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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Nat is starting her Maternity Leave - Today we surprised Nat with a (socially distanced) celebration in the garden so that Nat’s key children and the staff teams could give her our baby gifts and we could all wish her all the best. Nat finishes this week to go on her maternity leave, we are all going to miss her positivity and… Click for more details
Willow Cottage Nurseries Are Now Recruiting - Willow Cottage Nurseries are recruiting passionate and professional Early Years Practitioners and Educators to help us deliver the highest quality education and childcare. Are you looking to take on a fresh challenge? We have several leadership positions becoming available across our settings in Farmoor, Eynsham and Bletchingdon. If you would like to join the Willow… Click for more details
Bonfire Night Celebration at Bletchingdon - Today saw another successful Bonfire Night celebration at Bletchingdon. The Butterflies, Bumblebees and Bluebottles all enjoyed a special tea of Hot Dogs with homemade ketchup followed by fruit kebab rockets with toasted marshmallows. Click for more details
Matt is getting married! - It is with great excitement that the whole of the Willow Cottage family would like to wish Matt and his fiancé Lottie all the best for their wedding day this weekend, Saturday 31st October. The original date of their wedding was back in June, but their big day had to be postponed. However, they are… Click for more details
The sheep have arrived in Bletchingdon - The excitement levels were high today, as we saw the sheep arrive in our field at our Bletchingdon Nursery. There are “Thousands and thousands” of them according to one child. All the children are thrilled and the teams are pretty pleased too. We hope the sheep will be very happy in their new home and… Click for more details
Pumpkin Soup - Pumpkin Soup - Here is our favourite nursery recipe for pumpkin soup to make with your child with a few helpful tips and suggestions. We hope that you have a lot of family fun making it. Click for more details
The Bubble structure at Willow Cottage - The traditional departmental structure (based on age groups) has been replaced by smaller groups of children of all ages, called Bubbles. They have proven an effective way to help the children back to nursery after the lock-down, primarily as a way to reduce the risk and spread of infection, but they also have lots of… Click for more details
Welcome to Lisa Constable - Lisa writes; "I have worked in the early years sector for almost 25 years, including hands on practice and management roles. I am delighted to be here and working alongside a friendly team with family at its heart. My main responsibility is to ensure smooth running of parent accounts and I am now getting to… Click for more details
Clare Clarke’s Retirement - We all wish Clare and her husband Nobby all the best for the future and thank Clare for all her hard work and committment over the many years with us. We are so very proud to have been working with Clare for nearly thirty years. We would all like to wish her the best retirement… Click for more details