The Old Station Nursery Henley

Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6AD
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9.7 57 Reviews
  • The Old Station Nursery Henley, Henley-on-Thames
The Old Station Nursery is set in a rural area on the edge of Henley and is just the place for little ones who love tearing around in the great outdoors! It is a real outdoors nursery, set within its own extensive grounds and surrounded by picturesque fields and woodlands.

Henley has an enhanced focus on Organic Food is part of an engaging curriculum instilling curiosity, creativity and well-being. Children grow, tend and harvest their own produce. By doing this, the children learn the different environments plants need in order to grow, types of fruit and vegetables and how to cook and use their produce for eating. The organic food children grow and eat is highly nutritious and meets the standards of the SOIL Association and Food For Life.

Henley also has a Cookery enhancement and is equipped with specialist children’s cooking and baking equipment that are designed to be safe and have easy grip handles, ready to support the children’s culinary adventures. By exploring their senses, children build adventurous palates, and through the process of learning to cook, learn valuable skills such as; early maths skills including counting and measuring, learning to listen, concentrate and follow instructions safely, sequencing and creative thinking.

Henley offers children the chance to learn through Forest School teaching. Rather than just using classroom resources and equipment, children can use natural materials found in the woodland and enjoy activities such as collecting sticks and leaves, tying knots, making dens, handling tools, using twigs to write in the mud, jumping across stones and much more.

So there is plenty of opportunity at The Old Station Nursery Henley for your little one to explore the world around them, get up close with Mother Nature and have fun learning and growing in the fresh Oxfordshire air.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Jo Head (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 16

Total Places for Children

  • 70

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Full Day £97.10 (Under 3)
    Full Day £95.20 (Over 3)

  • A £100 non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a place. Exact days of attendance should be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to the child’s start date. Any changes are subject to availability

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • Car park on site for parents and visitors.

The Old Station Nursery Henley Reviews (57)

9.7

The Old Station Nursery Henley has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.731) out of 10, based on 12 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Old Station Nursery Henley has 57 reviews.

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Review from Nicole M (Mother of Child) published on 25 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Old Station Nursery, Henley is the best choice we have made for our boys. The staff at the nursery are absolutely amazing. We chose the nursery as we loved how they had so much outside space. It doesn’t matter what the weather is; they let the kids get dirty and just have fun outside by jumping
in muddy puddles or making snow angels. We also love that the offer Forrest school. They are always happy and friendly at the nursery, and I would highly recommend them. We love The Old Station Nursery.
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Review from David H (Father of Child) published on 24 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We've had our children here since 2015 and cannot fault the commitment of the staff or the care given to our children. The manager is always accommodating where possible of requests we make, and the children love going there.
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Review from Marco A (Father of Child) published on 23 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Old Station Nursery has always been very helpful and considerate in accomodating our needs, as well as our son's. The staff are very friendly and show great care for their children. My son always came out of the nursery with a smile and is always looking forward to going back to do some exciting
activities, play with his friends and learn new things. I highly recommend it to anyone and will be putting my yet to be born son in there without a doubt. Thank you so much for your contribution to his life.
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Review from L H (Mother of Child) published on 23 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am so happy we made the decision to send our daughter to The Old Station Nursery. From the day I viewed the nursery when my daughter was 6-weeks-old, I knew it was the right place for her. The staff took the time to show us around and answer any queries we had. My daughter started nursery in July
2020 when she turned 1, and it has been the best experience for her. She tells me all about her new friends, and I just know she has a wonderful time. We love getting the daily updates and seeing photos of her day. The food menu is also incredible! Very nutritious, homemade food - my daughter usually always has second helpings! Emails are responded to quickly. I also love that they have a forest garden and spend a lot of time outside with the children. So grateful they have remained open during the pandemic so the children can continue to have that oh so important socialisation with the other children. Will definitely recommend it to families!
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Review from J M (Father of Child) published on 23 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A very well run nursery, which has great facilities both indoors and out. The staff and management team are very friendly and approachable. We’ve always had good communications with nursery and head office issues, events and especially provisions made for COVID. Our little boy has been here since he
was one and now has six months to go before primary school. It’ll be a sad last day for us all when he says goodbye to his friends and all the staff.
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Review from Natasha H (Mother of Child) published on 20 January 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started in summer 2020 just after she turned 1, so our whole experience has been throughout the pandemic. I can not praise them enough for the care and attention they offer my child. I appreciate all the staff here and everything they are risking day in and day out to come to work. They
have taken every precaution to ensure everyone feels safe. Communication is excellent, all emails are responded to extremely quickly. The daily updates on the app are always a highlight and it is so obvious to see the fun she is having. I love how much time she spends exploring outdoors, always finding new activities to engage in. I have to give a special mention to my daughter's key carer and I am so appreciative of how much easier she has made this transition. She is always so bubbly and warm and has a genuine regard for the children in her care. All the team in Caterpillars go above and beyond! Being able to attend nursery has been invaluable for her socially throughout lockdown!
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Review from H M (Mother of Child) published on 17 December 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Old Station Nursery in Henley is outstanding. My daughter attends pre-school there and she loves it. The curriculum allows her to do lots of imaginative play, creative activity including painting and drawing, reading books, learning social skills and having a wonderful time with her friends. The
Forest School also enables her to spend a large portion of her time outdoors exploring nature and gaining new experiences with her friends. The staff are amazing. They are caring, considerate, creative and fun, and have a great bond with the kids. They also send daily updates with photos through their app which gives you a great overview of your child's day. My daughter loves going to nursery. I cannot recommend The Old Station Nursery in Henley enough.
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Review from Costa A (Father of Child) published on 24 November 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My wife and I have been delighted with the nursery in every way. I could go beyond the characters to write every single detail that really makes it a great place for our daughter (and for us as parents). I will just pick a few things.
They have been tremendous in building our daughter's social confidence
(especially when returning after the covid lockdown as she became a bit shy/reserved in front of people from all the social distancing). She always learns new things and has clearly developed while being there. She speaks about her friends and carers at the nursery on a regular basis.
The nursery has helped her pick up things quickly at home (from eating well at the table to joining in different activities). For me, the thing I love the most is when I get those daily observations (comes through on the app); they just make my day. I love seeing the pictures, and more importantly, the detail the carer puts in them.
Oh, and of course, have to mention the foresty surroundings! Top marks.
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Review from Angela (Mother of Child) published on 4 September 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The team and the environment at Old Station Nursery, Henley are absolutely fabulous.
Our twins have thrived since joining the PreSchool room and absolutely adore their key carer and the imaginative activities which the team work so hard to prepare. Forest School, Yoga, Science experiments, Singing,
Arts and more ... the children come home with so many stories to tell, and the staff take the time to capture pictures of some wonderful moments to help parents feel connected to their children’s learning. Could not recommend more highly!
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Review from Fern B (Mother of Child) published on 21 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are always really friendly, welcoming and supportive during settling in/transition periods.
The photos of his days are full of different activities, and I love that they are outside as much as possible.
The manager is brilliant with communication, and I am confident my son is cared for,
stimulated and happy during the three mornings he attends.
I would recommend to any family.
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Review from Mark T (Father of Child) published on 20 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Old Station nursery is an extremely special place. We have seen our two sons thrive in their care, and they both think of the carers as their friends.
The facility has plenty of outside space and an amazing forest school.
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Review from Hannah W (Mother of Child) published on 6 January 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending the old station nursery since she was one year old (now 30months) and I would recommend it very highly. The staff have always managed to make me feel very relaxed about leaving her in their care. They are caring, competent and fun people who genuinely care for the children
who attend. My daughter always seems to have a great time while she is there whether in the garden or giant sand pit or enjoying messy play, crafts or the mud kitchen. The extra yoga lessons also seemed to have helped her developing physical skills and coordination greatly.


A great nursery.

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Review from Joanna C (Mother of Child) published on 21 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
The main thing for me is they have a lot of variety, quite a few external people coming in (eg. Spanish, yoga, music) and Forest School. The fact they have a lot of outside space is great. The staff are great and there is not much staff turnover.
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Review from S L (Mother of Child) published on 8 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The Old Station Nursery provides a fun, relaxed and caring environment for our 2 year old daughter. The staff are bright and operate on a common sense basis rather than by procedure and process only. The litmus test for me is that I never worry whether my daughter will have a good day - I know she will
and that gives me great peace of mind.
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Review from Ingrid L (Mother of Child) published on 6 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our son loves being outside, this is the reason why we chose The Old Station Nursery. The kids play outside as much as possible and learn about nature in The Forrest School.
The staff are friendly, caring and patient.
Also, the flexibility has been extremely useful for us when we were going through
a difficult family situation.
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Review from J H (Mother of Child) published on 5 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
So very pleased with the nursery. All the staff are so kind and seem to genuinely care about the children. We are kept well informed of all goings on and they have lots of activities for the children.
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Review from Alex B (Mother of Child) published on 5 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loves going to nursery, she will (aged 19 months now) want to walk from the car to meet her carers and I have never once doubted, that she is being fully cared for and attended to. Nursery staff are easy to talk with and listen well and keen to give you an update of the day at pick up time.
Great outdoor space that the staff use well - children go outside whenever possible - this is important to me.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.731)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.731) out of 10 for The Old Station Nursery Henley is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 12 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 12 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.874 for The Old Station Nursery Henley is calculated as follows: ( (125 Excellents x 5) + (18 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 143 Ratings = 4.874
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.857 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Old Station Nursery Henley is based on 12 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 70 number of registered child places is 14. 12 Positive Reviews ÷ 14 = 0.857
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Jo

Jo Head

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2025

Jo leads the team with warmth and enthusiasm, ensuring every child receives exceptional care and early education. With years of experience in early years, she creates a nurturing environment where children feel happy, confident, and inspired to learn.

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