Lifelong learners

Preparing today’s children for their tomorrow, we help to create the foundations for a lifelong love of learning. Children learn most effectively from fun, firsthand experiences which capture their imagination and ignite curiosity. Out beautiful well-resourced nurseries, and extensive outdoor led curriculum, enable our highly skilled practitioners to create a rich variety of magical, exciting adventures every day.

The early years experts

Our team have the experience and expertise to inspire a love of learning. Each nursery is led by early years teachers and graduates, and supported by qualified early years practitioners. With exceptional benefits, including extensive training and development and an extra days holiday for their birthday, we recruit and retain the best.

Fulfilling potential

With lots of individual focus, our practitioners get to know what interests and excites each child. Combining this with their developmental goals, our fun activities are planned to engage, challenge and achieve specific learning outcomes. We prompt learning naturally through play, asking plenty of open-ended questions to develop critical thinking, creativity and confidence.

Age groups

We equip children with the skills that they need to thrive at school, and in life, with age groups tailored to the needs and developmental goals of each Early Years stage.

EYFS curriculum

Developed by our Early Years teachers, our core curriculum covers the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, to develop all key skills such as numeracy and literacy. Ample resources enable us to deliver an abundance of stimulating experiences, including music, science, dance, art, design, cooking, sport and imaginative play.

Enriched curriculum

Today’s children need extra skills to prepare them for their future, which may involve rapid change, jobs and technologies not yet created. Family owned, we are able to invest in enriching our curriculum to reflect this, and the latest Early Years research, with an extensive range of extra-curricular and outdoor led activities.

Extra-curricular

Ranging from 3D printing for technology confidence, allotment gardening for STEM knowledge, to Moo music and yoga from external providers, or learning in our local community, our wide range of extra-curricular activities are provided at no extra cost to parents.

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Outdoor-led

Extensive time in the wild further enriches our curriculum with first hand experiences delivered in a far more meaningful way than we could at nursery. Ticking off the National Trust’s 50 things to do before you are 11¾, we enjoy endless activities – from a ‘bear hunt’ to noticing signs of the changing seasons – sparking creativity, enhancing wellbeing and developing STEM skills.

‘Both children have thrived. The staff obviously love what they do and genuinely care. Poppies prepared my eldest for school and I was confident she’d do well (and did). My son’s speech and number recognition are beyond what I could expect at his age. I’m extremely pleased.’

Poppies Parent
‘I could not recommend this nursery more highly. The manager is incredible, she knows every single child and parent. It is clear how much she cares and this is clearly passed on to every member of staff and they are all excellent. An incredible nursery that really does give children the best possible start.’ Broussa Parent
‘Her key worker is fab! As are all the staff in the room and throughout the entire nursery, their care is second to none. All activities are tailored to suit my daughter’s needs and interests. Very happy parents.’

Woodlands Parent
‘Winners or finalists for multiple national nursery industry awards – including best newcomer; SENco; team; apprentice three times and nursery practitioner ten times – our expert team are repeatedly recognised as amongst the best nationally.

Nursery World & Nursery Management Today
‘Our inspiring leadership team have won or been finalists for many national awards, including best nursery room leader twice, early years teacher four times, nursery manager six times and operations manager five times.’

Nursery World & Nursery Management Today
‘Always such a delight to see all the fantastic things my son gets up to at nursery! Each staff member has been so kind and supportive. We can always see a massive improvement week on week with his development through the range of activities they do every week.’

Hale Parent
‘Children make excellent progress through the broad curriculum the staff provide. Staff constantly seek new experiences that build upon children’s interests and extend their learning. There are high expectations of all children and they respond with high levels of self-confidence. They enjoy challenge and show resilience.’ Ofsted
‘Poppies is incredible. The staff are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and really care. They organise educational activities and amazing extracurricular stuff like animal visiting, forest school and a magician. My boys are learning so much every day.’

Poppies Parent
‘The staff are really engaged and connected with the children, and make a significant effort to engage parents with nursery life too. The nursery organises wonderful activities for the children’.

Hale Parent
‘Both my children absolutely love going to nursery and the change and development I have seen in them is amazing. The staff demonstrate a genuine passion for their work.’

Poppies Parent
‘We have never had a single worry or concern about her care or education. She absolutely loves going to nursery, the staff are all engaging and she loves the activities and facilities.’

Willow Tree Parent
‘Our key worker has incredible attention to detail regarding my child’s interests, and tailors activities around the things he likes. She provides an exceptional level of detail on pick up.’

Hale parent
We hold the giving voice silver award, recognising our outstanding achievements in supporting children’s speech and language development.
‘I could not be happier with the care our little boy receives. He is challenged daily with age-appropriate structured learning, which he really enjoys. I am so happy that we chose to send our little boy to Willow Tree.’

Willow Tree Parent