Full-day nursery in Southcourt, Buckinghamshire
Willows Day Nursery
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8BD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since July 1994Reference 140897Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 8 August 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places130 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 August 2024Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8BD · More nurseries in HP21
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Stoke Mandeville Hospital ASDA Store, Ambulance Station Roundabout and Stoke Mandeville Hospital Main Gate.
Parks and playgrounds
- Waivers Way11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Cottesloe Green Play Area playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Buckinghamshire there are about 2.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Willows Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8BD, in Southcourt, Buckinghamshire. It is registered for 130 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 13 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Childbase Partnership Limited.
Run by Childbase Partnership Limited (company), which runs 44 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Booker Park Community School ages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.3 miles
- William Harding School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.4 miles
- Ashmead Combined School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2020 0.7 miles
- Stoke Mandeville Combined School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Turnfurlong Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2023 1.0 miles
- Turnfurlong Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.0 miles
- Oak Green School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 1.1 miles
- St Edward's Catholic Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Willows Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Willows Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 August 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Willows Day Nursery take?
Willows Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 130 children at any one time.
Who runs Willows Day Nursery?
Willows Day Nursery is run by Childbase Partnership Limited, which runs 44 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Willows Day Nursery?
Stoke Mandeville is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Willows Day Nursery?
You can call 01296 432004 and visit childbasepartnership.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 140897 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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