers Kindergarten for our son.
12 February 2025
My one year old has been attending Pine Rivers Kindergarten for the past few months and it's been nothing short of excellent! The staff are all kind and lovely, and the care they've given my son is amazing. I was nervous about sending my son but he always smiles at drop off and pickup, and eats/plays amazingly well there. They are also great at updating the app so I know what he's been doing every day. My husband and I are so happy we went with pine rivers and I would definitely recommend it to any parents who want a safe, clean, and kind atmosphere!
10 February 2025
Our daughter has settled in so well and looks forward to her time at nursery every day. The environment is engaging and stimulating, with a great balance of learning and play. We've seen so much growth in her confidence, social skills, and development since she started. A huge thank you to all the staff for their dedication and care. It's truly reassuring to know she is in such loving and capable hands. Highly recommended!
26 November 2024
Our two daughters attended Pine Rivers. The eldest stayed until going to school. We moved out the youngest because we relocated after that. They both have Ezcema and Pine Rivers helped us a lot with the application of their body creams, which we deeply appreciated. The youngest also has some allergies and Pine Rivers was always careful with them. From a financial point of view, the sibling discount helped us reduce our monthly bills. Pine Rivers also uses the app a lot, so we didn't have to wait all day to know what they ate or did. They also publish lots of photos and videos. Our youngest's new nursery only publishes some photos once a month in their app, so we miss all the communication from Pine Rivers. Over 4 years, we had a few disagreements with the management, but nothing too bad. In general, we feel Pine Rivers was a good place for our daughters. They felt loved and cared and they still remember the names of the staff! Plus they also made wonderful friends!
27 September 2024
I have now had 3 children go through Pine Rivers from 2012 right up until now with my youngest, and the level of care has been utterly exceptional. All the staff have been so friendly and warm, that all 3 settled in within 3 days of starting. The addition of the app has been great too as now I can get updates on how she is doing and contact her room directly with any questions I have. There's a real home-from-home feel and the garden is perfect for little explorers, I honestly wouldn't think of placing my girls anywhere else. If you are looking for a small, independent and personal nursery in Reading this is the one!
17 August 2023
I have two children attending, they both are enjoying and developing their experiences at this nursery. The staff are friendly, there are regular updates along with progress consultation and it has a spacious, clean and secure environment.
16 August 2023
My daughter enjoyed all the time when she was at nursery. She learnt many things. She was always ready to go to nursery. She loves there because she loves to learn new things and she also enjoyed being with their friends and all teacher. It was really a memorable time for her.
09 January 2023
I am really happy with Pine Rivers this year, my kids had a big development and I can see they like being in the nursery. One big difference from other nurseries is the app where the teachers write what happens during the day and some development so I can follow what has happened.
08 July 2021
My child has been attending Pine Rivers since he was 9 months. He took a while to settle in but the staff has done an amazing job at settling him in. It’s a nursery with so many different activities to keep your child busy such as messy activities, phonics, numbers. They celebrate all different types of beliefs, religions and holidays. They have an online service where I can see what he does daily. The staff there are amazing and do such a good job with the children. Also, I used to work there and it is a great and supportive place to work.
06 July 2021
My Son has been attending Pine Rivers since he was 6.5 months and for any new parent it was difficult in the first few weeks to leave him and return to work full time but all the staff at the nursery were just fantastic at getting him settled and also putting our minds at ease. He is now almost 2.5 years and is progressing and developing in leaps and bounds. He thoroughly loves nursery, his friends and his keyworkers so much so that some days he doesn't want to leave as he's having so much fun! The garden is huge with many different attracting areas for the children to learn, play and explore. The menu for the children from babies upwards has always been varied, healthy and nutritious - on many occasions my son will ask for more. There is a true family feel and teamwork ethos throughout the nursery where every member of the team knows your child by name regardless of whether they are based within their room. I would highly recommend Pine Rivers to anyone looking for a nursery.
06 July 2021
My daughter is now 11 months and started attending Pine Rivers - Acorn room (pink bubble) at 9 months. The transition has been remarkable from settling in days to 3 full days a week. I cannot thank the staff enough for their professionalism, updates, patience and making me feel at ease (especially her key worker) as my daughter continues her journey, I feel more and more comfortable each day. With the online Parentzone app, I get to see updates throughout my daughter's day which is fantastic, seeing key developments, and moments that are captured by the staff, meals, sleeps etc. The nursery is close to us as many other family children have attended throughout the years and I would highly recommend it to other family and friends. Well done to all the staff!
06 July 2021
Staff are all so friendly and caring. My daughter has come on leaps and bounds since attending the nursery. She has finally come out of her shell and gets so excited when she goes! I love the parent zone app which is used so I can see what she gets up to throughout the day.
29 November 2019
I like this nursery and staff. They are very helpful to children and have many activities. My boy really likes to go to kindergarten and he is loved by all the educators.
29 November 2019
I'm happy about the fact that I did choose this nursery for my daughter. She is enjoying going to it every day and she is making very good progress.