About us
We would like to offer you and your child a warm welcome to Willow Tree Preschool.
The preschool was set up over 20 years ago and we are run as an independent charity.
Our staff members are highly qualified in the care and education of young children and the preschool is run by the manager and administrator with the support of the staff and a committee of parents.
The preschool is a registered charity that abides by a constitution set out by the Early Years Alliance and agreed by the Charities Commission.
Predominately this means that a committee which is made up of un-paid representatives (parents or others that have an interest in the organisation) hold a position. The preschool committee is not the same as a school parent-teacher association or `Friends’ group, which mainly involves raising funds. Its role is more like that of school governors because it has important legal responsibilities.
It is essential that the committee reflects the opinions and concerns of parents whose children are currently attending the preschool.
Cherry Lane Adventure Playground, Cherry Lane, Langley Green, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7NX
Tel: 01293 516873
ofsted registration number: ey 2555574
Our Forest School Ethos
Our Willow Tree Forest School ethos allows all children the opportunity to develop confidence, and self-esteem, form positive relationships with others, develop a growing awareness of their emotional needs and the needs of others, learn to cooperate, to succeed and achieve in their own individual chosen tasks, work with their peers and adults and develop strategies to take risks within the boundaries of safety. Willow Tree Preschool believes in children’s’ right to play; the right to access the outdoors; the right to access risk and the vibrant reality of the natural world.
By providing real-life challenges and activities, children gain respect for the environment they live in and by freely exploring their natural surroundings, they develop an understanding of the boundaries of behaviour, both social and physical.