Willow Tree Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in High Wycombe for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 1995, with 28 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Buckinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Buckinghamshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HP10 9AAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 28 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and engage confidently with staff, who know them well. They have formed strong attachments with their key person. This helps them to feel safe and secure. Children show kindness towards each other and they behave well. All children receive good levels of support and reassurance from the staff. This has a positive effect on children's confidence, behaviour and emotional well-being.
All children develop a good range of physical skills. They are given plenty of time and space to be active. For example, children balance and climb on the outdoor play equipment and enjoy steering a range of wheeled toys carefully around the garden. This helps children develop their physical coordination skills. Children enjoy listening to stories. Staff read to them individually, in small groups and in larger groups. Children develop a love of books as they recall rhyming sentences from well-known stories. Children with English as an additional language are supported well.
Children's mathematical development is supported well by staff. For instance, they encourage children to count objects as they play and point out different sizes and shapes in the environment. Staff sing number songs and rhymes to children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use children's interests to offer the extra interactions some children need to make the best possible progress with their communication and language development n strengthen the monitoring of staff practice so that they receive coaching support that helps them to further improve the good quality of children's care and learning.
- 28 March 2022Good
- 31 August 2016Good
- 10 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Willow Tree Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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