“The preschool is set in beautiful surroundings. Staff are knowledgeable and caring and from the

very outset I had absolute confidence in their ability not only to care for my child, but to promote my

child’s development and wellbeing in every aspect.”

Leanne - Evie's mum

Meet Our Team

Everyday our teachers create opportunities for exploration and learning by establishing engaging environments where students feel safe, comfortable, and confident. We have amazing instructors who are caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated to helping students exceed their every expectation - read some of their stories below.

Layna Phillips

Pre-School Manager

Katie Melvill

Deputy Manager, Early Years Teacher

Holly Poyser-Roberts

Level 4 Early Years Practitioner

Mia Reed

Early Years Practitioner

Owen Parker

Assistant Preschool Practitioner

Our Vision

At Aspley Guise Pre-School we are committed to creating a nurturing and caring environment where children feel safe and secure, allowing them to flourish.

As a semi-rural setting, we have a strong focus on outdoor learning with daily in-out play and use of our Forest School.

With years of experience as childcare professionals, we know how fundamentally important the early years experience is for a child. With this is mind, we are passionate about fostering a child centred approach and using our knowledge of individual children's interests and stages of development to implement in the moment planning.

In our 2024 report, Ofsted stated that, 'staff encourage children's positive attitudes to learning. They ensure that the learning environment is well prepared with a good range of activities that match children's interests.'

From this solid foundation we then help children to build their confidence by experimenting through play, encouraging them to engage with their surroundings and peers.

We believe that by building on these positive beginnings, children are given the opportunity to fully explore their potential and take those first, fundamentally important, educational steps.

Support Us

Aspley Guise Pre-School is a registered charity and receives no funding from the government.

We rely solely on fundraising activities and donations from various sources to enable us to maintain the high quality of our setting and to purchase new equipment. We thank the local community, our parents and carers and organisations that work with schools and charities to help raise valuable funds throughout the year.

We have registered with the following organisation, so if you don’t already subscribe to the following service, perhaps you might like to consider using them and help to support us in raising funds for Pre-school this year!

www.easyfundraising.org.uk

Easyfundraising provide a free fundraising service where you can help us raise funds when you shop on line. Over 2000 of the UK’s best known retailers including Amazon, M&S, Argos and John Lewis participate and even offer online discounts through the scheme.

You can log on to this service via the above site and register ‘Aspley Guise Pre-School’ as your cause, then click your chosen retailer link and shop online as you would do normally.

You can also make a direct donation to us. Please contact us to find out how.

Thank you for your ongoing support!