Willow Cottage Nursery Schools are located in beautiful Oxfordshire countryside.
Our nurseries offer parents the highest quality childcare “Second to Mum” and a preschool education of excellence. Parents can leave their child/children with confidence, knowing that they are in a happy, safe, and loving environment with everyone working to provide the best possible outcomes for them.
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Willow Cottage Nurseries Are Now Recruiting - Willow Cottage Nurseries are recruiting. We are looking for part-time Nursery Housekeepers for both our Farmoor and Bletchingdon Settings. Our nurseries are located in beautify rural settings in Farmoor, Eynsham and Bletchingdon with spacious, well resourced indoor and outdoor facilities. We offer highly competitive salaries, effective mentoring and training, great opportunties for career development, a… Click for more details
Why not take your child blackberry picking this autumn? - Blackberries are delicious eaten fresh or cooked and they are full of Vitamin C. They also contain potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus. One cup of blackberries counts as one of our recommended five-a-day of fruit and vegetables. Blackberries freeze well too. Click for more details
Local Nursery Food - Our menus are meticulously planned to include lots of fruit and vegetables, regular oily-fish, quality meat and vegetarian options. They are designed to be low in salt and sugar with lots of fibre! Our meat is free range, traditionally farmed and selected for extra leanness. Click for more details
Willow Cottage Toilet Roll Challenge - As a piece of Willow Cottage history, Ruth Salway has put together a few videos of the children and teams having a little fun. We have added them to our YouTube channel. Here they are together. Click for more details
We Miss you! A message from the teams - Our teams may not be able to work at the moment, but it doesn't stop them from missing the children and families, here's what they've sent us....... Click for more details
World Book Week 2020 - We have had a wonderful week celebrating books of all kinds. Bletchingdon celebrated World Book Day today by having pyjama day. Click for more details
What does Willow Cottage do well? - In a recent feedback we asked the question "What does Willow Cottage do well?" here are some of the answers that our current and recent parents have said: "Communication between parents and the nursery and also between all nursery staff about each child." 1/6/2020 "All around the care is excellent. They seem happy, well fed… Click for more details
Willow Wedding and baby! - Today we had a double celebration at the Eynsham setting. We celebrated with Lorraine (Chef) who is leaving to have her baby and also Ben and Charni who will be getting married next week We would like to wish Ben and Charni all the best for a lovely wedding day and that they have a… Click for more details
Chosen Charities 2019-20 - Willow Cottage Nurseries Chosen Charities for 2019/20Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to consider, suggest and vote for the charity options for the coming year. The three chosen charites, as voted by the Willow Cottage Staff and Parents, are: Mind (www.mind.org.uk) Cancer Research UK (www.cancerresearchuk.org) The Oxford Newborn Care Unit at the… Click for more details