Willows Pre-School - Colliers Wood Nursery

Willows has been like an extension of our family for the past 4 and a half years, taking care of our three daughters. They have provided the most wonderful experiences and start in life for our girls and filled them all with confidence ahead of starting school. I don’t know what we’ll do without the amazing teachers in our lives when our youngest girls start school this September. Thank you for everything, Willows!

We have two children attending Willows and feel so grateful that we have been able to secure a spot for them both at such a fantastic nursery. They both love attending and the staff feel like family! The staff go over and above to make sure children have a positive experience and we will be sad when our time comes to leave!
They have varied meals and a great outdoor space. There is a calendar of trips each month and this is always a highlight for my children!

We love Willows, it is a brilliant caring nursery that provides excellent care and teaching! Our two sons have both been there. Our youngest is still there and our oldest is at school now. Most of the staff have been there throughout which is very important for the children and the parents and is definitely not standard at other local nurseries which have a high staff turnover. The menu that the children receive is fantastic, very healthy and varied and all home-cooked. The activities that they do are all well organised and very varied, they do weekly cooking, music and frequent trips to local parks libraries and museums. The highlight is also the Christmas and spring shows as well that they put on! Would highly recommend Willows!

Willows provides a warm and nurturing environment for children from the age of 1. Our son has been attending for a year and a half and we are always in awe of how well they know him and understand him. Always celebrating and encouraging his interest, he goes in skipping, excited to see what they have in store that day. Communication is great and we have always felt up-to-date with general information as well as information specific to our son. There is a lot of interaction between staff, parents and carers with open mornings where we are given the opportunity to see what a day in the life of a Williows child is like and the reasons behind why they prepare the activities they do, termly parent meetings, key date celebrations such as mothers/important women’s day, plays and productions, sports day and multicultural celebrations. There are frequent opportunities for our son to take part in local trips as well as ones further a field such as the trip to a museum in London. An amazing childcare setting.

The staff are absolutely wonderful. They are so warm and caring with the children and my son absolutely loves attending here. They do such a wide range of activities and have such a great food menu that I’m pretty jealous of!

Willows Colliers Wood Nursery is great! My son loves it, he’s been there for 2 years, made lots of friends and learning a lot every day. Staff are very kind, professional and supportive. I would not change this nursery for any other one.

Willows Pre-School Colliers Wood is an excellent nursery. Our daughter has been going there since she was one. She loves it there and we as parents love it too. Willows staff have supported our daughter throughout all the stages of her development with care, kindness, competence and dedication. We are very happy with the nursery and grateful to the staff for their great work.

My second child is now at Willows having had our first child attend full time and graduate to school reception before. Willows has a stellar reputation for a reason – the staff are second to none, children learn and develop and absolutely adore it. Your child will eat and sleep and participate in activities in ways they don’t at home, and it’s credit to the staff and environment. The bonus is the Recreation Ground setting with little-to-no air pollution, and their own private outdoor area. Don’t be fooled by the outside, inside is a haven for little people.

Teachers are incredible and the kids love them. My son looks forward to going to nursery every morning and we are happy in the knowledge that he is being looked after by people who care. Every single teacher, even if they don’t teach my son directly, are so friendly and supportive. They are great at communicating progress and daily activities through the app. Not only are they fantastic but it’s in the most idyllic location with so much outdoor space on their doorstep. I can’t recommend them more highly!

My daughter has been at Willows for the last couple of years and I cannot praise the staff enough. They have a curriculum, tonnes of extracurricular activities, field trips, plays, sports day and the list goes on and on. The headteacher knows every single child well and is super responsive to all queries. It’s not just a nursery but a community. We’ve had experience of other nearby nurseries and hands down they don’t compare to the brilliance that is Willows! They are already readying my child for school and I have every confidence that Willows will set her up for success.

Fantastic nursery with warm, caring staff who each take a personal interest in our child. I feel happy to leave my child there each day, who very much enjoys being there. I appreciate the daily app information and weekly reports focusing on care and development. I can see how much my child is developing from being there. So glad that we chose Willows!

This provision is truly outstanding. They are kind, nurturing, fun and our son has come on leaps and bounds since joining. He is profoundly deaf and the entire team has been wonderful at accepting him and championing him. Their willingness to adapt is exemplary and they have welcomed his additional support team with open arms. His team have notoriously high standards and their feedback for Willows has been nothing short of incredible. His progress, particularly his speech and language and independence, has been a joy to see. The location of the nursery is perfect and it has its own brilliant outdoor space. They champion outdoor play whatever the weather which we love. The menu is healthy, fresh and varied and his tolerance of all food is incredible as a result. His key worker is brilliant at keeping us up to date. She’s become an extended member of our family – our son talks about her (and all the staff) whenever he’s not there. He adores them. Thank you, Willows!

We have had both of our children at Willows Nursery since 2020. This is the most naturing, family, home-from-home experience I could have imagined for my children to experience. All the staff are exemplary and have been at the nursery for many years. They really know and care about our children and this is evident in the bond they have throughout from age 0-5! A very supportive community of parents also where I have met some of my closest friends.

Our family couldn’t have survived without Willows these past few years! The staff are amazing, the ethos is so focussed on the child as an individual and their learning journey, they don’t just care for them, they teach them. Our children regularly do cooking activities, go on trips, enjoy visits from special guests such as dentists and nurses. I cannot recommend it highly enough, we owe the staff there a lot.

Willows in Colliers Wood is a really lovely nursery. The staff are exceptional and many have been there for a very long time and they really care deeply about the children. My oldest child still has a lovely bond with her old key person from Willows 2 years after leaving which is so nice to see. They do such a varied range of activities with the kids including external trips and shows.

Very friendly and caring staff, who go above and beyond. They host lots of great and diverse activities for the children to encourage their development but are most importantly fun! Personal highlights have been the Christmas and spring show performances as well as the sports days which the staff host for families on the weekend.

Willows is an excellent nursery with great staff members! Our minds are definitely at ease with our son there. The staff go above and beyond for the kids and they have learnt so much. My eldest has left the setting for school and still talks about all the fond memories from his time at nursery. We like that they have trips and that the children get to play outside come rain or shine.

I am a Willows mum and have been for the past 7 years as all my kids have been at Willows. The staff are so incredibly kind and dedicated. They put the children first every time. The staff turnover is very low, which is unusual for this sector but is testament to the great team they have in place!

By September we will have had 2 children graduate at Willows. The teachers are clearly high-level, the group overall is forward-thinking in its view on pre-school education, and the environment is highly welcoming. In addition the trips (national gallery, pre-graduation trip to the beach, amongst a load of other smaller trips) that they do ensure a varied experience. I wholeheartedly recommend this nursery.

Our child has been in Willows for almost a year. The settling-in process was really reassuring and our child found it much easier than we anticipated. The app used for communication and updates works really well. The weekly newsletters, parent workshops, and parent meetings are all super informative and create an open channel of communication. The team have encouraged our child’s independence and confidence. The setting is lovely in the rec. They organise great daily activities and outings and we love seeing all the amazing and different things he gets up to on a daily basis. As a qualified nutritionist, I’m really happy with the meals provided at Willows which are always nutritionally balanced and our child eats them all 99% of the time.