Childcare costs in Wokingham
Published prices run from £7.50 to £13.50 an hour (the middle is £9.90); a full day at a day nursery from £60.00 to £135.00.
Read from the nurseries' own fee pages, most recently on 16 October 2026.
Work out the cost for your child's age and days
Funded hours, by age
| Age | Funded hours | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Under 9 months | None | Every family pays the full fee. |
| 9 months to 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week, 38 weeks a year | Working parents (gov.uk) |
| 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week if you work; 15 hours if you get certain support | Working parents, or families on some benefits (gov.uk) |
| 3 and 4 years, until Reception | 15 hours a week for every child; up to 30 for working parents | Everyone (gov.uk) |
Hours start the term after your child reaches the age: terms start on 1 September, 1 January and 1 April. 30 hours a week for 38 weeks is 1,140 hours a year, and many nurseries spread them over more weeks. Working parents apply on gov.uk for a code and reconfirm it every three months. Key dates works out when your child's hours start.
National rules for England from September 2025: gov.uk. Nurseries may charge for meals, nappies and activities on funded hours; those charges are not in the figures here.
Nurseries with a published fee (10)
"A year full time" is 5 days of 10 hours for 51 weeks (2,550 hours). With 30 funded hours (a child from 9 months to 4 years, parents working) 1,140 of them are free and 1,410 are paid at the nursery's hourly rate. Pre-schools open for sessions, not full days, so only their hourly rate is shown.
Wokingham Day Nursery
£60.00 a day · £7.50 an hour (its published hourly rate)
A year full time: £10,580 after 30 funded hours (£882 a month); £19,120 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Acorns Day Nursery Ltd
£76.71 a day · £7.67 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
The day rate is worked out from a monthly full-time price.
A year full time: £10,810 after 30 funded hours (£901 a month); £19,560 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Flying Start Nursery
£8.00 an hour (its published hourly rate)
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Bright Horizons Wokingham Day Nursery and Preschool
£90.42 a day (day rates listed: £90.42 to £100.46) · £9.16 an hour (its published hourly rate)
The day rate is worked out from a monthly price for full time.
A year full time: £12,920 after 30 funded hours (£1,077 a month); £23,360 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 16 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Finchampstead Day Nursery and Preschool
£98.00 a day (day rates listed: £40.80 to £98.00) · £9.80 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £13,820 after 30 funded hours (£1,152 a month); £24,990 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Happitots Day Nursery
£100.00 a day (day rates listed: £42.80 to £100.00) · £10.00 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £14,100 after 30 funded hours (£1,175 a month); £25,500 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Merrydale Day Nursery and Pre-School
£100.00 a day (day rates listed: £42.80 to £100.00) · £10.00 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £14,100 after 30 funded hours (£1,175 a month); £25,500 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Woosehill Day Nursery and Pre-School
£100.00 a day (day rates listed: £42.80 to £100.00) · £10.00 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £14,100 after 30 funded hours (£1,175 a month); £25,500 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Waverley School and Nursery
£119.90 a day (day rates listed: £85.28 to £119.90) · £11.99 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £16,910 after 30 funded hours (£1,409 a month); £30,570 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
My Little Boardroom
£135.00 a day (day rates listed: £90.00 to £135.00) · £13.50 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £19,040 after 30 funded hours (£1,587 a month); £34,420 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 7 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Nurseries whose fee we do not hold (14)
- Chestnuts Pre-school (Day nursery; Ofsted: Report card: needs attention in at least one area, 19 November 2025): fee unknown
- Conkers Preschool (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 14 May 2025): fee unknown
- Dingley Family & Specialist Early Years Centres (Wokingham Centre) (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 29 November 2023): fee unknown
- Finches Preschool (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 8 October 2024): fee unknown
- Funtastic Kids @ Wescott (Day nursery; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Little Grange Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 9 September 2025): fee unknown
- Meadow Nursery School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Report card: expected standard or better in every area, 12 May 2026): fee unknown
- Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 24 April 2025): fee unknown
- Oak Tree Day Nursery and Pre-School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 6 August 2024): fee unknown
- Reddam House Berkshire Early Learning School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 17 May 2019): fee unknown
- Stepping Stones Day Nursery and Pre-School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 28 March 2023): fee unknown
- The Greenwood Pre-school (Pre-school; Ofsted: Report card: expected standard or better in every area, 3 March 2026): fee unknown
- The Willows, Toad Hall Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 16 February 2022): fee unknown
- Toad Hall Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 2 September 2025): fee unknown
For comparison, a paid hour at a typical nursery in the South East region costs £8.06 for a child under 2 and £7.58 for a 2-year-old. That is a survey average, not any nursery's own price.
Source: Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
More in nurseries in Wokingham, ranked by what Ofsted found, and private school fees.
Nurseries: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections. Fees: each nursery's own website, read by kinplace's fee reader; a fee is left out when the page is shared with other nurseries (unless it is a chain's own price list, checked again for each branch), on another website, for an earlier year, or read more than 120 days ago.
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