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Woodlands Day Nursery is located on the premises of Halton Community Combined School on Tring Road in Halton – less than half a mile from Wendover, 2 miles from both Aston Clinton and Weston Turville, and 4 miles from the outskirts of Aylesbury.

Calm and natural yet stimulating indoor environment

Our nursery in Wendover is a joy for the children who attend, thanks in part to our wonderful indoor environment, that we’ve worked hard to give a lovely, natural feeling to. We plan our environments really carefully in the nursery, coming from the perspective that if they are too highly decorated and colourful this can be overwhelming for children and adults alike. We like to provide a calm yet stimulating space for children to settle in and enjoy, believing this approach will support children to thrive. We’ve resourced our nursery with a wide range of natural pieces that allow the children to engage with and explore all parts of their personality, interests and development.

Exciting outdoor environment

We have a fantastic outdoor environment here at Woodlands, which includes climbing equipment, a large water play area, an extensive ‘mud kitchen’, open spaces to run and play, as well as an insect hotel. Getting the children outside, enjoying fresh air, with the space to move freely and explore and develop their movement, whilst interacting with the materials of the natural world – mud, water, stone – are very important aspects of our childcare.

Home-from-home approach, with staff working with families as a team

We welcome families into our setting and strive to offer a home from home approach in what we do. Our staff work with families to get to know them well and to include them in nursery life. Relationships are important to us and we know by having great professional relationships with children and their families, children will flourish and grow. We like to think of our teams as a “work family” who support each other and work well together in a collaborative manner.

The activities and opportunities that we provide for children are based on what they like at that moment, and our staff support them by adding new and exciting things for them to explore. Some of our resources are brought and some are recycled and real – there is so much more learning when exploring a real teapot compared to a plastic one – and this is the approach that we take to all learning experiences for children.

Woodlands Day Nursery caters for children aged between 3 months and 4 years old.

OFSTED have rated our day nursery as “Good”.

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What Our Parents Say

As you may already know we are moving to Leighton Buzzard from the 6th of October which unfortunately means we will be taking Isla out of Woodlands. We did not find it easy finding a nursery in Leighton Buzzard that we felt as comfortable with as we do yours. Woodlands was the only nursery we looked at for Isla so we didn't realise just how good we had it until now! So we would like to say thank you to you and all the staff for all the help and for creating a warm, inviting, creative space with personality for Isla to enjoy when she is with you.

Father of Child

Very talented and caring staff. My son really loved this nursery. He learnt a lot in all aspects from communication, relationship building, being independent, to learning maths, shapes, letters, word, sentences etc. Really pleased with the development. Thanks to all the lovely staff, you are all the best.

Vaibhav H (Father of Child)

My daughter has been in the nursery since the Baby Room. It has been an incredible journey. Now she is in the pre-school and every day she is excited to go to the nursery. She loves the staff, her key worker, the other kids, the setting (especially the garden). She really enjoys all the activities organised through the week/day. She enjoys and has fun while learning. The staff encourage and support multilingual families making the kids feel proud they can speak more than one language. Now the staff are also getting her ready to go to school this September. The staff have always been amazing, very approachable, flexible and caring.

B C (Father of Child)

The staff are so kind and caring, they all know my daughter even those in different rooms. She skips in to see them every day and they are as excited as me when she does new things. It's a home away from home.

H G (Mother of Child)

I can't thank the staff enough for giving me peace of mind when my child is with them. The number and variety of activities each day is amazing and the fact they manage to get in the garden or go on trips - even in winter is fantastic. My child's development is streets ahead of his peers who don't attend nursery.

S H (Mother of Child)

The nursery has a lovely nurturing and vibrant atmosphere which my son loves. There is plenty of space for him to explore and learn via the vast range of toys and equipment they have. I know he is well cared for. I am always well informed and I work together with the nursery staff to give my son the best possible experience.

Claire F (Mother of Child)

The care, consideration and attention my son receives is exemplary. Staff pay attention to his strengths and weaknesses and verbalise them to us and ideas for developing them are implemented. All staff demonstrate an excellent attitude and have excellent relationships with their designated children.

A D (Father of Child)

The staff were warm, caring and professional and the facilities are great. We felt like our daughter was part of a big family. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all working there.

E S (Mother of Child)

I have been impressed by the level of care given to my son since he started. The daily warm welcome of the staff makes both children and parents alike feel at ease. Seeing the smile on my boy's face as we drive into the car park is proof enough for me that the team are doing something right.

Alexander M (Father of Child)

My little girl has recently started and is absolutely loving her time at nursery. The settling in sessions were brilliant and really helped put my mind at ease, especially with me starting back at work. The ladies in the Baby Room are super friendly and enthusiastic and I can't thank them enough for their support in what could have been quite an emotional rollercoaster.

G W (Mother of Child)

Once I drop my son off into the Baby Room, I feel he's as safe and as well looked after as I do at home.

Laura R (Mother of Child)