The Ambleside Centre

State-Funded School

the-ambleside-centre-wokingham-south-east

South EastRegion

WokinghamLocal Authority

Earley and WoodleyConstituency

RG5 4JJPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Ambleside Centre is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 3–5, located in Wokingham, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 99 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2021

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

57%

Asian

26%

Black

Mixed

15%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 3 – 5
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 99
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 23 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Jan 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.