Four rooms, one garden.

Children move up when they are ready, not on a set date, and always with a visit or two to their new room first.

A baby on a sheepskin rug exploring a wicker treasure basket

6 months – 2 years

Waiting list for 2027

Buds

Buds is the quietest room in the house. Babies keep their own sleep and feeding routines from home, and each one has a key person who learns how they like to be held, fed and settled.

Ratio

1:3

Hours

8:00 – 18:00

Room leader

Hannah Price

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A toddler in a waterproof suit stirring a pot in the outdoor mud kitchen

2 – 3 years

2 places from September

Shoots

Shoots is busy in the best way. Two-year-olds pour their own water, help set the table and spend long stretches outside. We follow what they are curious about and give them the time to repeat it.

Ratio

1:4

Hours

8:00 – 18:00

Room leader

Tom Ellery

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Pre-school children in waterproofs walking into the woods with an adult

3 – 4 years

3 places from January

Oaks

Oaks is our pre-school room. Children plan projects that can last for weeks, spend two mornings in the woods and get ready for school without worksheets: by listening, counting, building and asking questions.

Ratio

1:6

Hours

8:00 – 18:00

Room leader

Priya Shah

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Two pre-school children writing their first letters at a low wooden table

4 – 5 years

3 places for September

Saplings

Saplings is for children in their last year before school. Mornings are long and outdoors; afternoons are for projects, stories, early phonics and the jobs that make them proud — feeding the hens, setting the table, helping the younger ones.

Ratio

1:8

Hours

7:45 am – 6:00 pm

Room leader

Grace Okafor

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