ACORN EARLY YEARS
Head office:47 Waterside Barns, Lincoln Lodge Business Centre, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes, MK19 7ES
Tel: 01908 510309
Email: info@acornearlyyears.org.uk
Website: www.acornearlyyears.org.uk
Chief executive: Zoë Raven
Established: 1989
Owns/manages 16 nurseries: Beds: Sharnbrook (62); Milton Keynes: Castlethorpe (36), CMK (48), Emberton (37), Fishermead (64), Fullers Slade (46), Kents Hill (60), Netherfield (38), New Bradwell (33), Open University (52), Shenley Church End (48), Stony Stratford (40), Westcroft (91); Northants: Brafield-on-the-Green (45), Burton Latimer (93), Stanwick (54). Also runs Forest Schools, out-of-school clubs, training and a consultancy.
Places: 847
Employees: 430
ACORNS NURSERIES
Head office: Acorns House, 7 Park Grove, Cardiff, CF10 3BJ
Tel: 02920 382009
Email: info@acornsnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.acornsnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Peter Reynolds, Cherie Wilson
Established: 1988
Owns 10 nurseries: Bristol (120); Cardiff: Llandaff (60), Llanishen (90), Oakfield Street (49), Park Grove (147), Baby Acorns (55), Whitchurch (84); Duffryn, Newport (48); Rhondda Cynon Taf: Park Nantgarw (68), USW, Treforest (60). Manages 2 workplace nurseries: Bristol, Aviva (33); Newport, Office for National Statistics (120). Also runs a holiday club:Action Pak (297).
Places: 934
Employees: 428
ALPHABET HOUSE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Gunthorpe Road, Lowdham, Notts, NG14 7EN
Tel: 0115 966 4556
Email: headoffice@alphabethouse.co.uk
Website: www.alphabethouse.co.uk
Directors: Marie Brentford, Anthony Brentford
Established: 1996
Owns 4 nurseries: Beeston (40), Lowdham (67), West Bridgford (85), White Post (100) – all in Notts
Places: 292
Employees: 92
ALPHABET HOUSE NURSERIES
Head office: 1 Didsbury Close, London, E6 2SX
Tel: 020 8470 7824
Email: info@alphabethousenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.alphabethousenurseries.co.uk
Director: Kemi Balogun
Area manager: Razna Akhtar
Established: 1994
Owns 8 nurseries: London: Beckton (32), Didsbury (47), Canberra (71), Greenwich (50), North Woolwich (24), Stratford (78), Upton Park (60), Waterside Park (52)
Places: 414
Employees: 80
ASHBOURNE DAY NURSERIES*
Head office: Chantry House, 13 Watling Street, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK2 2BU
Tel: 0800 699 0044
Email: enquiries@ashbournedaynurseries.com
Website: www.ashbournedaynurseries.com
Owner: Imran Mehdi
Managing director: Jo Turley
Established: 2008
Owns 29 nurseries: Alfreton (87), Banbury, Oxon (57), Barking, Essex (39), Birmingham (98), Cheltenham (37), Chesham Bois (53), Cheshunt (88), Hertford (74), Hoddesdon (48), Houghton Regis (104), Leavesden, Herts (58), Leicester 1 (150), Leicester 2 (36), Leighton Buzzard (45), Mawsley, Kettering (54), Milton Keynes 1 (67), Milton Keynes 2 (49), Milton Keynes 3 (107), New Ollerton, Notts (104), Northampton 1 (68), Northampton 2 (120), Northampton 3 (60), Princes Risborough 1 (52), Princes Risborough 2 (24), Southam (51), St Albans (25), Swanbourne, Bucks (71), Wellingborough (66), Wing, Bucks (57)
Places: 1,949
Employees: 400
Plans: Five new openings in the first quarter of this year.
ATHERTON HOUSE NURSERY GROUP
Head office: 2 Victoria Road West, Blundellsands, Liverpool, L23 8UQ
Tel: 0151 363 9911
Email: childcare@athertonhousegroup.co.uk
Directors: Tim, Alice and George Apel
Established: 2001
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Greater Manchester 1 (55), Greater Manchester 2 (55); Liverpool 1 (65), Liverpool 2 (92); Warrington, Cheshire (72)
Places: 339
Employees: 150
BAMBINOS
Head office: Bambinos Childcare Centres, 31 Houndiscombe Road, Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6EU
Tel: 01752 226767
Email: office@bambinosdaynursery.co.uk
Website: www.bambinosdaynursery.co.uk
Directors: Xiaobing Wang, Chanyan Xu, Sara Richards
Established: 1993
Owns 4 nurseries: Plymouth: City (95), Plymstock (64), Tavistock (62), Woolwell (59)
Places: 280
Employees: 90
BANANA MOON
Head office: 1A Tournament Court, Edgehill Drive, Warwick, CV34 6LG
Tel: 01926 338497
Email: info@bananamoonfranchise.com
Website: www.bananamoonfranchise.com
Managing director: Mark Bates
Directors: Mike Bates and Josh Smallwood
Established: 2010
47 nurseries as part of a franchise: Aberdeen 1 (81), Aberdeen 2 (120), Aberdeen 3 (46), Aberdeen 4 (60); Altrincham, Cheshire (75); Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire (34); Barnstaple, Devon (78); Billericay, Essex (68); Birmingham 1 (94), Birmingham 2 (56); Birmingham 3 (93); Bridgend, S. Wales (78); Bromley (70); Catterick, N. Yorks (72); Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire (51); Coity, S. Wales (19); Colchester, Essex (125); Coventry, W. Midlands (36); Gloucester, Glos (47); Hamilton, Leicester (84); Harbury, Warwickshire (56); Harlow, Essex (68); Hatton, Warwickshire (110); Kempston, Bedfordshire (67); Kingsbury, Staffordshire (31); Leeds, W. Yorks (78); Littleover, Derby (72); London: Battersea (55), Chiswick (64), Croydon (77), Nunhead 1 (52), Nunhead 2 (30), Wimbledon (74); Lower Sundon, Bedfordshire (34); Manchester 1 (47), Manchester 2 (71); Mirfield, Yorkshire (120); Nottingham, Notts (68); Reading, Berks (73), Sheffield, S. Yorks (65); St Albans, Herts (79); Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire (85); Sutton Coldfield, W. Midlands (64); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (64); Walsall, W. Mids (42); West Bromwich, W. Midlands (48); Wolverhampton, W. Midlands (54). Plus 1 before- and after-school club: Norristhorpe, W. Yorkshire
Places: 3,135
Employees: 800
Plans: Four new openings planned; one in Royston, one in London and two in Tyne and Wear.
BIG LIFE GROUP
Head office: 1st Floor, 463 Stretford Road, Manchester, M16 9AB
Tel: 0161 848 2420
Email: rhuksana.ahmed@biglifeschools.com
Website: www.thebiglifegroup.com
Director: Rhuksana Ahmed
Established: 2004
Owns/manages 2 nurseries: Longsight (112), Unity (86) – both in Manchester. Also runs3 children’s centres and2 community primary schools.
Places: 198
Employees: 69
BLUEBELL CHILDREN’S NURSERIES
Head office: Dittons Road, Stone Cross, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5ES
Tel: 01323 487081
Director: Greg Darby
Operations manager: Harriet Crouch
Email: hill@bluebellnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.bluebellnurseries.co.uk
Owns 3 nurseries: Bluebell Hill, Eastbourne (62), Bluebell Wood, Heathfield (40), Bluebell Barn, Stone Cross, Pevensey (62)– all in E. Sussex
Places: 164
Employees: 98
BOWS AND ARROWS GROUP
Operates 7 nurseries: Buttons and Bows, Little Learners, Forest Learners, The Children’s Triangle, Ravenswood, Wellington and WigWams
Head office: Felaw Maltings, 44 Felaw Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8SJ
Tel: 01473 599038
Email: hello@bowsandarrows group.co.uk
Website: www.bowsandarrows group.co.uk
Chief executive: Anne Denny
Established: 2004
Owns 7 nurseries: Ipswich, Suffolk: Aster Road (71), Chevallier Street (26), Hening Avenue (51), Hogarth Road 1 (62), Hogarth Road 2 (15), Paul’s Road (32), Whitton Church Lane (71)
Places: 328
Employees: 98
BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Newhall Lodge, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 9HA
Tel: 07976 069818
Email: sharon@brighterbeginnings.co.uk
Website: www.brighterbeginnings.co.uk
Directors: Gill Race (managing director), David Race (co-founder), Sharon Street (general director), Tom Race (general director)
Established: 1991
Owns 9 nurseries: Manchester: Burnage (52), Charlestown (117), Fallowfield (52), New Moston (67), Newton Heath (83), Rusholme (52), Wetherby Street (72); Oldham: Chadderton (72), Fitton Hill (50). 3 out-of-school and holiday clubs: Charlestown (47), Newton Heath (30), Rusholme (30). Also runs a training centre.
Places: 617
Employees: 240
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS
Head office: Pioneer House, (1st and 2nd floor), 7 Rushmills, Northampton, NN4 7YB
Tel: 01933 415900
Email: generalenquiries@brighthorizons.com
Website: www.brighthorizons.co.uk
Managing director: Ros Marshal
Established: 1988
Owns or manages 271 nurseries: Aberdeen 1 (53), Aberdeen 2 (51), Aberdeen 3 (67), Aberdeen 4 (41), Aberdeen 5 (99); Astley, G. Manchester (75); Aylesbury (91); Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria (62); Berks: Bracknell 1 (50), Bracknell 2 (96), Maidenhead (93), Reading (112), Sonning (169), Windsor (80), Wokingham (83); Birmingham, W. Midlands (61); Bolton, Lancs (75); Bramingham, Beds (120); Brighton, E. Sussex (65); Bristol 1 (56), Bristol 2 (48); Burgess Hill, W. Sussex 1 (64), Burgess Hill 2 (45), Burgess Hill 3 (26), Burgess Hill 4 (65); Cambridgeshire: Cambridge 1 (152), Cambridge 2 (76), Cambridge 3 (126), Cambridge 4 (88), Cambridge Science Park (148), Ely (120), Fulbourn (108); Cheshire: Chester (60), Prestbury (65), Timperley (88), Tytherington (90), Warrington 1 (123), Warrington 2 (108), Wilmslow (96); Crawley, W. Sussex (92); Edinburgh 1 (101), Edinburgh 2 (49), Edinburgh 3 (112), Edinburgh 4 (68), Edinburgh 5 (59), Edinburgh 6 (65); Essex: Basildon (83), Brentwood (110), Chelmsford (80), Chigwell (98), Epping (92), Loughton (56), Saffron Walden (79), Shenfield (108), Woodford Green (60); Glasgow (113); Hants: Ampfield (64), Andover 1 (75), Andover 2 (40), Basingstoke 1 (108), Basingstoke 2 (102), Chandlers Ford (64), Chilworth (64), Church Crookham (80), Eastleigh (75), Fair Oak (67), Farnborough (104), Fleet (120), Hedge End (64), North Baddesley (64), Otterbourne (90), Romsey (66), Southampton 1 (71), Southampton 2 (78), Southampton 3 (83), Southampton 4 (64); Winchester (75); Haywards Heath, W. Sussex (57); Herts: Cheshunt (77), Harpenden 1 (52), Harpenden 2 (110), Hemel Hempstead (92), Hertford (112), Sawbridgeworth (56), Watford 1 (92), Watford 2 (63); Hinckley, Leics (104); Horsham, W. Sussex (102); Hove, E. Sussex 1 (124), Hove 2 (72), Hove 3 (64); Hull, E. Yorks (77); Kent: Beckenham 1 (64), Beckenham 2 (53), Bexleyheath (92), Bickley (92), Bromley 1 (74), Bromley 2 (103), Canterbury (130), Dartford (144), Kings Hill (129), Longfield (84), Maidstone 1 (96), Maidstone 2 (54), Maidstone 3 (56), Petts Wood (68), Swanscombe (144), Sevenoaks (63), Tonbridge (70), Tunbridge Wells 1 (40), Tunbridge Wells 2 (68), Wilmington (97); Lancaster, Lancs (62); Leeds, Yorks (69), Lichfield, Staffs (119); Liverpool 1, Merseyside (83), Liverpool 2 (60), Liverpool 3 (67); London: Balham (65), Bank Street (67), Barbican (54), Barnes (79), Barnet 1 (130), Barnet 2 (75), Battersea (61), Blackheath (74), Brockley (101), Canada Square (100), Carshalton (65), Chingford (60), Chelsea (46), Chiswick (87), Chiswick Park (75), Clapham (137), Columbus Courtyard (122), Coulsdon (84), Crouch End 1 (88), Crouch End 2 (79), East Greenwich (52), East India Dock 1 (94), East India Dock 2 (96), Eltham 1 (71), Eltham 2 (47), Enfield 1 (62), Enfield 2 (52), Enfield 3 (87), Finchley 1 (84), Finchley 2 (96), Finsbury Park (97), Fulham 1 (137), Fulham 2 (69), Golders Green (53), Greenwich (61), Hendon 1 (104), Hendon 2 (73), Highams Park (59), Highbury (70), Hither Green 1 (48), Hither Green 2 (73), Holland Park (79), Holloway (84), Hounslow (93), Hyde Park (46), Islington (48), Kenton (88), Kew (66), Kingston 1 (73), Kingston 2 (98), Kingston 3 (99), Lewisham 1 (54), Lewisham 2 (63), Mount Vernon (124), Muswell Hill 1 (97), Muswell Hill 2 (82), New Eltham (120), New Southgate (58), North Cheam (80), North Finchley (96), Palmers Green (64), Peckham Rye (73), Pinner 1 (87), Pinner 2 (67), Purley (96), Putney (62), Raynes Park 1 (62), Raynes Park 2 (45), Regents Park (75), Richmond 1 (71), Richmond 2 (84), Ruislip (74), Southfields (50), Southgate 1 (99), Southgate 2 (75), Stoke Newington (92), Spitalfields (50), St John’s Wood (92), Surbiton 1 (92), Surbiton 2 (76), Sutton (55), Teddington 1 (97), Teddington 2 (78), Tooting (156), Twickenham 1 (121), Twickenham 2 (71), Twickenham 3 (24); Upminster (77), Wandsworth (105), Wandsworth Common (68), Wembley (120), West Dulwich 1 (76), West Dulwich 2 (76), West Hampstead 1 (80), West Hampstead 2 (136), Whetstone (48), Wimbledon (95); Manchester 1 (144), Manchester 2 (100), Manchester 3 (99), Manchester 4, Trafford (70); Milton Keynes: Wavendon (65), Wolverton Mill (88); Moortown, Yorks (56); Northampton 1, Northants (58), Northampton 2 (48); Nottingham, Notts (83); Oxon: Abingdon 1 (114), Abingdon 2 (130), Didcot 1 (112), Didcot 2 (92), Didcot 3 (112), Oxford 1 (144), Oxford 2 (104), Wallingford (142); Poole 1, Dorset (42), Poole 2 (93); Renfrew, Renfrewshire (52); Sheffield 1, S. Yorks (84), Sheffield 2 (76); Shoreham-by-Sea 1, W. Sussex (106), Shoreham-by-Sea 2 (65); Solihull, W. Mids (90); Suffolk: Bury St Edmunds (97), Great Cornard (82), Ipswich (90); Surrey: Banstead (98), Caterham 1 (98), Caterham 2 (72), Dorking (96), Egham (69), Epsom (124), Farnham 1 (92), Farnham 2 (97), Frimley Green (81), Guildford 1 (94), Guildford 2 (89), Haslemere (93), Hinchley Wood (78), Leatherhead (87), Redhill (54), Reigate 1 (96), Reigate 2 (103), Weybridge (86), Woking 1 (80), Woking 2 (64), Tingley, W. Yorks (78); Walton on the Hill, Staffs (76); Warks: Barford (45), Kenilworth (71), Rugby (64), Southam (75), Witney (101), Worthing (70)
Places: 22,445
Employees: circa 10,132
BRIGHT KIDS
Head office: Millennium House, High Street, Studley, Warks, B80 7HL
Tel: 01527 452430
Email: hello@bright-kids.co.uk
Website: www.bright-kids.co.uk
Chief executive: Tricia Wellings
Operations director: Emma Beard
Established: 1999
Owns 8 nurseries: Barley Lea, Coventry (52); Bell Green, Coventry (46); Coughton, Warks (37); Crabbs Cross, Worcs (55); Evesham, Worcs (52); Lower Quinton, Warks (43); Northfield, Birmingham (66); Studley, Warks (52). Runs4 out-of-school clubs: Crabbs Cross (24), Matchborough (24) – both Worcs; Studley St Mary’s, Warcs (24); Birmingham (32). Also runs a training and consultancy service.
Places: 403
Employees: 121
Plans: To continue to build and develop both the nursery group and the training and consultancy services.
BRIGHT LITTLE STARS NURSERY*
Head office: Kinetic Centre, Theobald Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 4PJ
Tel: 020 7100 4662
Email: headoffice@brightlittlestars.com
Website: www.brightlittlestars.com
CEO: Amol Devani
Director: Mandy Guttadauro
Owns 6 nurseries: London: Mill Hill (88), Stanmore (78), Barnet (100), Harrow (88), Stratford (75); Watford, Herts (78)
Places: 507
Employees: 300
BRIGHTSPARKS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Meadow Hill, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3HL
Tel: 020 8660 2340
Email: brightsparks1@icloud.com
Website: www.brightsparksdaynurseries.co.uk
Directors: Emma Jones, Helen Simpson
Established: 1999
Owns 6 nurseries: Eltham (58), New Malden (58), Old Coulsdon (58), Purley (58), Purley Way (58), Selsdon (58) – all Surrey
Places: 348
Employees: 95
BRIGHT STARS NURSERY GROUP
Formerly ICP Nurseries
Head office: 1 Pride Point Drive, Derby, DE24 8BX
Executive chairman: Stephen Booty
Chief financial officer: Steve Thomas
Established: 2016
Owns 92 nurseries including 7 Little Forest Folk nurseries: Chiswick (20), Fulham (20), Putney Heath (20), Twickenham (22), Wandsworth (20), Wimbledon (32), Morden (23) – all in London Also owns: Armadale, West Lothian (110); Ash, Surrey (48); Aylesbury 1, Bucks (80), Aylesbury 2 (100); Banbury, Oxfordshire (120); Banstead 1, Surrey (24), Banstead 2 (42); Beaconsfield, Bucks (60); Bicester, Oxon (138); Bishop’s Stortford 1, Herts (86); Bishop’s Stortford 2 (100); Bolton, G. Manchester (88); Broxburn, West Lothian (110); Burwell, Cambs (64); Bury St Edmunds (63); Cambridge, Cambs (131); Carmodean, Livingston (89); Chester (102); Chorley, Lancs (97); Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire (30); Colchester 1, Essex (120), Colchester 2 (37), Colchester 3 (68); Dunblane, Perthshire (107); Edinburgh 1 (105), Edinburgh 2 (69), Edinburgh 3 (70); Frome, Somerset (80); Glasgow 1 (98), Glasgow 2 (140); Haddington 1, E. Lothian (60), Haddington 2 (56), Haddington 3 (94); Hatfield Heath, Herts (53); Houston, Johnstone (92); Hungerford, Berks (84); Huntingdon 1, Cambs (60), Huntingdon 2 (86); Laindon, Essex (70); Leamington Spa, Warks (69); Leeds (94); London 1 (44), London 2 (82), London 3 (55), London 4 (69), London 5 (122), London 6 (120), London 7 (90), London 8 (57), London 9 (62), London 10 (56), London 11 (115), London 12 (89), London 13 (125); Macclesfield (105): Marlow, Bucks (63); Newmarket, Suffolk (106); Norwich, Norfolk 1 (83), Norwich 2 (20); Northampton, Northants (130); North Berwick, E. Lothian (60); Peebles, Scottish Borders (94); Purley, Surrey (67); Sheffield, S. Yorks (72); Shirley, W. Mids (94); Shrewsbury 1, Shropshire (60), Shrewsbury 2 (90), Shrewsbury 3 (78); Skegness 1, Lincs (65), Skegness 2 (48); Solihull, Warks (115); St Albans, Herts (70); St Ives, Cambs (80); Tonbridge, Kent (87); Tunbridge Wells 1, Kent (76), Tunbridge Wells 2 (64); Upton (102); Walton-on-Thames (148); Warrington 1, Cheshire (113), Warrington 2 (95), Warrington 3 (112), Warrington 4 (121); Weybridge, Surrey (75); Whitchurch, Hants (123); Windsor, Berks (85). Plus 6 settings in the Republic of Ireland.
Places: 7,338 plus 460 in RoI
Employees: 2,451
BRIGHTSTART DAY NURSERIES
Operating under Bransholme Community Childcare and Aspiring Minds brands.
Head office: Unit 54, K3 Business Park, 200 Clough Road, Hull
Tel: 01482 821467
Email: headoffice@brightstartdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.brightstartdaynurseries.co.uk, www.leapaheadnurseries.co.uk
Director: Angela Proctor
Established: 2007
Owns 6 nurseries: Hull 1, E. Yorks (39), Hull 2 (39), Hull 3 (39), Hull 4 (39), Hull 5 (28), Hull 6 (24)
Places: 210
Employees: 80
BRISTOL CHILDCARE
Head office: The Elms Farm Office, Upper Tockington Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4LQ
Tel: 01454 614 273
Email: headoffice@bristolchildcare.co.uk
Website: www.bristolchildcare.co.uk
Director: Saffia Bullock
Established: 1971
Owns 3 nurseries: Clifton (65), Filton (57), Knowle (86) – all in Bristol
Places: 208
Employees: 56
BROOKLANDS CHILDCARE
Head office: 137b Market Street, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3AA
Tel: 01942 760044
Email: hindley2@brooklandschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.brooklandschildcare.co.uk
Owners: Ivan Rawlins, Linda Rawlins
Established: 1990
Owns 5 nurseries: Ashton-in-Makerfield (121), Garswood (94), Hindley 1 (89), Hindley 2 (134), Leigh (46) – all in Lancs
Places: 484
Employees: 92
THE BUSY BEES GROUP
Operating under the Busy Bees, Careshare, Caring Daycare (acquired 2014), Kinder Nurseries (acquired 2014), Just Learning, Nunu and Tibbi Tots brands, as well as Bush Babies and Kids 1st (acquired 2015/16) and Treetops and Bramleys (acquired 2017). It acquired Mace Montessori and Daisy and Jake in 2018.
Head office: St Matthews, Shaftsbury Drive, Burntwood, Staffs, WS7 9QP
Tel: 01543 678450
Email: info@busybees.com
Website: www.busybeeschildcare.co.uk
Directors: Simon Irons, Margaret Randles, Cheryl Creaser, Clare Phizacklea, Steve Eccleston, Matthew Muller, Jitin Topiwala, Keelie Leahy, Louise Copson
Established: 1983
Owns and manages 366 nurseries: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (170); Addlestone, Surrey (113); Alderley, Wolverhampton (94); Altrincham, G. Manchester (97); Andover, Hants 1 (40), Andover 2 (72); Apsley, Herts (88); Ashbourne, Derbs (81); Ashford 1, Kent (87), Ashford 2 (108), Ashford 3 (108); Ayrshire (72); Barlborough, Derbs (83); Basingstoke 1, Hants (98), Basingstoke 2 (100), Basingstoke 3 (100); Bedford 1, Beds (112), Bedford 2 (112), Bedford 3 (73); Belper 1, Derbs (90), Belper 2 (90); Beverley, E. Yorks (108); Bicester 1, Oxon (108), Bicester 2 (110); Biggleswade 1, Beds (106), Biggleswade 2 (112); Birlingham, Worcs (62); Birmingham 1, W. Mids (116), Birmingham 2 (77), Birmingham 3 (64), Birmingham 4, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (133), Birmingham 5 (84); Bishops Stortford 1, Herts (80), Bishops Stortford 2 (55); Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead (68); Braintree 1, Essex (100), Braintree 2 (104); Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan (108); Brighton, E. Sussex (94); Bristol: Barrs Court (116), Bradley Stoke (92), Emersons Green (105), Portishead (91), Stoke Gifford (108); Bromborough, Wirral (105); Bromsgrove, Warks (86); Brough, E. Yorks (108); Burchetts Green, Berks (85); Burntwood, Staffs (111); Burton, Staffs (108); Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk Hospital (96); Camberley, Surrey (89); Cambridge (137); Canterbury, Kent (79); Cardiff (100); Carshalton Beeches, Surrey (98); Chafford Hundred 1, Essex (98), Chafford Hundred 2 (92); Chatham, Kent (78); Cheadle 1, Cheshire (116), Cheadle 2 (67); Cheam 1, Surrey (88), Cheam 2 (83), Cheam 3 (46), Cheam 4 (79); Chelmsford 1, Essex (102), Chelmsford 2 (96); Cheltenham 1, Glos (56), Cheltenham 2 (90); Chester, Cheshire (76); Chichester, Hants (92); Chippenham, Wilts (106); Chislehurst, Kent (100); Chorley, Lancs (147); Colchester 1, Essex (84), Colchester 2 (109); Corby 1, Northants (85), Corby 2 (120); Coventry 1, Walsgrave Hospital, Warks (117), Coventry 2 (46); Crawley, W. Sussex (132); Darlington 1, Co. Durham (88), Darlington 2 (108), Darlington 3 (78); Daventry, Northants (97); Derby 1, Derbs (107), Derby 2 (110), Derby 3 (58), Derby 4 (65), Derby 5 (64); Dorking 1, Surrey (44), Dorking 2 (52); Droitwich Spa, W. Mids (110); Dudley, W. Midlands (100); Dundee (94), Dunfermline 1, Fife (108), Dunfermline 2 (100); Durham, Co. Durham (99); Eastbourne, E. Sussex (100); East Grinstead (92); East Keswick, W. Yorks (105); East Kilbride, S. Lanarkshire (86); Eastleigh, Hants (116); East Malling, Kent (84); Edinburgh 1 (88), Edinburgh 2 (132), Edinburgh 3 (85), Edinburgh 4 (55), Edinburgh 5 (58), Edinburgh 6 (93), Edinburgh 7 (90); Edwalton, Notts (88); Egham, Surrey (97); Ely, E. Cambs (78); Epsom, Surrey (84); Evesham, Worcs (110); Farnborough 1, Hants (96), Farnborough 2 (159); Formby, Merseyside (66); Gateshead 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tyne and Wear (108), Gateshead 2 (108); Gillingham 1, Kent (112), Gillingham 2 (98); Glasgow 1 (77), Glasgow 2 (101), Glasgow 3 (127); Glenrothes, Fife (95); Gloucester, Glos (68); Godalming, Surrey (136); Gravesend, Essex (132); Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (71); Guildford 1, Surrey (104), Guildford 2 (84), Guildford 3 (77); Harlow, Essex (105); Harpenden 1, Herts (72), Harpenden 2 (55); Harrogate 1, N. Yorks (60), Harrogate 2 (146), Harrogate 3 (85), Harrogate 4 (44); Haslemere, Surrey (88); Haywards Heath, W. Sussex (72); Hempstead, Kent (76); Hertford, Herts (44); Hexham, Northumberland (112); High Wycombe, Bucks (91); Holmes Chapel, Cheshire (105); Hopefield Castle, Midlothian (66); Horsham, W. Sussex (130); Hove, E. Sussex (74); Huntingdon, Cambs (100); Ingleby Barwick, S. Yorks (86); Inverness (80); Ipswich 1, Suffolk (94), Ipswich 2 (105); Jersey 1 (59), Jersey 2 (69), Jersey 3 (100); Kettering 1, Northants (112), Kettering 2 (81); Lancaster, Lancs (151); Leamington Spa, Warks (109); Leeds 1, W. Yorks (100), Leeds 2 (151), Leeds 3 (55), Leeds 4 (130), Leeds 5 (75), Leeds 6 (54), Leeds 7 (92); Leicester 1, Leics (116), Leicester 2 (130), Leicester 3 (49), Leicester 4 (60), Leicester 5 (52), Leicester 6 (86), Leicester 7 (54), Leicester 8 (68), Leicester 9 (110); Letchworth, Herts (104); Lewes, E. Sussex (51); Lichfield, Staffs (110); Lightwater, Surrey (50); Liverpool, Merseyside (55); Livingston, W. Lothian (103); London: Battersea (95), Bexleyheath (100), Charlton (95), Chingford (108), Chiswick 1 (109), Chiswick 2 (74), Croydon 1 (112), Croydon 2 (67), Docklands (107), Ealing 1 (39), Ealing 2 (39), Ealing 3 (52), Ealing 4 (102), Enfield 1 (120), Enfield 2 (68), Finchley (76), Fulham (130), Greenwich (51), Hammersmith 1 (95), Hammersmith 2 (96), Harlesden (66), Harrow 1 (56), Harrow 2 (84), Heathrow (100), Hillingdon (114), Ilford (124), Kenton (47), Kilburn (70), Leytonstone (100), Lewisham (66), Mill Hill (78), Mottingham (65), Putney (83), Shadwell (72), Teddington (63), Walthamstow (140), Wandsworth 1 (118), Wandsworth 2 (52), Wapping (32), West Ealing 1 (53), West Ealing 2 (18), West Hampstead (50), Westminster (73); Long Eaton, Derbyshire (113); Loughborough, Leics (40); Macclesfield, Cheshire (98); Maidenhead 1, Berks (66), Maidenhead 2 (70); Maidstone 1, Kent (47), Maidstone 2 (112), Maidstone 3 (50); Manchester, G. Manchester (90); Mansfield, Notts (56); Market Harborough, Leics (118); Matlock, Derbs (82); Melrose, Scottish Borders (75); Meopham, Kent (104); Milton Keynes 1, Bucks (100), Milton Keynes 2 (96), Milton Keynes 3 (101); Morden, Surrey (66); Newbury, Berks (104); Newbyres, Midlothian (154); Newcastle 1, Tyne and Wear (110), Newcastle 2 (108), Newcastle 3 (108), Newcastle 4 (105), Newcastle 5 (108); Northampton 1, Northants (92), Northampton 2 (104), Northampton 3 (111); North Shields, Tyne and Wear (112); Northwich, Cheshire (107); Norwich, Norfolk: Norwich 1, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (114), Norwich 2 (112), Norwich 3 (112), Norwich 4 (72); Nottingham 1, Notts, City Hospital (114), Nottingham 2 (120), Nottingham 3 (96), Nottingham 4, University of Nottingham (96), Nottingham 5 (65); Oxford 1, Oxon (110), Oxford 2 (102), Oxford 3 (88), Oxford 4 (89); Perivale, Middlesex (76); Peterborough 1, Cambs (104), Peterborough 2 (50); Plymouth, Devon (83); Portsmouth, Hants (126); Preston 1, Lancs (160), Preston 2 (136), Preston 3 (60); Quedgeley, Glos (105); Rainham, Kent (81); Reading 1, Berks (58), Reading 2 (93), Reading 3 (109); Reigate, Surrey (93); Ripon, N. Yorks (126); Rotherham, S. Yorks (85); Rugby, Warks (84); Sale, G. Manchester (66); Salford (60); Salisbury 1, Wilts (46), Salisbury 2 (93); Sandy, Beds (70); Selly Oak (96); Sevenoaks 1, Kent (92), Sevenoaks 2 (93); Shenley, Herts (110); Shrewsbury, Shropshire (119); Sittingbourne, Kent (77); Solihull 1, W. Midlands (94), Solihull 2 (100), Solihull 3 (103); Southport, Lancs (111); Southwell, Notts (48); St Albans 1, Herts (63), St Albans 2 (65), St Albans 3 (120), St Albans 4, City Hospital (51); St Davids, Flintshire (129); St Neots, Cambs (93); Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (108); Stevenage 1, Herts (98), Stevenage 2 (112); Stokenchurch, Bucks (58); Stotford, Beds (64); Stowmarket, Suffolk (106); Sudbury Hill, Middlesex (99); Sunderland 1, Tyne and Wear (108), Sunderland 2 (82), Sunderland 3 (129), Sunderland 4 (99), Sunderland 5 (90); Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids (45); Swindon 1, Wilts (100), Swindon 2 (76), Swindon 3 (106); Telford, Shropshire (108); Tewkesbury, Glos (56); Thames Ditton, Surrey (89); Thetford, Norfolk (73); Trowbridge, Wilts (100); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (90); Uttoxeter, Staffs (77); Wakefield, W. Yorks (112); Walsall, W. Mids (25); Wansbeck, Northumberland (112); Warton, Lancs (30); Warwick, Warks (115); Watford General Hospital, Herts (46); Wellingborough, Northants (100); Welwyn, Herts (46), Welwyn Garden City (85); West Byfleet, Surrey (72); Weston-super-Mare 1, Somerset (100), Weston-super-Mare 2 (49); Weymouth, Dorset (52); Wigan 1, Greater Manchester (76), Wigan 2 (94); Winchester, Hants (69); Wirral 1, Merseyside (68), Wirral 2 (102), Wirral 3 (65), Wirral 4 (95), Wirral 5 (95), Wirral 6 (105), Wirral 7 (95), Wirral 8 (131), Wirral 9 (95); Woking 1, Surrey (117), Woking 2 (65); Warndon, Worcester, Worcs (112); Worksop, Notts (85); Worthing, W. Sussex (69); Wynyard, Co. Durham (108); York 1, N. Yorks (120), York 2 (45)
Places: 32,964
Employees: 9,000
BUSY NOUGHT TO FIVES
Head office: 10 Brimstage Rd, Gayton, Wirral, CH60 1XG
Tel: 0151 342 2714
Email: info@busy05.co.uk
Website: www.busy05.co.uk
Directors: Emma Collins, Kevin Collins
Established: 1992
Owns 5 nurseries: Cheshire (102), Liverpool, Merseyside (63); Warrington 1, Cheshire (129), Warrington 2 (119); Wirral, Merseyside (84)
Places: 497
Employees: 80
BUTTERCUPS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 24a Popes Lane, Ealing, London, W5 4NT
Tel: 020 8840 4838
Email: team@buttercups-nursery.co.uk
Website: www.buttercups-nursery.co.uk
Director: Carol Whitehouse
Established: 1980
Owns 8 nurseries: Chalfont St Peter, Bucks (70); London: Acton (41), Syon Park Brentford (44), Chiswick Lane 1 (44), Chiswick Lane 2 (32), Ealing (69), Isleworth (49), Teddington (31)
Places: 380
Employees: 110
CARING KINDERGARTENS
Head office: St Lukes, Main Road, Duston, Northants, NN5 6JB
Email: mail@caringkindergartens.co.uk
Website: www.caringkindergartens.co.uk
Proprietor: George Wright
Head of childcare: Karl Goodridge
Established: 1992
Owns 7 nurseries: Brooklands, Milton Keynes, Bucks (139); Daventry (125), Duston (104), Wellingborough (120) – all in Northants; Moulton Park Industrial Estate, Northampton (72); Peterborough Business Park, Cambs (112); Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (55)
Places: 727
Employees: 153
CATHERINE HOUSE DAY NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 9 St Agnes Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9PH
Tel: 0121 449 1444
Email: info@catherinehouse daynursery.com
Website: www.catherinehousedaynursery.com
Directors: Rita Howe-Douglas, Matthew Poray
Established: 1987
Owns 4 nurseries: Birmingham: Moseley (60), Northfield (40); Brockley, London (90); Walsall, W. Midlands (50)
Places: 240
Employees: 100
CC NURSERIES GROUP
Head office: CC Nurseries Hub, Unit 1 & 2 Clover House, Boston Road, Sleaford, NG34 7HD
Tel: 01529 300792
Email: office@ccnurseries.com
Website: www.ccnurseries.com
CEO: Anita Wilden
Established: 2017
Owns 9 nurseries: Bedford, Beds (101); Brentford, London (88); Edinburgh: Barnton (84), Murrayfield (85); Glasgow (65); Twickenham, London (90); Wendover, Bucks (108); Whitburn, West Lothian (74); Barnet, London (89). Owns 1 out-of-school club: Whitburn (56).
Places: 784
Employees: 216
Plans: New setting due to open in Edinburgh in 2024.
CHAPTER ONE CHILDCARE
Head office: Country Park Nursery, Dalkeith Country Park, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 2NA
Tel: 0845 1771008
Email: info@chapteronechildcare.com
Website: www.chapteronechildcare.com
Owners: Diane and Jon Gillam
Established: 2004
Owns 6 nurseries: Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian (75), Treetops Outdoor Nursery, Dalkeith Country Park (25); Edinburgh: Kirk Brae (36), Shawfair (56); Farnley, N. Yorks (70), Treetops Outdoor Nursery, Farnley (20). Also owns 2 nurseries in Oman.
Places: 282
Employees: 90
CHATSWORTH SCHOOLS
Head office: Crimea Office, Great Tew Estate, Oxon, OX7 4AH
Tel: 01608 525 030
Email: office@chatsworthschools.com
Website: www.chatsworthschools.com
Founder and chief executive: Anita Gleave
Director of early years and KS1: Viv Thompson
Established: 2018
Owns 6 nurseries: Cheshire: Macclesfield (56); London: Greenwich (50), Marylebone (22); Oxon: Abingdon (37), Steventon (44), Wallingford (35)
Places: 202
Employees: 72
CHERRYTREES CHILDREN’S NURSERIES
Head office: 3 Abbey Road, Dunbar, East Lothian, EH42 1JP
Tel: 01368 860555
Email: lkbennet@yahoo.com
Website: www.cherrytreesnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Lisa Bennet, Stewart Bennet, David Robertson
Established: 2000
Owns 4 nurseries: Dunbar, E. Lothian (83); Edinburgh (139); Hawick (64), Melrose (83) – both in Scottish Borders
Places: 369
Employees: 101
CHERUBS NURSERIES
Head Office: 362 St Albans Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 9FR
Tel: 0330 0553373
Website: cherubsnurseries.co.uk
CEO: Susan Mills
Director: Robert Everist
Chief brand officer: Harry Mills
Head of commercial and compliance: Sarah Savage
Head of early years practiceand provision: Lucy Tutin
Established: 1993
Owns 10 nurseries: Mansfield Edwinstowe (55), Mansfield Sutton in Ashfield (60), Mansfield Wynndale (63), Nottingham Bulwell (80), Nottingham Kimberley (135), Nottingham Mapperley (73), Nottingham Ravenshead (90), Nottingham Ruddington (55), Worksop (55), South Normanton (55) – all in Notts
Places: 721
Employees: 265
Plans: Two new nurseries opening in 2024 along with acquiring single-owned and small groups.
CHESTNUT NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 177 Earlham Grove, London, E7 9AP
Tel: 020 8555 9800
Email: earlhamgrove@chestnut.com
Website: www.chestnut-nursery.com
Directors: David Saunders, Steven Davies, Karen Broughton
Established: 2002
Owns 20 nurseries: Cambridge, Cambs (79), Cottenham, Cambridge (51); London: Barking 1 (89), Barking 2 (64), Barking 3 (76), Barking 4 (80), Dagenham 1 (52), Dagenham 2 (57), Dagenham 3 (69), Dagenham 4 (61), Forest Gate 1 (58), Forest Gate 2 (42), Forest Gate 3 (48), Redbridge (63); Norfolk: North Walsham (74), Norwich 1 (71), Norwich 2 (160), Norwich 3 (69), Norwich 4 (53), Taverham (44)
Places: 1,360
Employees: 424
CHILDBASE PARTNERSHIP
Head office: Kingston House, Northampton Road, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, MK16 8NJ
Tel: 01908 211699
Email: info@childbase.com
Website: www.childbasepartnership.com
Established: 1989
Chairman: Michael Thompson
CEO: Emma Rooney
Operations director: Louise Hill
Finance director: Justin Clubb
Quality and training director: Lorna Wigley
Operates 44 nurseries: Aylesbury 1, Bucks (73), Aylesbury 2 – Stoke Mandeville Hospital (137), Aylesbury 3 (113); Bedford 1, Beds (95), Bedford 2 (108); Birmingham 1, W. Mids (89), Birmingham 2 (94); Buckingham, Bucks (131); Cambridge, Cambs: University of Cambridge 1 (120), University of Cambridge 2 (79); Coventry, Warks (70); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (102); Hitchin, Herts (83); Hertford 1, Herts (93), Hertford 2 (86); Kettering, Northants (108); Leamington Spa, Warks (117); Leighton Buzzard, Beds (99); London: Chiswick (88), High Barnet (77), Orpington (145), Southall (160), Winchmore Hill (86); Luton, Beds (104); Maidenhead, Berks (91); Milton Keynes 1, Bucks (83), Milton Keynes 2 (97); Newport Pagnell, Bucks (64); Northampton – Northampton General Hospital, Northants (105); Nottingham, Notts (110); Oxford, Oxon: Churchill Hospital (164), John Radcliffe Hospital (128); Reading 1, Berks (129), Reading 2 (103); Redbourn, Herts (80); Rugby, Warks (151); Sandhurst, Berks (89); St Albans, Herts (64); Staines, Surrey (133); Swindon, Wilts (121); Welwyn Garden City, Herts (75); Winchester 1, Hants (124), Winchester 2 – University College (68); Woking, Surrey (116)
Places: 4,552
Employees: 2,239
CHILDCARE AND LEARNING GROUP
Operating under the Cranbrook, Castle, Working Mums and South West London Nursery Co brands
Head office: The Old Post Office, Antlands Lane East, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9TE
Tel: 01293 772561
Director: Robert Shannon
Established: 1982
Owns 17 nurseries: Crawley, West Sussex (84); Guildford 1, Surrey (80), Guildford 2 (39); Haywards Heath, West Sussex (56); Horley 1, Surrey (50), Horley 2 (72), Horley 3 (52); London: Clapham 1 (86), Clapham 2 (66), East Sheen (77), Fulham 1 (84), Fulham 2 (74), Hammersmith (60), Mortlake (54), New Malden 1 (70), New Malden 2 (85); Shamley Green, Surrey (39)
Places: 1,128
Employees: 284
CHILDCARE SCOTLAND
Head office: Burnside House, Kilwinning Rd, Irvine, KA12 8RU
Tel: 01294 277950
Directors: Meg McLeod, Yvonne McDowall
Email: childcarescotlandpropertieshq@aol.com
Website: www.childcarescotlandnurseries.com
Established: 1989
Owns 7 nurseries: Aberdeen (108); Glasgow: Caledonian University (59), Glasgow University (79), Strathclyde University (56); Irvine, North Ayrshire (142); Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire (119); Largs, North Ayrshire (48)
Places: 611
Employees: 190
CHILDREN 1ST
Head office: Mayfield House, 1 Nottingham Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1HQ
Tel: 0115 973 2600
Email: enquiry.children1st@breedonhouse.co.uk
Website: www.children1stdaynurseries.com
Founder and chairperson: Margaret Mason
CEO: David Hancock
Director: Cathy Griffin
Established: 1988
Owns 24 nurseries: Birstall, Leics (105); Breadsall, Derby (160); Chesterfield 1, Derbyshire (75), Chesterfield 2 (146); Clowne, Derbyshire (124); Hathern, Leics (98); Grantham, Lincs (122); Leek, Staffordshire (104); Leicester, Leics (115); Lincoln 1, Lincs (109), Lincoln 2 (98), Lincoln 3 (125); Long Eaton 1, Derbs (143), Long Eaton 2 (72); Loughborough, Leicestershire (117); Nottingham 1, Notts (166), Nottingham 2 (160), Nottingham 3 (123); Newark 1, Notts (75), Newark 2 (91); Sheffield, S. Yorks (166); Stoke-on-Trent 1, Staffs (143), Stoke-on-Trent 2 (95); Syston, Leics (120)
Places: 2,852
Employees: 760
CHILDREN 4 MOST
Head office: Cemetery Road, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5AH
Tel: 0161 336 3221
Email: info@children4most.co.uk
Website: www.children4most.co.uk
Owners: Nicola Sullivan, Alison Davies
Established: 2000
Owns 3 nurseries: Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester (36); Audenshaw, Greater Manchester (95); Hyde, Cheshire (76)
Places: 207
Employees: 90
CHILDREN’S CORNER CHILDCARE
Head office: Unit 2 Sandsgate, Sunnybank Mills, Farsley Town Street, Leeds, LS28
Tel: 0113 257 5625
Email: mattie@childrenscornerchildcare.co.uk
Website: www.childrenscornerchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Lesley Dawson, Allan Dawson, Matthew Dawson, Charlie Dawson
Established: 1998
Owns 7 nurseries: Leeds, Yorks: Bardsey (22, plus 40 out-of-school), Farsley (46, plus 60 out-of-school), Granary Wharf (27), Harrogate (50), Headingley (50), Moorlands (27, plus 24 holiday club), Valley View (46, plus 70 out-of-school). 5 out-of-school play schemes: Wigton Moor Primary School, Chapel Allerton Primary School and Farsley, Valley View and Bardsey (as above). Also runs holiday clubs in Leeds.
Places: 268
Employees: 140
CHILDREN’S PLACE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 1 Hind Street, Wyke, Bradford, BD12 8JT
Tel: 01274 601575
Email: info@childrens-place.co.uk
Website: www.childrens-place.co.uk
Directors: Debbie Burke, David Burke
Established: 1991
Owns and manages 6 nurseries: Bradford: Barkerend (61), Daisy Hill (56), Heaton (51); Dewsbury (51), Halifax (59), Huddersfield (53) – all in W. Yorks
Places: 331
Employees: 115
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Elmdon House, 116 London Road, Guildford, GU1 1TN
Tel: 01483 339406
Website: www.daynurseriessurrey.co.uk
Manager director: Daniel Seemungal-Owen
Director of childcare: Deborah Penny
Established: 1986
Owns 5 nurseries: Cranleigh (44); Guildford: Burpham (52), London Road (64), Wood Street Village (46); Woking (60) – all in Surrey
Places: 266
Employees: 90
CLEAR DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Block D, 17 Heron Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9LE
Tel: 02890 247 333
Email: audrey@cleardaynurseries.com; jillmc@cleardaynurseries.com
Website: www.cleardaynurseries.com
Owner: Colin Johnston
Operations director: Audrey McCracken
Established: 2005
Owns 8 nurseries: Bangor, Co. Down (105); Belfast: Dundonald (103), Newtownards Road (69), Ulsterville Avenue (77); Dollingstown, Co. Armagh (78); Glengormley, Co. Antrim (144); Pipers Quay, Lisburn (108); Portadown, Co. Armagh (64)
Places: 748
Employees: 265
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERY
Head office: Back Featherbank Terrace, Horsforth, LS18 4SZ
Tel: 0113 3452850
Email: sarah.cliffehouse@yahoo.com
Website: www.cliffehousedaynurseries.co.uk
Director: Mrs D. Stocks
Established: 2000
Owns 7 nurseries: Baildon (68), Bramhope (35), Burley-In-Wharfedale (70), Horsforth Featherbank (116), Horsforth Trinity (62), Pudsey (80), Shipley (90) – all in Yorks. Also runs a before- and after-school club.
Places: 521
Employees: 215
COMPLETE CHILDCARE GROUP
Head office: Cedars, Church Road, Aldermaston, RG7 4LR
Tel: 0118 2076 600
Email: enquiries@completechildcare.co.uk
Website: www.completechildcare.co.uk
Director: Alec Hodson
Established: 1986
Owns 16 nurseries: Aldermaston (50), Arborfield (91), Bracknell (124), Brimpton (40), Finchampstead 1 (56), Finchampstead 2 (50), Lower Earley 1 (80), Lower Earley 2 (28), Newbury (70), Reading 1 (57), Reading 2 (55), Wokingham 1 (38), Wokingham 2 (56), Wokingham 3 (60), Winnersh (83) – all in Berks; Banbury, Oxon (80)
Places: 1,018
Employees: 280
Plans: Continue expansion of group.
CO-OPERATIVE CHILDCARE
Head office: Co-operative House, Warwick Technology Park, Warwick, CV34 6DA
Tel: 0800 954 0669
Email: info@ccc.coop
Website: www.littlepioneers.coop
Group manager: Sally Bonnar
Established: 2003
Owns 46 nurseries: Birmingham 1, W. Mids (60), Birmingham 2 (110), Birmingham 3 (89); Bristol 1 (98), Bristol 2 (100); Burton, Staffs (58); Cainscross, Stroud (61), Cam, Dursley (45), Cheltenham Park (100) – all in Glos; Carterton, Oxon (86); Chichester, W. Sussex (66); Dewsbury, W. Yorks (49); Leamington Spa, Warks (97); Littlehampton, W. Sussex (111); London: Bounds Green (95), Charlton (62), Hounslow (70), Islington (78), Maida Vale (109), Waterloo (64), Woolwich (52); Madley Park, Oxon (73); Maidenhead, Berks (82); Newcastle 1, Tyne and Wear (116), Newcastle 2 (108), Newcastle 3 (63); Oxford, Oxon: John Radcliffe Hospital (96), Oxford (66), Rose Hill (61); Reading, Berks (86); Southampton, Hants (100); Sutton, Surrey (66); Sussex University Nursery and Pre-School, E. Sussex (101); Sunderland: Hetton (73), Seaham (60), Tavistock (136); Swindon, Wilts: Great Western Hospital (110), Walcot (73); Tadworth, Surrey (56); Walsall Wood, W. Midlands (72); Warwick, Warks (100); Watford 1, Herts (57), Watford 2 (60); Wolverhampton 1, W. Midlands (144), Wolverhampton 2 (51), Wolverhampton 3 (88)
Places: 3,758
Employees: 1,386
Plans: Opening new nurseries in Telford and Warwick.
COUNTRYSIDE NURSERIES
Head office: Park House, Maidenhead Road, Cookham, SL6 9DS
Tel: 01628 476153
Email: enquiries@countrysidenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.countrysidenurseries.co.uk
Director: Angela Palmer-Moore
Established: 1991
Owns 6 nurseries: Burnham, Bucks (35); Cookham, Berks (39); Flackwell Heath 1, Bucks (33), Flackwell Heath 2 (25); Henley-on-Thames, Oxon (75); Windsor, Berks (50)
Places: 257
Employees: 70
CRAZY 4 KIDS
Head office: Victory House, 400 Pavilion Drive, Brackmills NN4 7PA
Tel: 07495 774685
Email: info@crazy4kids.co.uk
Website: www.crazy4kids.co.uk
Director: Julie Norris
Established: 2009
Owns 5 nurseries: Walthamstow, London (30); Northamptonshire: Brackley (60), Towcester 1 (36), Towcester 2 (30), Wellingborough (45). Also runs 4 out-of-school clubs.
Places: 201
Employees: 47
CRÈCHE-N-CO
Head office: Office 32, Arrowmill, Rochdale, OL11 2YW
Tel: 01706 641781
Email: crechencoltd@aol.com
Website: https://creche-n-co.uk
Director: Lorraine Darlington
Established: 1989
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Bury, Lancs: Fairfield General Hospital (68), Woodfields (60); Rochdale, G. Manchester: Hopwood Hall College (60, plus 50-place holiday playscheme), Newbold (46), Sandbrook (60)
Places: 294
Employees: 72
CUDDLES DAY NURSERY
Head office: Learoyd Road, Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8PJ
Tel: 01202 672671
Email: canford@cuddlesnursery.co.uk
Website: www.cuddlesnursery.co.uk
Managing director: Linda Duly
Operations manager: Frances Morgan
Established: 1999
Operates 3 nurseries: Poole: Canford Heath (229), Parkstone (119), Poole Stadium (60). Canford Heath and Parkstone have breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs; Poole Stadium has breakfast and after-school clubs.
Places: 413
Employees: 115
Plans: To add 48 places to the Canford Heath setting.
CYBERTOTS
Head office: Unit A+ B, Devlin House, Corbet Gardens, W3 8DS
Tel: 020 8560 5821
Email: info@cybertots.co.uk
Website: www.cybertots.co.uk
Directors: Nina Ozols, Katya Ozols, Martin Ozols
Area manager: Safiya Hayat
Established: 1998
Owns 5 nurseries: London: Acton 1 (27), Acton 2 (116), Brentford (120), Hanwell (37), West Ealing (58)
Places: 358
Employees: 108
DAISY CHAIN CHILDCARE
Head office: High Ridge Park, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0NL
Tel: 0113 2825766
Email: jill@daisychainchildcare.com, jo@daisychainchildcare.com
Website: www.daisychainchildcare.com
Directors: Jo Gomersall, Helen Somers
Established: 2001
Owns 4 nurseries: Leeds: Adel (54), Lofthouse (52), Middleton (68), Rothwell (50)
Places: 224
Employees: 61 (and 12 bank staff)
DUKES EDUCATION (LITTLE DUKES)
Head office: 14-16 Waterloo Place, London, SW1Y 4AR
Tel: 020 3696 5300
Email: info@dukeseducation.com
Website: www.dukeseducation.com
Founder/chairman: Aatif Hassan
Operations director: Rik Mcshane
Established: 2015
Operating under Eaton Square Nursery Schools, Miss Daisy’s Nursery Schools, Riverside Nursery Schools, Hopes & Dreams, Reflections, and The Kindergartens.
Owns 30 nurseries: London: Battersea Park Road (30), Belgravia 1 (32), Belgravia 2 (30), Brook Green 1 (46), Brook Green 2 (51), Campden Hill (12), Chelsea (41), Earlsfield (40), Eccleston Square (16), Emperor Gate (40), Grosvenor House (93), Hyde Park (50), Islington (100), Kew Montessori (50), Killieser Avenue (20), Knightsbridge 1 (65), Knightsbridge 2 (32), Mallinson Road 1 (30), Mallinson Road 2 (80), Old Street (47), Pimlico (32), Pountney Road (34), St Margarets Montessori (39), Trinity Road, Wandsworth (50), Twickenham Green (72), Twickenham Park (69); Worthing, W. Sussex (170)Acquired Hove Village Nurseries in September 2022: Brighton (55), New Church Road, Hove (107), Hove Library Day Nursery (32) – all in E. Sussex
Places: 1,584
Employees: 260 approx.
EARLY DAYS NURSERIES
Head office: 10 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LA
Tel: 0131 226 6184
Email: enquiries@earlydaysnurseries.org.uk
Website: www.earlydaysnursery.org.uk
Director: Maureen Crandles
Established: 1999
Owns 4 nurseries: Edinburgh 1 (65), Edinburgh 2 (80), Edinburgh 3 – Palmerston Place (110), Edinburgh 4 – (78)
Places: 333
EARLY WORLD CHILDCARE
Head office: Darwin Court, Oxon Business Park, Welshpool Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 5AL
Tel: 01743 244600
Website: www.earlyworld.co.uk
Managing director: Paul Edwards
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Shrewsbury (148), Telford 1 (115), Telford 2 (130) – all in Shropshire. Owns 4 out-of-school clubs: Chester, Cheshire (72); Eynsham, Oxon (72); Shrewsbury (74), Telford (74) – both in Shropshire
Places: 393
Employees: 152
EARLY YEARS ALLIANCE
Head office: 50 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8RT
Tel: 020 7697 2500
Email: info@eyalliance.org.uk
Website: www.eyalliance.org.uk
Chief executive: Neil Leitch
Established: 1961
Owns/manages 43 nurseries: Ashby, N. Lincs (49); Aylesham, Kent (57); Batley, W. Yorks (24); Birmingham (50); Bude, Cornwall (34); Bulwell, Notts (54); Cambridge, Cambs (52); Essex 1 (50), Essex 2 (50); Huntingdon, Cambs (48), Ilfracombe, Devon (42); Langar, Notts (24); Langley Mill, Derbyshire (38); Leicester, Leics (55); London: Bexley 1 (84), Bexley 2 (66), Bexley 3 (86), Kidbrooke (45), Lewisham 1 (32), Lewisham 2 (28); Luton 1, Beds (64), Luton 2 (24), Luton 3 (70), Luton 4 (34); Manchester (48); Newark-on-Trent, Notts (45); Newthorpe, Notts (50); Nottingham, Notts (20); Peterborough 1, Northants (32), Peterborough 2 (26), Peterborough 3 (26), Peterborough 4 (58); Runcorn 1, Cheshire (56), Runcorn 2 (57); St Neots 1, Cambs (24), St Neots 2 (49); Southend-on-Sea 1, Essex (84), Southend-on-Sea 2 (72), Southend-on-Sea 3 (59); Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts (49); Torquay, Devon (24); Tipton, W. Mids (36); Tiverton, Devon (49)
Places: 2,024
ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE
Head office: Elim International Centre, De Walden Road, West Malvern, WR14 4DF
Tel: 0345 302 6750
Email: childcare@elim.org.uk
Website: www.elim.org.uk/childcare
Nominated individual: Grace Saalmans
Established: 2016
Registered provider for 10 settings: Canning Town, London (63); Chelmsford, London (65); Eastbourne, E. Sussex (80); Kidderminster 1, Worcs (75), Kidderminster 2 (75); Plymouth, Devon (46); Selly Oak, W. Midlands (143); Watford, Herts (32); Wellingborough, Northants (46); Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex (70)
Places: 695
Employees: 280
ELMSCOT GROUP
Head office: 27 Warwick Road, Hale, Cheshire, WA15 9NP
Tel: 0161 980 0003
Email: info@elmscot.co.uk
Website: www.elmscot.co.uk
Director: D. McKenzie
Established: 2001
Owns 7 nurseries: Altrincham (70), Chester (94), Hale 1 (65), Hale 2 (75), Knutsford (61), Sale (61), Timperley (57) – all in Cheshire. Also runs 7 out-of-school clubs.
Places: 483
THE EVELINE DAY AND NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 30 Ritherdon Road, Tooting Bec, London, SW17 8QD
Tel: 020 8672 7549
Directors: Eveline Drut, Gordon Jessiman
Established: 1964
Owns 7 nurseries: London: Raynes Park (57), Tooting (50), Tooting Bec (36), Tooting Broadway (41), Wandsworth (63), Balham (56), Wimbledon (50) Owns 1 prep school: Balham (120)
Places: 353
Employees: 220
EVOLUTION CHILDCARE
Head office: 232 Hall Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2BW
Tel: 01925 918388
Website: www.evolution-childcare.co.uk
Proprietor: Sue Jones
Established: 1999
Owns 5 nurseries: Lower Whitley (100), Warrington 1 (100), Warrington 2 (100), Warrington 3 (50), Weaverham (100) – all in Cheshire. As part of franchise (2 nurseries): Blackburn, Lancs (100); St Helens, Merseyside (100). Also has franchises in Bahrain, UAE and China.
Places: 900
Employees: 200
FAMILY FIRST DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Suite 3, Wentworth Lodge, Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SR
Tel: 020 7622 0484
Email: csa@familyfirstnurseries.com
Website: https://familyfirstnurseries.co.uk
Chief financial officer: Warwick Thresher
Chief people officer: Laura Chapman
Established: 2019
Owns 99 nurseries: Addlestone, Surrey 1 (94), Addlestone 2 (30); Aldershot, Hants 1 (55), Aldershot 2 (106); Arlesey, Beds (76); Atherstone, Warks (76); Barnet, London (55); Beaconsfield, Bucks 1 (53), Beaconsfield 2 (70); Bourne End, Bucks (54); Brentford 1, London (53), Brentford 2 (142); Buckden, N. Yorks (82); Bury St Edmunds (68); Cannock, Staffs (117); Canwell, Staffs (51); Carshalton, Surrey (50); Clapham, London (54); Clifford Chambers, Warks (114); Colchester 1, Essex (37), Colchester 2 (54), Colchester 3 (76), Colchester 4 (37), Colchester 5 (43); Coton, Cambs (24); Coventry, W. Mids (69); Crews Hill, London (75); Dosthill, Staffs (55); Dulwich, London (71); Enfield 1, London (42), Enfield 2 (37); Epsom, Surrey 1 (87), Epsom 2 (85); Fazeley, Staffs (70); Finchley, London (68); Flitwick, Beds (104); Fordingbridge, Hants 1 (36), Fordingbridge 2 (74); Fradley, Staffs (114); Gillingham, Kent (122); Guildford, Surrey (63); Hackney, London (83); Hammersmith, London (70); Harrow, London (104); Havant, Hants (52); Hayling Island, Hants (44), High Wycombe, Bucks (62); Hilton, Cambs (21); Holmer Green, Bucks (56); Hounslow, London (60); Kegworth, Leics (110); Kentish Town, London 1 (78), Kentish Town 2 (36); Lichfield 1, Staffs (91), Lichfield 2 (96); Maidenhead, Berks (72); Maldon, Essex (32); Marlow 1, Bucks (57), Marlow 2 (44); Milton Keynes 1 (84), Milton Keynes 2 (172), Milton Keynes 3 (42); Nottingham, Notts (141); Oxted, Surrey (46); Pinner, London 1 (74), Pinner 2 (60); Portishead 1, Bristol (64), Portishead 2 (75); Potters Bar, Herts (53); Ramsey, Cambs (104); Ringwood, Hants (87); Rochester 1, Kent (42), Rochester 2 (81); Roehampton, London (50); Royston, Herts (107); Ruislip, London (42); Rushden, Northants (80); Sandhurst, Berks (48); Sandy, Beds (62); Shipston-on-Stour, Warks (89); Southampton 1, Hants (122), Southampton 2 (100), Southampton 3 (102), Southampton 4 (65), Southampton 5 (82), Southampton 6 (74); Stafford, Staffs (81); Stratford, London (129); Tiptree, Essex (39); Vange, Essex (24); Walmley, W. Mids (86); Waterlooville, Hants (78); Wickford 1, Essex (88), Wickford 2 (45); Windsor, Berks (62); Witham, Essex (89); Woking, Surrey (69); Wokingham, Berks (71); Worcester Park, London (49)
Places: 7,069
Employees: 2,400
Plans: To acquire more nurseries.
FARM DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Thrift Farm, Buckingham Road, Whaddon MK17 0EQ
Tel: 01908 067030
Email: paul@farmdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.farmdaynurseries.co.uk
Executive chairman: Paul Sharp
Managing director: Sharon Elliott
Operations director: James Dickson
Established: 2020
Owns 9 nurseries and pre-schools: Beaconsfield, Bucks (132); Burton-on-Trent, Staffs (96); Cambridge, Cambs (38); Durham, Co. Durham (96); Godstone, Surrey (96); Leighton Buzzard, Herts (114); Lincoln, Lincs (96); Milton Keynes, Bucks (56); St Albans, Herts (181)
Places: 905
Employees: 440
FENNIES DAY NURSERIES
Head office: The Old School House, 1a Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8TH
Tel: 020 8770 3222
Email: enquiries@fennies.com
Website: www.fennies.com
CEO: Steven Fenn
COO: Alexia Fenn
Head of EYFS: Rageena Tahir
CFO: Brian Mills
Executive director: Steve Gill
Established: 1992
Owns 20 nurseries: Kent: Beckenham (77), Beckenham, Langley Park (123), Bromley- Blyth Road (94), Bromley- London Lane (91); London: Croydon (105), Croydon Woodside (90), Ealing (96), Eltham (76), Kidbrooke (99), Purley (126), Raynes Park (97), Sanderstead (50), South Croydon (72), Teddington (103), Wimbledon (90); Surrey: Epsom (108), Horley (96), Oxted (83), Walton (101), Woking (145)
Places: 1,922
Employees: 698 (including 179 bank staff)
Plans: Locations opening in the next six months: Twickenham, Whitton, Reading, Richmond, Clapham, Maidenhead.
FLEDGLINGS
Head office: 2 Hazelfields, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LS
Tel: 0161 281 2821
Email: accounts@fledglingsnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.fledglings nurseries.co.uk
Directors: Christopher Gray, Jackie Kerr
Established: 1990
Owns 4 nurseries: Manchester: Bredbury (90), Irlam (120), Stretford (70), Worsley (120). Also runs an out-of-school clubin Irlam.
Places: 400
Employees: 142
FLYING START
Head office: Flora House, Stone Way, Pool, Redruth, TR15 3FG
Tel: 01209 611811
Website: www.flyingstart.uk.com
Owners: Sharon and Steve Cowburn
Established: 1993
Owns 5 nurseries: Camborne (30), Redruth (36), Cornwall College (96), Illogan (28) – all in Cornwall; Marjon University, Plymouth, Devon (67)
Places: 257
Employees: 100
FOR UNDER FIVES
Head office: 19 Chantry Lane, Grimsby, North East Lincs, DN31 2LP
Tel: 01472 232300
Website: www.forunderfives.co.uk
Directors: David Lang, Steven Lampard
General manager: Amanda Gilbert
Established: 1987
Owns 5 nurseries: Cottingham, Hull, E. Yorks (50); Grimsby 1, Lincs – Diana Princess of Wales Hospital (55), Grimsby 2 (77); Lincoln, Lincs (63); Wath-upon-Dearne, S. Yorks (120). Manages 8 nurseries and children’s centres: Boston, Lincs (59); Goole, E. Yorks (48); Grimsby, Lincs: Broadway Children’s Centre Day Care (47), Central Children’s Centre Day Care (71), Queensway Children’s Centre Day Care (55), County Hospital (36), Welbourne Gardens (48); Selby, N. Yorks (53)
Places: 782
Employees: 246
GRANBY NURSERIES
Head office: Granby House, Aldwarke Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 6BU
Tel: 01709 710709
Proprietor: Dr. Sipra Deb
Established: 1994
Owns 3 nurseries: Rotherham, S. Yorks: Parkgate (96), Wickersley (41); Worksop, Notts (49)
Places: 186
Employees: 90
GRANDIR UK
Includes Kiddi Caru and Dicky Birds. Acquired by Les Petits Chaperons Rouges in 2017.
Support office: Tuscany House, White Hart Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4AF
Tel: 01256 383440
Email: info@grandiruk.com
Website: www.grandiruk.com
CEO: Lydia Hopper
Chief financial officer: Matthew Moore
Chief operating officer: Heather Young
Sales and marketing director: Caron Moseley
Property and H&S director: Steve Hickson
Established: 1998
Owns and manages 83 nurseries: Basingstoke, Hants (121); Bedford, Beds (75); Brighton, Sussex (86); Bristol: Bradley Stoke 1 (101), Bradley Stoke 2 (56), Brislington (72), Crews Hole (68), Downend 1 (68), Downend 2 (44), Hanham (74), Hengrove (61), Soundwell (73), Westbury-on-Trym (61); Burgess Hill, W. Sussex (100); Chelmsford, Essex (100); Colchester 1, Essex (103), Colchester 2 (65); Daventry, Northants (66); Exeter 1, Devon (132), Exeter 2 (107); Fareham, Hants (80); Harlow, Essex (100); Harpenden, Herts (38); Haywards Heath 1 (72), Haywards Heath 2 (56); Hitchin, Herts (95); Horsham, Sussex (129); Kirby Muxloe (45), Knighton (29), Loughborough (45), Market Harborough (115), Melton Mowbray (59), Narborough (45), Queniborough (91), Stoneygate (75), Whitwick (71) – all Leics; Leighton Buzzard, Beds (96); London: Anerley (89), Chingford Forest (41), Chiswick (79), Clerkenwell Mount (55), Crystal Palace (24), Islington (80), Kensington (24), Muswell Hill (92), Penge East (42), Raynes Park 1 (102), Raynes Park 2 (63), Surbiton 1 (72), Surbiton 2 (129), Surbiton 3 (69), Wandsworth (96), West Drayton (97), West Finchley (105), Wimbledon 1 (52), Wimbledon 2 (118), Wimbledon 3 (54), Winchmore Hill (112); Milton Keynes 1, Bucks (91), Milton Keynes 2 (89), Milton Keynes 3 (39); Northampton 1, Northants (114), Northampton 2 (100), Northampton 3 (59); Nottingham 1, Notts (89), Nottingham 2 (85), Nottingham 3 (64); Ower, Hants (55); Park Gate, Hants (60); Peterborough, Cambs (121); Plympton, Devon (100); Rayleigh, Essex (76); Reading, Berks (90); Redhill, Surrey (100); Rushden, Northants (96); Somersham, Cambs (95); Taunton, Somerset (129); Torquay, Devon (105); Wellingborough, Northants (103); Whiteley 1, Hants (128), Whiteley 2 (72); Woking, Surrey (72); Writtle, Essex (118). 1 after-school club: Surbiton, London (40)
Places: 6,719
Employees: 1,951
GROWING PLACES
Head office: Growing Places @ Mill Hill, Mill Road, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 7DB
Website: www.growingplaces.org.uk
CEO: Jackie Warren
Established: 2001
Owns 5 nurseries: Fareham 1 (64), Fareham 2 (36), Havant (48), Waterlooville 1 (94), Waterlooville 2 (48) – all in Hants. 3 out-of-school clubs: Fareham (36), Waterlooville 1 (48), Waterlooville 2 (24). 3 holiday clubs: Fareham, (36) Waterlooville (48), Wickham (36)
Places: 290
Employees: 110
HAPPY DAYS NURSERIES
Head office: Chapel Town, Summercourt, Cornwall, TR8 5YA
Tel: 01872 511020/0800 783 3431
Email: enquiries@happydaysnurseries.com
Website: www.happydaysnurseries.com
MD: Kim Herbert
Founding director: Sarah Karkeek
Operations director: Fiona Blackwell
Development director: Kevin Higgs
Established: 1993
Owns 23 nurseries: Bath, Somerset (70); Bristol 1 (100), Bristol 2 (82), Bristol 3 (81), Bristol 4 (81), Bristol 5 (81), Bristol 6 (81); Cardiff (105); Droitwich Spa, Worcs (90); Falmouth (63), St Austell (63), Summercourt (75), Treloweth (64), Truro 1 (71), Truro 2 (63), Truro 3 (52) – all in Cornwall; Derriford (146), Exeter (78) – both in Devon; Poole, Dorset (81); Salisbury (81), Swindon, (100) – both in Wiltshire; Weston-super-Mare (81), Yoevil (45) – both in Somerset
Places: 1,834
Employees: 500
Plans: Opening an 81-place setting in Dorset in Spring 2024.
HAPPY JAYS NURSERIES AND CHILDCARE CENTRES
Acquired by First for Childcare in 2017
Head office: Lancaster Park, Audax Close, Clifton Moor, York, YO30 4RA
Tel: 01904 479261
Established: 1996
Owns 6 nurseries: Batley (80), Boroughbridge (45), Harrogate (60), Scarborough 1 (95) Scarborough 2, Eastfield Children’s Centre (30), York (92) – all in Yorks
Places: 402
Employees: 100+
HAPPY KIDS CHILDCARE
Head office: 20 Cowley Drive, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 1SW
Email: info@happykids-childcare.co.uk
Website: www.happykids-childcare.co.uk
Directors: Steve Scott, Deborah Scott
Established: 2012
Owns 6 nurseries: Manchester: Heybury Close (63); S. Yorks: Clifton (39), East Dene (70), Dalton (36), Thrybergh (36), Thurcroft (40)
Places: 284
Employees: 73
Plans: To open a new nursery in Sheffield in September 2024.
HARP NURSERIES
Acquired Welcome Nurseries in August 2022.
Tel: 0800 098 4046
Website: www.harpnurseries.com
Owner: Simon Fox
Established: 2022
Owns 8 nurseries: Bolton, G. Manchester; Bootle, Merseyside; Catterick, N. Yorks; Earls Colne, Essex; Halifax, W. Yorks; Preston, Lancs; Sandbach, Cheshire; Warrington, Cheshire
Places: Unable to verify.
HONEYBUNS NURSERY GROUP
Head office: 17 Whitchurch Road, Wellington, Telford, TF1 3DS
Tel: 01952 246 002
Email: office@honeybunsnurseries.com
Website: www.honeybunsnurseries.co.uk
Director: Alison Shipton
Established: 2006
Owns 3 nurseries: Cannock Norton Canes (46), Stafford (59) – both in Staffs; Telford, Shropshire (128). Also runs a holiday clubat Stafford.
Places: 233
Employees: 88
HONEY POT NURSERIES
Head office: Chestnut Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 8HS
Tel: 0151 305 2022
Email: jenna@honeypotnursery.co.uk
Website: www.honeypotnursery.co.uk
Nursery owners: Jenna Geggie, Melissa Kalli
Area managers: Ashley Williams-Day, Kimberley Wilson
Established: 2007
Owns 6 nurseries: Liverpool, Merseyside: Aigburth (44), Childwall (44), Garston 1 (79), Garson 2 (30), (plus wraparound care and holiday club), Wavertree (91) Huyton (75)
Places: 363
Employees: 100+
HOPSCOTCH CHILDREN’S NURSERIES
Head office: First Floor, 14 Bavant Road, Brighton, BN1 6RD
Tel: 01273 385577
Email: office@hopscotchmail.com
Website: www.hopscotch.uk.com
Managing director: Philip Ford
Head of operations: Nicole Coulson
Established: 1988
Owns 7 nurseries: Brighton (98), Hove 1 (92), Hove 2 (57), Hove 3 (44), Peacehaven (60), Seaford (92) – plus 1 out-of-school club– all in E. Sussex; Worthing, W. Sussex (50)
Places: 493
Employees: 165
HOPSCOTCHDAY NURSERIES
Head office: 9 Fielder Drive, Fareham, Hants, PO14 1JE
Tel: 02392 559 840
Email: info@hopscotchdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.hopscotchdaynurseries.co.uk
Director: Freya Derrick
Finance director: Caroline Rawnsley
Established: 2005
Owns 8 nurseries: Botley, Southampton (120), Eastleigh (90), Fareham (85), Gosport (88), Lee on the Solent, Gosport (83), Portswood, Southampton (90), Regents Park, Southampton (90), Titchfield, Fareham (75) – all in Hants
Places: 721
Employees: 261
HUNGRY CATERPILLAR DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 12, 17, 18 Park Place, Newdigate Road, Harefield, UB9 6EJ
Tel: 01895 678682
Email: marketing@hungrycaterpillars.co.uk
Owners: Olivia Foley Hodgson, Tim Hodgson
Operations manager: Clare Porter
Established: 1999
Owns 10 nurseries: Bucks: Chalfont St Peter (70), High Wycombe (90); London: Acton Park (31), Hanwell (50), Northolt 1 (45), Northolt 2 (64), Perivale (20), Stanmore (38), West Ealing (34), West Twyford (40)
Places: 482
Employees: 170
Plans: To open new nurseries in 2024.
JANCETT CHILDCARE AND JACE TRAINING
Tel: 020 8669 1725
Email: childcareadmin@jancett.co.uk
Website: www.jancett.co.uk
Managing director: Tracy Pritchard-Drummond
Established: 1969
Owns 4 nurseries: Carshalton, Surrey (67); London: Wallington 1, Ross Road (62), Wallington 2 (54), Wallington 3 (36) – both Stanley Park Road. Also runs 13 out-of-school clubs. Provides traineeships, study programmes, apprenticeships and professional qualifications.
Places: 215
Employees: 180
KALEIDOSCOPE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Adwalton Court, Hodgson Lane, Drighlington, BD11 1BJ
Tel: 0113 2852 572
Email: headoffice@knurseries.com
Website: www.knurseries.com
Directors: Jane Middlebrook, Steve Middlebrook
Established: 1990
Owns 3 nurseries: Leeds, W. Yorks: Drighlington (78), Gildersome (48), Morley (88). 3 out-of-school clubs: Leeds: Drighlington (40), Morley (40), Park Grove (50)
Places: 214
Employees: 107
KANGAROO POUCH NURSERIES
Head office: Oakham Library, Tividale, B69 1RD
Tel: 01384 850599
Email: education@kangeroopouch.org.uk
Website: www.kangaroopouch.org.uk
CEO and founder: Anita Patel Sahota
Area manager: Bethany Bloomfield
Established: 2011
Owns 8 nurseries: West Midlands: Bloxwich (49), Brierley Hill (53), Charlemont (40), Great Bridge (69), Harden (53), Hateley Heath (83), Tividale (62), Willenhall (60)
Places: 469
Employees: 115
KID EASE
Head office: Bourne House, 23 Hinton Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 2EF
Tel: 01202 201420
Email: info@kidease.co.uk
Website: http://kidease.co.uk
Managing director: Ian Atkey
Established: 2001
Owns and operates 5 nurseries: Dover, Kent: Buckland (58), Triangles (102); Hawkinge, Kent (104); Norwich, Norfolk (61); Swingfield, Kent (57)
Places: 382
Employees: 104
KIDO NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL
Head office: 113 Blegborough Rd, London, SW16 6DL
Email: marketing@kido.school
Website: www.kidoschools.com
Group CEO: Aniruddh Gupta
Deputy group and UK CEO: Philippe Sachs
UK COOs: Emma Phillips, Catherine Stoneman
Established: 2017
Owns 13 nurseries: Battersea (100+), Camden (65), Chiswick (95), Clerkenwell (80), Crouch End (100), Golders Green (85), Greenwich (100+), Fulham (70), Streatham (100+), Tooting (90) Wandsworth (60), Waterloo (90), Windsor (70) – all in London
Places: 1,000+
Employees: 200+
Plans: Opening in Bethnal Green in 2024.
KIDDYCARE
Head office: 71 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 6PN
Tel: 0116 268 1471
Email: nadine@kiddycarenurseries.co.uk; kala@kiddycarenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.kiddycarenurseries.co.uk
Director: Kala Patel
Operations manager: Nadine Farrington
Established: 1985
Owns 5 nurseries: Leicester 1, Leics, Angels Pre-School (40), Leicester 2 (65), Leicester 3, Little Willows (45), Leicester 4, Parkview (45); Millman Street, Camden, London (35)
Places: 230
Employees: 65
KIDS INC NURSERIES
Head office: Select House, 14a Eastwood Close, South Woodford, London E18 1BX
Tel: 020 8598 2600
Website: www.kidsincnurseries.co.uk
Established: 2003
Operates 15 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks (68); Bluewater, Kent (106); Broomfield, Chelmsford (52); Crowthorne, Berks (82); Gravesend, Kent (92); Guildford, Surrey (102); Loughton, Essex (66); London: Chingford (73), East Sheen (36), Enfield (101), Ilford 1 (55), Ilford 2 (100), Ilford 3 (110), South Woodford (64); Welwyn Garden City, Herts (97)
Places: 1,204
Employees: 350
Plans: Further acquisitions/openings planned in and around the M25 area. New nurseries opening in Surrey and Hampshire in 2024.
KIDS PLANET DAY NURSERIES AND KIDS ALLOWED
Head office: 231 Higher Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0NA
Tel: 01925 753 448
Email: headoffice@kidsplanetdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.kidsplanetdaynurseries.co.uk
Directors: Clare Roberts, Lucy Kaczmarska, Colin Anderton, John Hoban
Established: 2008
Owns 172 nurseries: Birmingham 1, W. Mids (60), Birmingham 2 (63), Birmingham 3 (58), Birmingham 4 (42); Blackburn, Lancs 1 (80), Blackburn 2 (55); Blackpool 1, Lancs (87), Blackpool 2 (53), Blackpool 3 (50), Blackpool 4 (92); Bolton (102); Bradford 1, W. Yorks (121), Bradford 2 (80), Bradford 3 (60), Bradford 4 (80), Bradford 5 (100), Bradford 6 (80), Bradford 7 (80); Brierley Hill, W. Mids 1 (125), Brierley Hill 2 (85); Burnley, Lancs (92); Cambridge, Cambs (100); Castleford (91); Cheshire: Adswood (60), Beamont (39), Cheadle Royal (312), Chester 1 (133), Chester 2 (110), Clitheroe (112), Congleton (80), Crewe 1 (67), Crewe 2 (42), Frodsham (100), Great Sankey (113), Hale (81), Haslington (100), Knutsford (196), Lymm (141), Middlewich (100), Northwich (100), Stretton (54), Urmston (78), Widnes (82); Chorley, Lancs (120); Coventry 1, Warks (80), Coventry 2 (63), Coventry 3 (88); Cramlington, Northumberland (60); Derbyshire: Brampton (93), Chesterfield (65), Newbold (60), North Wingfield (62), Sheepbridge (108); Durham (39); Greater Manchester: Altrincham (240), Ashton under Lyne (122), Audenshaw (102), Bolton (52), Christie Fields (246), Denton (99), Dukinfield (78), Eccles (100), Higher Broughton (160), Leigh (120), Macclesfield (284), Prestwich (126), Sale 1 (83), Sale 2 (116), Salford 1 (130), Salford 2 (136), Stalybridge (116), Stockport 1 (60), Stockport 2 (83), Stockport 3 (280), Swinton (147), Trafford City (152), Worsley (120), Wythenshawe (109); Halesowen, W. Mids (72); Harrogate (81); Hinckley, Leics (73); Huddersfield 1, W. Yorks (45), Huddersfield 2 (38), Huddersfield 3 (67); Kettering, Northants (132); Kidderminster, Worcs (70); Kingswinford, W. Mids (124); Knaresborough, N. Yorks (92); Leeds 1, W. Yorks (108), Leeds 2 (151), Leeds 3 (64), Leeds 4 (90), Leeds 5 (73), Leeds 6 (78), Leeds 7 (72), Leeds 8 (93); Little Lever, Lancs (74); Lytham St Annes 1, Lancs (40), Lytham St Annes 2 (97), Lytham St Annes 3 (108), Lytham St Annes 4 (57); Merseyside: Billinge (88), Halewood (61), Heswall, Wirral (64), Hoylake (111), Kirkby (74), Litherland (110), Liverpool 1 (154), Liverpool 2 (118), Liverpool 3 (98), Prescot 1 (76), Prescot 2 (62), Prescot 3 (88), Southport Ainsdale (47), Southport (170), Springhead (55), Wallasey 1 (96), Wallasey 2 (24), Waverton (98), Wavertree (87); Newcastle under Lyme (109); Newcastle upon Tyne: Kenton Park (58), Wallsend (120), Westerhope (72); Normanton, W. Yorks 1 (40), Normanton 2 (128); Nottingham 1, Notts (98), Nottingham 2 (72), Nottingham 3 (60), Nottingham 4 (40); Oxford: Bradmore Road (54), Jack Straws Lane (58), Mansion House (47), University (88), Woodstock Road (84); Nuneaton 1 (120) Nuneaton 2 (64); Poulton le Flyde 1, Lancs (60), Poulton le Flyde 2 (135); Preston 1, Lancs (72), Preston 2 (72); Pudsey, W. Yorks (74); Rochdale 1, Lancs (44), Rochdale 2 (64), Rochdale 3 (66); Rugeley, Staffs (38); Shrewsbury, Shropshire (120); Solihull 1, W. Mids (30), Solihull 2 (46); Stafford 1, Staffs (64), Stafford 2 (37); Stapleton, Darlington (110); Stoke on Trent 1, Staffs (112), Stoke on Trent 2 (76), Stoke on Trent 3 (55); Stone, Staffs (72); Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (60); Tadcaster, N. Yorks (277); Telford 1 (196), Telford 2 (194); Thornton-Cleveleys 1, Lancs (56), Thornton-Cleveleys 2 (65), Thornton-Cleveleys 3 (62), Thornton-Cleveleys 4 (102), Thornton-Cleveleys 5 (40); Warrington 1, Cheshire (81), Warrington 2 (80), Warrington 3 (95); Wetherby, W. Yorks (55); Whitley Bay 1 (82), Whitley Bay 2 (26); Witney (96)
Places: 15,841
Employees: 4,782
KIDZCARE
Head office: Norwood House, 9 Kilgraston Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2DX
Tel: 0131 668 2797
Email: enquiries@kidzcare.org
Website: www.kidzcare.org
Owner: Employee-owned (employee ownership trust)
Operations manager: Romana Davis
Established: 2001
Owns 4 nurseries: Edinburgh 1, Craigmillar (19), Edinburgh 2, Astley Ainslie Hospital (104), Edinburgh 3 (66), Edinburgh 4, Portobello (40). Also runs 5 after-school clubs, 4 breakfast clubs and 2 holiday clubs.
Places: 229
Employees: 150
KIDZRUS
Head office: 19-21 Monton House, Monton, Manchester, M30 9LE
Tel: 0161 743 9853
Email: info@kidzrusnursery.co.uk
Website: www.kidzrusnursery.co.uk
Director: Nicola Fleury
Established: 2010
Owns 5 nurseries: Irlam (38), Media City (108), Monton (78), Swinton (54), The Lodge (67) – all in Greater Manchester
Places: 345
Employees: 90
KINDRED EDUCATION
Acquired: Snap! 4 Kids Limited, Alphabet House Day Nurseries Limited, Rainbow House Nursery Limited, Moor End Farm Day Nursery Limited.
Head office: 11 Brooklands Court, Kettering Venture Park, Kettering, NN15 6FD
Email: enquiries@kindrednurseries.co.uk
Website: www.kindrednurseries.co.uk
Chief executive: Ruth Pimentel
Chief financial officer: Nigel Lloyd
Director of childcare and education: Annie Tierney
Established: 2015
Owns 38 nurseries: Amesbury, Wilts (32); Beeston, Nottinghamshire (44); Billericay 1, Essex (101), Billericay 2 (44); Bournemouth, Dorset (92); Cambourne, Cambridgeshire (110); Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (51); Cheshunt, Hertfordshire (100); Durrington, Wilts (56); Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire (121); Girton, Cambridgeshire (100); Harlow, Essex (43); Hauxton, Cambridgeshire (51); Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (77); Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (100); London: Bromley 1 (120), Bromley 2 (100), Bromley 3 (45), Bromley 4 (46), Enfield (38), Edmonton (45), Hainault (80), Hanwell (90), Islington (75), Maida Vale (39), Orpington (58), Southgate (40), Teddington (39), Wanstead (80); Lowdham, Nottinghamshire (65); Rayleigh, Essex (72); Salisbury 1, Wilts (98), Salisbury 2, Wilts (60), Salisbury 3, Wilts (44); St Ives, Cambridgeshire (100); West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (93); Westcliff on Sea, Essex (72); Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire (67). Also owns 3 out-of-school clubs.
Places: 2,688
Employees: 857
Plans: To continue expansion.
KIRKTONHOLME CHILDCARE
Head office: 401 Kirktonholme Road, East Kilbride, G72 0JH
Tel: 01355 222000
Email: karen.flynn@kirktonholmenursery.com
Website: www.kirktonholmenursery.com
Area manager: Karen Flynn
Development manager: Sarah Kelly
Established: 1996
Owns 10 nurseries: Airdrie, N. Lanarkshire (53); Bearsden, E. Dunbartonshire (92); Broomhill, Glasgow (135); Coatbridge 1, N. Lanarkshire (54), Coatbridge 2 (16), Coatbridge 3 (16); East Kilbride, S. Lanarkshire (188); Govan, Glasgow (96); Newton Mearns, E. Renfrewshire (80); Shettleston, Glasgow (63); Tollcross, Glasgow (78); Wishaw, N. Lanarkshire (53). Also owns 2 Forest Schools.
Places: 924
Employees: 243
LEAP AHEAD NURSERIES
Head office: Unit 54, K3 Business Park, 200 Clough Road, Hull, HU5 1SN
Tel: 01482 821467
Email: headoffice@brightstartdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.brightstartdaynurseries.co.uk, www.leapaheadnurseries.co.uk
Director: Angela Proctor
Established: 2014
Owns 4 nurseries: Lincolnshire: Brigg (27), Grimsby (39), Scunthorpe (50), Ulceby (30)
Places: 50
Employees: 146
LILLIPUT MONTESSORI DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Railway House, Hotel Street, Coalville, Leicester, LE67 3EQ
Tel: 0330 0431262
Email: samgraveling@aol.com
Directors: Samantha Graveling, Paul Graveling
Established: 1994
Owns 5 nurseries: Anstey (79), Coalville (66), Glenfield (27), Leicester Forest East (100), Whetstone (63) – all in Leics. Also runs before- and after-school clubs.
Places: 335
Employees: 105
LINCOLNSHIRE CHILDCARE
Head office: The Old School, 107a-107b Dudley Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AB
Tel: 01476 591744
Email: info@headstartnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.headstartnurseries.co.uk
Director: Diane Smith
Area manager: Rita McMath
Established: 1989
Owns 5 nurseries: Bourne (80), Grantham 1 (145), Grantham 2 (120), Market Deeping (109), Ruskington (70) – all in Lincs. 2 out-of-school clubs: Grantham (124), Ruskington (30)
Places: 524
Employees: 88
LITTLE ADVENTUES NURSERY GROUP*
Head office: Little Adventures Nurseries, Wells Rd, Wedmore, BS28 4SA
Tel: 01934 713527
Email: hello@familyadventuresgroup.com
Website: https://littleadventuresnursery.com
Key personnel: Tom Filer (CEO/founder), Laura Filer (CMO/founder)
Established: 2020
Owns 6 nurseries: Bridgwater (65), Cheddar (48), Taunton (60), Weston-super-Mare (51), Worle (53) – all in Somerset; Dudley, W. Midlands (65)
Places: 342
Employees: 120
Plans: To open further nurseries within the South-West and Midlands.
LITTLE BARN OWLS
Head office: Cowfold Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LY
Tel: 01403 289545
Email: info@littlebarnowls.co.uk
Website: www.littlebarnowls.co.uk
Director: Hayley Peacock
Established: 2010
Owns 3 nurseries: Horsham 1 (120), Horsham 2 (52), Horsham 3 (38) – all in W. Sussex
Places: 210
Employees: 120
LITTLE ELMS DAYCARE
Head office: 29 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4PR
Tel: 020 8658 4282
Email: parentenquiries@littleelmsdaycare.co.uk
Website: www.littleelmsdaycare.co.uk
Directors: Matthew and Spencer Lancaster
Owns 11 nurseries: Beckenham 1, Kent (136), Beckenham 2 (60); London: Bromley (43), Catford (62), Catford Green (61), Greenwich (60), Greenwich Peninsula (49), Lee (134), Orpington (95), Shirley (65), Sydenham (62)
Places: 827
Employees: 354
LITTLE ONES CHILDCARE
Head office: Pinbrook Industrial Estate, Chancel Lane, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon, EX4 8JS
Tel: 01392 469909
Email: info@littleoneschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.littleoneschildcare.co.uk
Managing director: Katie Porter
Established: 2000
Owns and manages 4 nurseries: Bovey Tracey (44), Budlake (29), Honiton (33), Whipton (36) – all in Devon
Places: 142
Employees: 50
LITTLE RIPLEY DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 42 Warwick Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B73 6ST
Tel: 0121 3547878
Email: info@littleripley.co.uk
Website: www.littleripley.co.uk
Directors: Ruth Appleby, Tom Oakey, Jenny Turner, Sarah Cox
Established: 1988
Owns and manages 16 nurseries: Great Barr (60), Warren Road (55), Kingsbury Road (50), Marsh Hill (60), Oscott School Lane (60), Short Heath (52), Wood End Lane (60), Wood End Road (66) – all in Birmingham, W. Mids; Birmingham Road (94), Burnett Road (60), 2 Goldieslie Road (59), 4 Goldieslie Road (38), South Parade (82), Tudor Close (58), Withy Hill Road (120) – all in Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids; Shenstone Wood (70), West Midlands
Places: 1,044
Employees: 362
LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION (LEYF)
Head office: 121 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4LX
Tel: 020 7821 3603
Email: info@leyf.org.uk
Website: www.leyf.org.uk
Chief executive: June O’Sullivan
Operations director: Mike Abbott
Established: 1903 (known as Westminster Health Society)
Legal structure/status: Registered charity, company limited by guarantee and social enterprise
Manages 40 community, workplace and children’s centre nurseries: London: Angel (32), Barking Riverside 1 (48), Barking Riverside 2 (32), Bessborough (51), Bird in Bush, Lewisham (55), Brixton (55), Burgess Park (32), Bushy Tails, Teddington (80), Camberwell Grove (81), Carlton Hill (72), Colville (46), Conservatoire, Blackheath (45), Cumberland Road, Newham (95), Deanery Road, Stratford (104), Earls Court (50), Eastbury (61), Farrance Road, Romford (47), Fire Station, Hackney (45), Ford Road, Dagenham (57), Gumboots, Dulwich (112), Harrow Road, Paddington (48), Hither Green (48), House of Commons, Westminster (40), Katharine Bruce, N. Kensington (54), Leys (56), London Fields, Hackney (57), Marks Gate, Romford (52), Marsham Street, Westminster (64), Micky Star, Westminster (62), New Cross (69), Noah’s Ark, Tower Hamlets (56), Pembury (71), Playhouse, New Cross (51), Soho (40), South Bermondsey (62), Stockwell (94), Thames Reach (74), University of East London, Newham (45), Wandsworth Bridge (48), Weir Link, Lambeth (47)
Places: 2,338
Employees: 800
MAGIC ROUNDABOUT NURSERIES
Head office: MRNHouse, Binfield Road, London, SW4 6TB
Tel: 020 7498 1195
Email: info@mrnnursery.co.uk
Website: https://mrnnursery.co.uk
Director: Farukh Najabat
Established: 1995
Owns 5 nurseries: Bristol (108); London: Docklands (63), Kennington (111), Stockwell (186), Walthamstow (120)
Places: 588
Employees: 134
THE MARMALADE SCHOOLS
Head office: Marmalade Schools, 1 Altenburg Gardens, London, SW11 1JH
Tel: 020 8265 5224
Email: marmaladeschools@gmail.com
Website: www.marmalade schools.co.uk
Directors: Nick and Rozzy Hyslop
Established: 2004
Owns 6 nurseries: Balham (80), Clapham (100), Fulham (80), Kensington (80), Wandsworth 1 (80), Wandsworth 2 (80) – all in London.
Places: 500
Employees: 60
Plans: Looking for more settings in London.
MAMA BEAR’S DAY NURSERY
Head office: 60-62 High Street, Hanham, Bristol, BS15 3DR
Tel: 0117 958 2030
Email: tony@mamabear.co.uk
Website: www.mamabear.co.uk
Directors: A.W. Driffield (managing), B.J. Driffield, K.A. Sturmey, V.L. Ashbolt, N.L. Thorne
Established: 2002
Owns 16 nurseries: Bristol: Bridgwater (87), Clifton (80), Downend (40), Fishponds (59), Shirehampton (68), Speedwell 1 (20), Speedwell 2 (60), Totterdown (80), Whitchurch (32); Paignton 1, Devon (62), Paignton 2 (57); Plymouth 1, Devon (115), Plymouth 2 (30); Taunton, Somerset (53); Torquay, Devon (30); Yeovil, Somerset (68)
Places: 941
Employees: 400
MICHILD
Head office: 1 Vicarage Lane, Stratford, London, E15 4HF
Tel: 0800 307 0155
Email: enquiries@michild.group
Website: https://michildnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Adam Sage (chief executive officer), Christopher Ross-Roberts (chairman), Pauline Sage (COO), Katy Farrell (director of early years)
Established: 2019
Owns 14 nurseries: Blackpool 1, Lancs (125), Blackpool 2 (84), Blackpool 3 (57), Blackpool 4 (55), Blackpool 5 (47); G. Manchester: Manchester 1 (87), Manchester 2 (87), Manchester 3 (36), Oldham 1 (68), Oldham 2 (65), Oldham 3 (60), Oldham 4 (32), Stockport (47); Runcorn, Cheshire (51)
Places: 901
Employees: 210
MINIS CHILDCARE
Head office: 7 Teal Street, London, SE10 0ST
Tel: 0203 135 0670
Email: manager@millenniumminis.co.uk; manager@maritimeminis.co.uk
Website: www.millenniumminis.co.uk; www.maritimeminis.co.uk
Director: Ben Hutchings
Established: 2012
Owns 3 nurseries: London: Lakeside (39), Maritime (93), Riverside (60) – all Greenwich
Places: 192
Employees: 57
MON AMI CHILDREN’S NURSERIES
Head office: Ormsby Lodge, 12 East Street, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9EQ
Tel: 01507 462228
Email: info@monaminurseries.co.uk
Website: monaminurseries.co.uk
Proprietors: Samantha Britton, Jarrod Britton
Senior manager: Kristina Johnson
Established: 2002
Owns 4 nurseries: Alford (86), Boston (90), Swineshead (63), Wragby (70) – all in Lincs
Places: 309
Employees: 46
MONKEY PUZZLE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 4 Churchgates, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 2UB
Tel: 01442 878887
Email: info@mpdn.co.uk
Website: www.mpdn.co.uk
CEO: Richard Blunden
Established: 2004
Owns/manages 73 nurseries: Ealing (70), East Sheen (76), Loughton (71), West Kensington (84) – all in London; Guildford, Surrey (89); Woodford, Essex (120) As part of franchise (67 nurseries): Altrincham, G. Manchester (55); Astwick, Beds (104); Aylesbury, Bucks (72); Bedford, Beds (96); Bexleyheath, Kent (140); Billericay, Essex (71); Bishops Stortford, Essex (63); Borehamwood, Herts (97); Bromley, Kent (64); Cambridge 1, Cambs (65), Cambridge 2 (195), Cambridge 3 (78); Chesham, Bucks (51); Cheshunt, Herts (72); Colchester, Essex (159); Glasgow (79); Hartley Wintney, Hants (72); High Wycombe, Bucks (60); Irthlingborough, Northants (63); Kettering, Northants (72); London: Angel (70), Battersea (71), Catford (122), Chadwell Heath (82), Charlton (115), East Finchley (82), Eltham (60), Enfield (52), Golders Green (52), Greenford (154), Harrow (83), Highbury Park (71), Hither Green (91), Melody Lane (120), Muswell Hill (52), New Cross (67), Orpington (82), Southgate (98), Stoke Newington (52), Streatham (72), Twickenham (48), Uxbridge (96), Welling (70), West Acton (54), West Norwood (60); Maidenhead, Berks (75); Otley, Yorks (75); Portsmouth, Hants (80); Purley, Surrey (60); Seer Green, Bucks (88); Shefford, Beds (51); Sidcup, Kent (100); Solihull (45); Southport 1, Merseyside (87), Southport 2 (59); Stafford, W. Mids (77); St Albans 1, Herts (47), St Albans 2 (87); Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks (69); Surbiton, Surrey (60); Sutton, Surrey (85); Tatsfield, Surrey (56); Timperley, Manchester (55); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (80); Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (105); Ware, Herts (60); Watford, Herts (54)
Places: 5,769
Employees: 1,971
Plans: To open five new nurseries in the next six months.
MULBERRY BUSH NURSERY GROUP
Head office: 741 Walmersley Rd, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5JW
Tel: 0161 761 0169
Email: jo.kinloch@mulberrybush-nursery.co.uk
Website: www.mulberrybush-nursery.co.uk
Directors: Joanne Kinloch, Paul Robinson, Andrew Robinson
Established: 1990
Owns 5 nurseries: Bury, G. Manchester: Dumers Lane (122), Tottington (98), Walmersley (80), Walshaw (104), Whitefield (56)
Places: 460
Employees: 200
NATURAL CHOICE NURSERIES
Acquired Desirable Childcare in 2017.
Tel: 01454 527627
Email: admin@ncnltd.co.uk
Website: http://ncnltd.co.uk
Owners: Nicky and Fred Edwards
Owns 4 nurseries: Alveston, South Glos (44); Charfield, South Glos (63); Cheltenham 1, Glos (68), Cheltenham 2 (38). Also runs holiday clubsat both Cheltenham settings.
Places: 213
Employees: 60
NATURALLY LEARNING
Head office: The Hayloft, Trewhiddle Village, Pentewan Road, St. Austell, PL26 7AD
Tel: 01726 983713
Email: info@naturallylearning.co.uk
Website: www.naturallylearning.co.uk
Owner/managing director: Mandy Richardson
Operations director: Tom Richardson
Established: 2012
Owns 5 nurseries, including 2 Forest Schools at Charlestown and Truro: Charlestown (53), Falmouth (48), Nansledan (64), Truro 1 (52), Truro 2 (48)– all in Cornwall. Also runs 2 holiday clubs.
Places: 265
Employees: 104
Plans: To open a new 64-place setting in Redruth in 2024.
NATURE TRAIL NURSERY
Head office: School Lane, Brinscall, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 8QP
Tel: 01254 830912
Email: ntnheadoffice@gmail.com
Directors: Amanda Hilton, Sharon Brindley
Established: 2010
Owns 8 nurseries: Brinscall (80), Chorley 1 (70), Chorley 2 (70), Chorley 3 (65), Euxton 1 (22), Euxton 2 (62), Heskin (40), Parbold (45) – all in Lancs. Also runs a before- and after-school clubat 62-place Euxton setting.
Places: 450
Employees: 110
NEWPARK CHILDCARE
Head office: Arlington Wharf, 45A Arlington Avenue, Islington, London, N1 7BE
Tel: 020 7503 0961
Website: www.newparkchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Barry Clutterbuck, Janice Clutterbuck, Tiffany Clutterbuck
Established: 1994
Owns 7 Montessori nursery schools: London: Barbican (26), Chiswick (53), Clerkenwell (64), Highbury (34), Islington (92), Shepherds Bush (82), Wandsworth (64)
Places: 415
Employees: 120
Plans: Ongoing expansion.
N FAMILY CLUB
Head office: 47-49 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3QT
Tel: 020 3865 7402
Email: admissions@nfamilyclub.com
Website: https://nfamilyclub.com
Chief executive officer: Phil Sunderland
Education and academy director: Dr Gemma Pawson
Managing director: Simone Carter
Chief financial officer: Jon Temple
Established: 2017
Owns 31 nurseries: Bushey, Herts (87); Cambridge, Cambs (82); Chertsey, Surrey (136); Cobham, Surrey (60); Godalming, Surrey (119); London: Angel (129), Balham (98), Brixton (142), Dollis Hill (80), Hackney (96), Highgate (66), Kentish Town (117), Kingston (127), London Fields (55), Maida Vale (80), Olympic Park (107), Stoke Newington 1 (72), Stoke Newington 2 (72), Twickenham (127), Wandsworth (85), West Hampstead (89), Whetstone (110); Ockham, Surrey (75); Reading (135); Redhill, Surrey (112); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (124); West Midlands: Codsall (120), Harborne, Edgbaston (76), Jewellery Quarter (101), Moseley (75); Weybridge, Surrey (55)
Places: 2,986
Employees: 1,164
Plans: To grow in 2024 through opportunities including upcoming nursery launches in Greenwich, Maidenhead, Twickenham, West Leyton, Walthamstow and Leatherhead.
NORTHUMBRIAN TRUST DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 301 Chillingham Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5SB
Tel: 0191 265 6501
Email: enquiries@northumbriantrustdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.northumbriantrustdaynurseries.co.uk
Directors: J.P. Gould, E.G.Gould, J.J. Gould
Established: 1994
Owns 3 nurseries: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (87, plus out-of-school club); Spennymoor, Co. Durham (43); Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (80, plus out-of-school club)
Places: 210
Employees: 46
THE NURSERY FAMILY
Formerly A Step Ahead.
Email: enquiries@thenurseryfamily.co.uk
Website: www.thenurseryfamily.co.uk
Chief executive: Chenyan Xu
COO: Dianne Lumsden-Earle
Operations manager: Ellen Brechin
Established: 2012
Owns 6 nurseries: Ashington, W. Sussex (63); Lancing, W. Sussex (54); Lower Beeding, W. Sussex (54); Purbrook, Hants (70); Shoreham, W. Sussex (60); Southwater, W. Sussex (24). Plus 28-place baby and toddler unit.
Places: 353
Employees: 100+
NURSERYTIME
Head office: 71 Beach Road, South Shields, NE33 2QT
Tel: 0191 4542880
Email: info@nurserytime.org.uk
Website: https://nurserytime.org.uk
Director: Catherine Barrow
Owns 5 nurseries: Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham (100); Durham, Co. Durham (57); Hebburn, Tyne and Wear (47); South Shields, Tyne and Wear (100); Willington, Derbs (58)
Employees: 104
NUNTHORPE NURSERIES GROUP
Head office: The Crescent, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JP
Tel: 01642 325312
Email: carmel@nunthorpenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.nunthorpe nurseriesgroup.co.uk
Directors: Ian Howlett, James Howlett
Established: 1989
Owns 8 nurseries: Billingham (50), Brambles Farm (78), Ingleby Barwick (60), Middlesbrough 1 (76), Middlesbrough 2 (85), Middlesbrough 3 (51), Nunthorpe (76), Stockton-on-Tees (62) – all in Teesside. Out-of-school and holiday clubsat each setting.
Places: 538
Employees: 158
THE OLD STATION NURSERY
Acquired by La Maison Bleue in 2019.
Head office: 4th Floor, The Urban Building, 3-9 Albert Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2BE
Tel: 01753 362 570
Email: coo@theoldstationnursery.co.uk
Website: www.theoldstationnursery.co.uk
CEO: Sarah Steel
Deputy CEO and CFO: Sumeer Aggarwal
COO: Claire Sephton
Established: 2002
Owns 77 nurseries: Alcester, Warks (81); Alvechurch, Worcs (91); Bampton, Oxon (38); Barnt Green, Worcs (45); Berkhamsted, Herts (115); Birmingham 1, W. Mids (70), Birmingham 2 (72); Bishopthorpe, York (61); Boston, Lincs (98); Bridgetown, Warks (36); Brockley, London (91); Bromsgrove, Worcs (60); Canterbury, Kent (69); Colchester, Essex (65); Dartington, Devon (87); Dartmouth, Devon (42); Devizes, Wilts (138); Dover, Kent (51); Droitwich, Worcs (72); Elvington, York (98); Fareham 1, Hants (55), Fareham 2 (63); Faringdon, Oxon (94); Faversham, Kent (109); Fen Drayton, Cambs (43); Filkins, Oxon (30); Flaxton, York (47); Granta Park, Cambs (96); Harpole, Northants (34); Haxby, York (64); Heath Mill, Surrey (71); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (75); Henley-on-Thames, Oxon (70); Herne Bay, Kent (63); Heyford, Oxon (64); High Wycombe, London (30); Houlton, Warks (95); Innsworth, Glos (94); Iver, Bucks (76); Little Houghton, Northants (62); Maidstone, Kent (80); Malvern, Worcs (100); Margate 1, Kent (64), Margate 2 (76); Marlow, Bucks (64); Minster Yard, York (116); Mottershead, Glos (46); Newton Abbot 1, Devon (37), Newton Abbot 2 (56); Oxford Science Park, Oxon (77); Peckham, London (78); Pershore, Worcs (90); Poppleton, York (40); Portsmouth, Hants (40); Ramsgate, Kent (96); Royston, Herts (87); Rubery, Worcs (120); Southend-on-Sea, Essex (60); St Neots 1, Cambs (44), St Neots 2 (47); Stowmarket 1, Suffolk (65), Stowmarket 2 (45); Stratford-upon-Avon 1, Warks (37), Stratford-upon-Avon 2 (59), Stratford-upon-Avon 3 (42); Tadcaster Road (107); Taplow, Bucks (84); Uxbridge, London (73); Walsall, W. Mids (69); Waterlooville, Hants (55); Warwick, Warks (28); Wellesbourne, Warks (67); Wellingborough, Northants (63); Whitstable, Kent (79); Wolverhampton, W. Mids (105); Wombourne, Staffs (91); Wylde Green, W. Mids (55)
Places: 5,355
Employees: 1,540, plus 82 in head office
ONCE UPON A TIME DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Blair Athol House, Ashfield Avenue, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 5BB
Fax: 020 8844 0800
Website: www.onceuponatimedaynurseries.co.uk
Proprietor: Lorna Hackland-Crowther
Established: 1989
Owns 7 nurseries: Hillingdon: Eastcote (26), Hayes (50), Uxbridge (42), West Drayton (32); Hounslow: Feltham (63), Lower Feltham (35), Hanworth (26) – all in London
Places: 274
Employees: 125
PAINT POTS PRE-SCHOOL AND NURSERY
Acquired by Launchpad Early Years in 2022.
Head office: Paint Pots House, 1 Spring Crescent, Portswood, Southampton, SO17 2FZ
Tel: 02380 018740
Email: info@paintpotsnursery.co.uk
Website: www.paintpotsnursery.co.uk
Executive director: Nick Ralph
Group manager: Cat Baker
Operations manager: Liz McCarthy
Established: 1992
Owns 12 nurseries: Lymington, Hants (24); Southampton, Hants: City Centre (56), Harefield (46), Freemantle (52), Portswood (64), Sholing (60), Shirley 1 (52), Shirley 2 (38), St Mark’s, Shirley (31), Swaythling (60), West End (54); Winchester, Hants (24)
Places: 561
Employees: 177
PAPER MOON DAY NURSERIES
Head office: The Clock Tower, Compton Acres, Nottingham, NG2 7RS
Tel: 01115 982 1122
Email: admin@papermoonnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.papermoonnurseries.co.uk
Director: Dianne Mayfield
Established: 1990
Owns 7 nurseries: Lincs: Boultham Park (34), Doddington Park (50); Notts: Compton Acres (70), Faraday Road (40), Forest Town (108), Gamston (70), Sutton in Ashfield (134)
Places: 506
Employees: 150
PARTOU*
All About Children and Just Childcare merged in January 2024 to become Partou.
Head office (North): Ridgway House, Progress Way, Denton, M34 2GP
Head office (South): Barratt House, Kingsthorpe Road, Northampton, NN2 6EZ
Tel: 0161 320 2750/01604 265 445
Email: enquiries@justchildcare.co.uk; info@allaboutchildren.co.uk
Website: www.justchildcare.co.uk; www.allaboutchildren.co.uk
Managing director: Samantha Rhodes
Operations director: Liz Carroll
Established: 2023
Owns 104 nurseries: Accrington (67), Adel (62), Alwoodley (65), Amersham (75), Arnold (61), Atherton (91), Atherton 1 (75), Atherton 2 (83), Barnwood (99), Beaconsfield (49), Beech Green (84), Bessacarr (149), Bidston (82), Binfield (124), Bishop’s Stortford (74), Blackrod (83), Brimstage (68), Brislington (70), Bristol City Centre (95), Burnley 1 (73), Burnley 2 (71), Cheltenham (69), Chorley (61), Ellesmere Port (52), Fishponds (51), Frampton Cotterell (48), Fulwood 1 (90), Fulwood 2 (86), Gledhow (62), Haddenham (46), Hadfield (76), Halton (44), Harrogate 1 (78), Harrogate 2 (74), Harrogate 3 (72), Harrogate 4 (86), Harrogate 5 (54), Hatfield (92), Hemel Hempstead (48), High Wycombe (111), Hoddesdon (89), Hucclecote (90), Idle 1 (76), Idle 2 (97), Knowle (78), Leyland (115), Little Stanney (63), London 1 (120), London 2 (69), London 3 (100), London 4 (52), London 5 (65), London 6 (61), London 7 (43), Longlevens (75), Luton (114), Market Harborough (80), Methley (59), Mill End (72), Moortown (80), North Prenton (66), Oxton (71), Padiham (48), Prenton (67), Quedgeley (69), Redditch (59), Rickmansworth (49), Roundhay (71), Sale (86), Sandbach (103), Sandymoor (56), Shepperton (90), Shipley (77), Slough (142), South Croydon (56), Southport (78), Speedwell (46), Speke (96), Spurstow (44), St. George (53), Stafford (72), Staines-Upon-Thames (44), Stockport (72), Stockwood (79), Stoke Gifford (40), Stretton (72), Sunninghill (114), Sutton Coldfield (94), Taplow (89), Thornbury (106), Tyldesley (118), Uxbridge (74), Ware 1 (114), Ware 2 (50), West Bridgford 1 (50), West Bridgford 2 (66), West Bridgford 3 (65), Whaddon (134), Widnes (74), Wigan (97), Worcester (60), Yate 1 (61), Yate 2 (45), Yeadon (108)
Places: 6,176
Employees: 2,801
Plans: To open an 82-place nursery in Victoria Park, Rock Ferry in January 2024.
PATHWAYS NURSERIES AND CHILDCARE CENTRES
Head office: 2 Huddesford Drive, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7RR
Tel: 01926 484030
Email: office@pathwaysnursery.co.uk
Website: www.pathwaysnursery.co.uk
Directors: Caroline Jones, Beth Casey
Established: 1989
Owns 5 nurseries: Barston, Solihull (40), Balsall Common (24), Chelmsley Wood (60), Holly Lane (30), Warwick (55) – all West Midlands. Also runs an out-of-school club in Warwick andholiday clubat Lady Katherine Leveson C of E Primary School, Knowle.
Places: 209
Employees: 49
PINOCCHIO’S CHILDREN’S NURSERIES
Head office: School Green, Lasswade, Midlothian, EH18 1NB
Tel: 0131 654 2914
Email: katrina@pinocchios nursery.co.uk
Website: www.pinocchios nursery.co.uk
Owners/directors: Stratos Koulis, Lewissa Koulis
Operational director: Katrina Weir
Established: 1997
Owns 5 nurseries: Edinburgh 1 (48), Edinburgh 2 (55); Eskbank (81), Lasswade (67), Penicuik (53) – all in Midlothian
Places: 304
Employees: 90
PIXIELAND DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 10 Springfield Drive, Milehouse Road, Plymouth, PL3 4DU
Tel: 01752 511007
Email: info@pixielanddaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.pixielanddaynurseries.co.uk
Proprietor: Caroline Francis
Established: 1984
Owns/manages 4 nurseries: Devonport, MoD (36); Plymouth: Mannamead (79), Milehouse (92) – all in Devon; Saltash, Cornwall (130)
Places: 337
Employees: 100
PORTICO DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Apartment 6, Claremont House, Ruff Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4UP
Tel: 01695 581545
Email: portico.nicole@me.com
Website: www.porticonurserygroup.co.uk
Directors: Nicole Politis, Craig Jackson
Established: 2002
Owns 6 nurseries: Aughton, Lancs (40); Eccleston Park, Merseyside (32); Moss Bank, Merseyside (50); Ormskirk, Lancs (44); St Helens, Merseyside (118); Thatto Heath, Merseyside (32). Also runs 2 after-school clubsin Ormskirk and St Helens.
Places: 319
Employees: 72
PORTLAND NURSERIES
Head office: Oakwood House, 2 Hungerford Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD3 3AL
Tel: 01484 533322
Email: info@portlandnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.portlandnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Anastasia Murphy, Michael Murphy
Established: 1991
Owns 6 nurseries: Huddersfield, W. Yorks: Harlequin Nursery, Edgerton 1 (31), Holly Bank Nursery, Edgerton 2 (61), Oakwood House Nursery & Forest School, Edgerton 3 (101), Portland House, Lindley (98), Bradley House (59); Halifax, W. Yorks: Fairfield Nursery (62). 1 after-school club: Lindley (24)
Places: 412
Employees: 125
PREPCARE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: PO Box 5079, Rugby, CV21 9HR
Tel: 01788 537 035
Website: www.prepcaredaynurseries.co.uk
Chairman and founder: Richard Phillips
Established: 2006
Owns 5 nurseries: Arnold Lodge, Leamington Spa, Warks (55); Birchfield, Wolverhampton (55); Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (55); Moreton Hall, Rugby, Warks (50); Oswestry, Shropshire (65)
Places: 280
PUFFINS OF EXETER CHILDCARE CENTRES
Head office: 13 Mont le Grand, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2PD
Tel: 01392 496017
Email: enquiries@puffinsofexeter.com
Website: www.puffinsofexeter.co.uk
Managing directors: Maureen Gard, Rosalind Taylor, Gemma Rolstone, Gillian Fawcett
Established: 1990
Owns 5 nurseries: Exeter, Devon: Clystheath (60), Heavitree (40), St Leonards (56), Southernhay (70), Sowton (40). Plus apprenticeship courses. Runs 1 holiday club at Manston Terrace, Exeter (30)
Places: 266
Employees: 120
RAINBOW NURSERY
Head office: 14 Moss Way, Hillend Industrial Estate, Dalgety, Fife, KY11 9JS
Tel: 01383 821970
Email: rainbownursery2@btconnect.com
Website: www.rainbowchildcarefife.co.uk
Directors: Craig Skinner, Ian Skinner
Established: Acquired in 2010
Owns 3 nurseries: Dalgety Bay (89), Glenrothes (117), St Andrews (64) – all in Fife
Places: 270
Employees: 66
RASCALS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 121a Circular Road, Belfast, N. Ireland, BT4 2GE
Tel: 028 9076 1333
Fax: 028 9076 9333
Email: reception@rascalsdaynurseries.com
Website: www.rascalsdaynurseries.com
Managing directors: Lynne D’Arcy, Roger D’Arcy
Established: 1988
Owns 6 nurseries: Belfast: Belfast East 1 (119), Belfast East 2 (50), Belfast North (100), Belfast South 1 (58), Belfast South 2 (140); Londonderry (50) – all in Ulster
Places: 499
Employees: 180
RHYMETIME NURSERY
Head office: Connolly Lodge, Berrywood Close, St Crispins, Northampton, NN5 4BW
Tel: 01604 586416
Email: michelle@nurseryheadoffice.com
Managing director: Michelle Harris
Established: 2000
Owns 8 nurseries: Corby (70), Kettering (64), Moulton (25), Northampton (96), Rushden (94), Woodleys Farm Day Nursery (40), Woodleys Park Day Nursery (72), Woodleys Village (40) – all in Northants
Places: 501
Employees: 70
ROSEDENE NURSERIES
Head office: 66a Hutton Lane, Guisborough, TS14 6QP
Tel: 0345 4500208
Email: enquiries@rosedenenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.rosedene nurseries.co.uk
Directors: Clare McCullagh, John McCullagh, Alice McCullagh
Established: 1993
Owns 10 nurseries: Easterside, Middlesbrough, N. Yorks (36); Egglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (24); Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, N. Yorks (56); Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (56); Hemlington Children’s Centre, Middlesbrough, N. Yorks (56); Northallerton, N. Yorks (60); Ormesby, Middlesbrough, N. Yorks (41); Redhill, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (72); Saltburn, Redcar and Cleveland (54); Sunrise, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (56). Also runs holiday clubs at: Easterside, Egglescliffe, Guisborough, Hemlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Saltburn and Ormesby, and out-of-school sessions at Easterside, Egglescliffe, Hemlington, Hardwick, Ormesby, Saltburn and Northallerton.
Places: 511
Employees: 140
ROSY APPLE CHILDCARE
Trades as Little Achievers Nurseries.
Head office: 23 Herschell Street, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3QU
Tel: 01772 374913
Email: sharon@rosyapplechildcare.com
Website: www.rosyapplechildcare.com
Founder/owner: Sharon Alexander
Established: 2003
Owns 4 nurseries: Preston 1 (89), Preston 2 (72), Ramsgreave (75), Skelmersdale (71) – all in Lancs
Places: 307
Employees: 50+
SCHOOLHOUSE DAYCARE
Head office: 45 De La Beche Road, Sketty, Swansea, SA2 9EA
Tel: 01792 202900
Email: mail@schoolhouse-daycare.co.uk
Website: www.schoolhouse-daycare.co.uk
Established: 1998
Directors: Amanda Bennett, Kevin Bennett
Owns 3 nurseries: Bridgend (50); Swansea: Morriston (121), Sketty (118)
Places: 289
Employees: 95
SERENDIPITYS CHILDCARE SERVICES
Head office: 30-32 Nottingham Road, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8AT
Tel: 01949 836730
Email: enquiries@serendipitys.co.uk
Website: www.serendipitys.co.uk
Directors: Kelly and Matt Alls
Established: 1998
Owns 5 nurseries: Balderton (38), Bingham (95), Cotgrave (74), Newark (57) – all in Notts; Grantham, Lincs (40)
Places: 304
Employees: 130
SEYMOUR HOUSE DAY NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 140 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1RN
Tel: 01245 213213
Email: amanda.fee@seymourhouse.co.uk (area head of operations)
Website: www.seymourhouse.co.uk
Directors: John Player, Julie Player, Jonathan Player
Established: 1988
Owns 11 nurseries: Basildon, Essex (34); Chelmsford, Essex: Broomfield Hospital (50), Broomfield Road (50), Lawn Lane (50), Springfield Road (50); Chesterwell, Essex (84); Colchester, Essex (51); Laindon, Essex (51); St Albans, Herts (66); Wickford, Essex (73); Witham, Essex (66)
Places: 625
Employees: 310
SHINE CHILDCARE
Head office: Sycamore Lodge, 7A Woodhouse Cliff, Woodhouse, Leeds, LS6 2HF
Tel: 0113 2784 362
Email: admin@shinechildcare.co.uk
Website: www.shinechildcare.co.uk
Managing director international: Graham Abbott
Managing director UK: Amika Abbott
Established: 2004
Owns 4 nurseries: Halifax, W. Yorks (125); Huddersfield, W. Yorks (142); Leeds, W. Yorks (163); Oldham, G. Manchester (150)
Places: 580
Employees: 150
Plans: Looking for opportunities to expand.
SHOOTING STARS NURSERIES
Head office: The Coach House, Old Burcot Lane, Burcot, Bromsgrove, B60 1PH
Email: john@myshootingstars.com
Website: www.myshootingstars.com
Director: Jon Higgins
Area manager: Tracy Hedges
Established: 2009
Owns 6 nurseries: Bromsgrove, Worcs (81); Hinckley, Leics (78); Kings Norton, W. Mids (93); Stourbridge, W. Mids (59); Wolverhampton, W. Mids (86); Worcester, Worcs (91)
Places: 488
Employees: 230
SNAPDRAGONS NURSERIES
Head office: Prospect Farm, 43 Bath Road, Atworth, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 8JW
Tel: 01225 707009
Email: atworth@snapdragonsnursery.com
Website: www.snapdragonsnursery.com
Directors: Paul Collard, Rosemary Collard, James Collard, Jennifer Biddel, Sophie Collard
Established: 1998
Owns 10 nurseries: Atworth (50), Broadwood (70), Corsham (100) – all in Wilts; Bath and North East Somerset: Grosvenor (70), Keynsham (176), Weston (164); Bristol: Horfield (124), Redland (250), Shirehampton (128); South Gloucestershire: Cribbs Causeway (185). 2 out-of-school clubs: Broadwood (16), Corsham (48)
Places: 1,317
Employees: 435
SOUTH HILLS NURSERY
Head office: Home Farm Road, Wilton, Wiltshire, SP2 8PJ
Tel: 01722 744971
Email: admin@southhillsschool.com
Website: www.southhillsschool.com
Directors: Andrew Proctor and Hilary Campbell Smith
Established: 1994
Owns 10 nurseries: Burcombe (24), Calne (42), Corsham (60), Froxfield (40), Great Cheverell (34), Salisbury 1 (70), Salisbury 2 (60), St Peter’s (30), Trinity (28), Wilton (150) – all in Wilts
Places: 422
Employees: 100+
SPRING
In 2017, Action for Children’s nurseries started operating under the brand Spring.
Head office: 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, WD18 8AG
Tel: 01923 361500
Website: www.actionforchildren.org.uk; www.springnurseries.co.uk
Interim chief executive: Melanie Armstrong
Deputy chief executive and managing director of children’s services: Carol Iddon
Commercial director: Emma Horne
Director of early years and childcare: Joanne French
Established: 1869
Owns/manages 29 nurseries: Braintree 1, Essex (49), Braintree 2 (37), Braintree 3 (54); Cosford, Wolverhampton (100); Exeter, Devon (46); Gateshead 1, Tyne and Wear (54), Gateshead 2 (76), Gateshead 3 (36), Howdon, North Tyneside (50); Kinloss, Morayshire (100); Erith, Kent (34); Norfolk 1, E. Anglia (62), Norfolk 2 (56); RAF Benson, Oxon (79); RAF Boscombe Down, Wilts (66); RAF Halton, Bucks (54); RAF Honington, Suffolk (92); RAF Scampton, Lincs (88); RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (60); RAF Valley, Anglesey (68); RAF Waddington, Lincs (98); RAF Wittering, Cambs (75); RAF Wyton, Cambs (78); Sandwich, Kent (80); Somerset 1 (32), Somerset 2 (50), Somerset 3 (45), Somerset 4 (36); Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (48). Also owns 27 out-of-school clubs and 17 holiday clubs, including 23 locations operating under the brand Spring Oscars.
Places: 1,803
Employees: 683
STEPPING STONES NURSERIES
Previously known as Little Acorns Group.
Head office: Lingley Mere Business Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3UZ
Tel: 01925 232202
Email: enquiries@steppingstonesgroup.com
Website: www.steppingstonesgroup.com
Managing director: Neil Ritchie
Established: 1992
Operates 8 nurseries: Gomersal, W. Yorks (48); Manchester (65); Worsley, G. Manchester (47); Mirfield, W. Yorks (62); Rothwell, Leeds, W. Yorks (43); Warrington 1, Cheshire (120), Warrington 2 (48); Washington, Tyne and Wear (98)
Places: 531
Employees: 150
Plans: Investment being made to indoor and outdoor resources across all nurseries.
ST GEORGE’S NURSERY
Head office: 2 Grace Road, Leicester, LE2 8AD
Tel: 01162 290023
Email: enquiries@stgeorgesnursery.com
Website: www.stgeorgesnursery.com
Directors: Birju Ghelani, Jaimie Ghelani, Shalin Ghelani, Shainee Ghelani
Established: 1994
Owns 6 nurseries: Aylestone (94), Enderby (84), Meridian (80), Narborough (60), Oadby (85) – all in Leics; Sherwood, Notts (86)
Places: 489
Employees: 100+
STORAL
Head office: 111 Baker Street, Paddington Central, London, W1U 6RR
Website: www.storal.com
Email: info@storal.com
Chief executive officer: Sarah Mackenzie
Chief financial officer: Varun Chanrai
Chief strategy officer: Ashwin Grover
Established: 2016
Owns/manages 29 nurseries: Ashby-de-la-Zouch 1, Leics (42), Ashby-de-la-Zouch 2 (47); Banbury, Oxon (93); Basingstoke, Hants (71); Blandford Forum, Dorset (90); Brentwood, Essex (70); Brighton, E. Sussex (66); Bristol (81); Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (223); Edgbaston, Birmingham, W. Mids (66); Gravesend, Kent (80); Lincoln, Lincs (100); Maidstone 1, Kent (34), Maidstone 2 (45); Manchester, G. Manchester 1 (100), Manchester 2 (123); Portishead, Somerset (69); Romford, Essex (118); Salisbury, Wilts (70); Sittingbourne, Kent (61); Steeple Langford, Wilts (72); Urmston, G. Manchester (86); Warminster, Wilts (69); Warrington, Cheshire (84); Whitwick, Leics (92); Widnes, Cheshire (82); Winchester, Hants (73); Woodville, Derbs 1 (115), Woodville 2 (38)
Places: 2,360
Employees: Approx. 700
TENDERLINKS DAY NURSERY GROUP
Head office: Lampard Investments, 122 Hill House, 210 Upper Richmond Road, London, SW15 6NP
Tel: 07940 391 682
Email: fkhaki@lampardinvestments.com
Website: www.tenderlinksdaynursery.co.uk
Managing directors: Farouq Khaki, Sanjeev Mall
Established: 2006
Owns 5 nurseries: Godalming, Surrey (32); Elstead, Surrey (34); London: Norbury (19), Streatham (38), Wandsworth (26)
Places: 149
Employees: 40
THRIVE CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION
Head office: Newfield House, 1 New Street, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, EH21 6HY
Tel: 0800 111 4954 (sales line)
Email: enquiries@thrivechildcare.com
Website: www.thrivechildcare.com
Private equity backed: Apiary Capital LLP
Chief executive: Cary Rankin
Chief financial officer: Will Newton
Group operations director: Laura Fortune
Head of finance: Claire Allen
Head of sales and marketing: Shona Maclean
Head of early years: Ursula Krystek-Walton
Head of property and H&S: Cheryl Darroch
Established: 2007
Owns 48 nurseries: Aberdeenshire 1 (58), Aberdeenshire 2 (64), Aberdeenshire 3 (63); Alsager 1, Cheshire (74), Alsager 2 (65); Bishopbriggs, E. Dunbartonshire (71); Castleton, Lancs (80); Chester 1, Cheshire (130), Chester 2 (113); Congleton, Essex (64); Crewe, Cheshire (80); Culcheth, Cheshire (80); Cumbernauld, N. Lanarkshire (87); Dundee 1 (114); Edinburgh 1 (58), Edinburgh 2 (104), Edinburgh 3 (69), Edinburgh 4 (100); Falkirk 1, Stirlingshire (73), Falkirk 2 (74); Frodsham, Cheshire (92); Glasgow: Ballieston (79), Erskine (70), Garrowhill (61), Glasgow Airport (91), Greenock (77), Inverkip (62), Kirkintilloch (80), Robroyston (81), Thornliebank (103); Knutsford, Cheshire (70); Leyland, Lancs (68); Liverpool Princes Dock, Merseyside (100); Manchester: Salford 1 (63), Salford 2 (79), Salford 3 (134), Shaw (83), Swinton (140), Trafford (138), University of Manchester (86), Wigan (100); Perth, Perthshire (80); Prestwich, Lancs (89); Pudsey, W. Yorks (47); South Lanarkshire College (75); Stirling, Stirlingshire (88); Warrington, Cheshire (102); Wistaston, Cheshire (95). Plus 6 out-of-school clubs, 6 holiday clubs and 1 crèche.
Places: 4,054
Employees: Approx. 1,300
TIDDLYWINKS DAY NURSERY
Head office: 6 Manchester Old Road, Bury, BL9 0TB
Tel: 0161 764 1265
Email: info@tiddlywinks nursery.com
Website: www.tiddlywinksnursery.com
Managing director: Imelda Mihell
Operational director: David Mihell
Financial director: Ashley Mihell
Established: 1994
Owns 7 nurseries: Ancoats (72), Blackley (62), Bury (108), Clayton (70), Crumpsall (78), Higher Blackley (72), Walmersley (130) – all in G. Manchester 5 out-of-school clubs: Blackley, Clayton, Higher Blackley, Middleton, Walmersley
Places: 592
Employees: 138
TINY TOEZ
Head office: Bredon House, Suite G3, 321 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0JZ
Tel: Contact each nursery directly
Email: admin@tinytoez.com
Website: www.tinytoez.com
Directors: Ranjana Mair, Kamal Mair
Established: 2004
Owns 12 nurseries: Coventry, W. Mids (36); Feltham, London (116); Sandwell, W. Mids (66); Staffs: Biddulph (72), Cannock Chase (83), East Staffs (60), Newcastle-under-Lyme (98), Stoke-on Trent 1 (58), Stoke-on-Trent 2 (62), Stoke-on-Trent 3 (57), Tamworth (92); Stourport, Worcs (41)
Places: 841
Employees: 237
TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS & PLAY
Head office: 1-2 St Andrews Road, Tidworth, SP9 7EP
Tel: 01980 633962
Email: finance@tnbearlyyears.org
Website: www.tnbearlyyears.org
Executive co-ordinator: Sarah Hawkins
Finance and office manager: Alison Mellor
Established: 2000
Manages 7 nurseries: Bulford 1 (55), Bulford 2 (64), Larkhill (51), Tidworth 1 (69), Tidworth 2 (54), Tidworth 3 (49), Tidworth 4 (60) – all in Wilts. Also runs 1 after-school and holiday club in Tidworth.
Places: 402
Employees: 135
TOAD HALL NURSERY GROUP
Head office: Glover Centre, 23-25 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, SG5 1RT
Tel: 01462 427020
Email: headoffice@toadhall-nursery.co.uk
Website: www.toadhall-nursery.co.uk
Co-managing directors: Claire French, Gail Tanner
Established: 1998
Owns12 nurseries: Berks: Langley (101), Winnersh (72); Herts: Berkhamsted (77), Hitchin (126), Watford (100); Surrey: Chessington (76), Haslemere (73), Horley (99), Ottershaw (41), Walton-on-Thames (127), Woking (109); Northants: Wellingborough (75)
Places: 1,076
Employees: 360
Plans: To increase the group.
TODDLETOWN AND TODDLEWORLD GROUP
Head office: 14 Kingsway, London, SW14 7HS
Tel: 07966 396187
Email: hello@toddletownnursery.co.uk; enquiries@toddleworld.co.uk
Commercial and operations director: Eamonn O’Connor
Director of compliance and regulations: Urvashi O’Connor
Director of childcare: John Warren
HR and marketing director: Sophie Haylock
Established: 2013
Owns 3 nurseries under Toddletown: Chandler’s Ford, Hants (75); Godalming, Surrey (51); Farnham, Surrey (88). Operates 1 nursery under Toddleworld: Twickenham, London (85)
Places: 299
Employees: 120
Plans: Continue organic growth.
TOMMIES CHILDCARE
Head office: Four Brooks Nursery & Pre-school, Parkville Highway, Coventry, CV6 4HZ
Tel: 01676 540244
Website: www.tommieschildcare.co.uk
Directors: Caroline Fooks (chief executive), Matt Fooks (finance director), Danielle Butler (operations director), Kelly Andrews (area manager)
Established: 1998
Owns 8 nurseries: Birmingham, W. Mids (60); Coventry 1, W. Mids (61), Coventry 2 (108), Coventry 3 (39); Derby, Derbs (78); Kenilworth, Warks (32); Nuneaton 1, Warks (34), Nuneaton 2 (28)
Places: 440
Employees: 115
Plans: To open a 70-place setting in Solihull, W. Mids, in April 2024.
TOPS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 3 Wollaston Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 4AR
Tel: 01202 551553
Email: admin@topsdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk
Ofsted nominated individual: Paula Phillips
Directors: Cheryl Hadland, Charlotte Percival, Andrew Dearsley, Harriet Pacey, Micah Faure, Dr Sam King, Diane Wycherley
Established: 1990
Owns 33 nurseries: Babbacombe, Devon (50); Bournemouth, Bearwood (55), Bournemouth, Royal Bournemouth Hospital (131), Christchurch (77), Corfe Mullen (86), Gillingham 1 (96), Gillingham 2 (36), Parkstone (56), Pokesdown (135), Poole (132), Wareham (47), Wimborne (80) – all in Dorset; Hants: Fawley (67), Havant (54), Lymington 1 (100), Lymington 2 (40), Muscliff (59), Portsmouth 1, Queen Alexandra Hospital (115), Portsmouth 2 (92), Portsmouth 3 (78), Portsmouth 4 (35), Winchester, Royal Hampshire County Hospital (61); Newport, Isle of Wight – IoW College (92); Plymouth 1, Devon (42), Plymouth 2 (53), Plymouth 3 (53), Plymouth 4 (68), Plymouth 5 (122); Salisbury, Wilts (104); Taunton 1, Somerset (36), Taunton 2, Musgrove Park Hospital (122); Yeovil 1, S. Somerset (56), Yeovil 2 (40). Crèche opportunities available. Also provides training.
Places: 2,470
Employees: 844
TORRIDON EDUCATION GROUP
Head office: East Beech Nursery School, 1 Queen’s Lane, Lossiemouth, IV31 6DR
Tel: 01343 810091
Email: eastbeechnurseryschool@outlook.com
Managing director: Sharon Hayward
Operations manager: Lauren Hayward
Established: 1994
Owns 4 nurseries: Elgin 1 (54), Elgin 2 (34), Lossiemouth 1 (44), Lossiemouth 2 (34) – all in Moray. Also runs a holiday club.
Places: 166
TWIZZLE TOPS DAY NURSERY
Head office: Marsh Farm Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5WP
Tel: 08450 345123
Email: katie.franklin@twizzletops.co.uk
Website: www.twizzletops.co.uk
CEO: James Sinclair
Managing director: Katie Franklin
Established: 2009
Owns 8 nurseries: Cambridge, Cambs (66); Ipswich, Suffolk (50); Marsh Farm, Essex (113); Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (71); Stevenage, Herts (50); Thurrock, Essex (58); Wat Tyler, Essex (71); Wembley, London (42)
Places: 521
Employees: 200
WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHILD CARE
Head office: Ronald Ross Avenue, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, L30 5RH
Tel: 0151 521 1555
Website: www.witwchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Ginnyand Neil Taylor
Established: 1993
Owns 3 nurseries: Sefton, Merseyside (70); Warrington, Cheshire: Longbarn (26), Woolston (100)
Places: 196
Employees: 40
WISE OWLS CHILDCARE
Head office: Unit 2, Thimble Farm, Stud Green, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 2JH
Tel: 01628 620013
Email: info@wiseowlschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.wiseowlschildcare.co.uk
Owner: Tanya Galitzine
Operations director: Laura Hughes
Established: 2000
Owns 3 nurseries and pre-schools: Maidenhead, Berks (30); Reading 1, Berks (40), Reading 2 (60). Also runs 2 breakfast clubs, 3 after-school clubs and 1 holiday club.
Places: 130
Employees: 98
WOODBERRY DAY NURSERY GROUP
Head office: Threefield House, Threefield Lane, Southampton, SO14 3LP
Tel: 02382 021451
Email: accounts@woodberrynursery.co.uk
Website: www.woodberrynursery.co.uk
Directors: Kathy Beauchamp, Shane Beauchamp, Kelly Sampson, Richard Beauchamp
Established: 2008
Owns 4 nurseries: Southampton 1 (68), Southampton 2 (75), Southampton 3 (65), Waterlooville (78) – all in Hants
Places: 286
Employees: 55
Plans: Expansion.
WOODLAND HOUSE GROUP OF NURSERIES*
Head office: Bellway House, 7 Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 7DL
Tel: 01527 908006
Email: enquiries@woodlandhousegroup.co.uk
Website: www.woodlandhousegroup.co.uk
Director: Glenis Keenan
Established: 1993
Owns 4 nurseries: Hanbury (100), Dodford (44), Redditch (91), Beoley (32) – all in Worcestershire
Places: 267
Employees: 107
YMCA
A federation of local YMCAs
Website: www.ymca.org.uk
Owns 65 nurseries and pre-schools: 8 in Brunel YMCA (previously Bath) (347); 9 in YMCA Black Country Group (473); 1 in Bournemouth YMCA (65); 2 in YMCA Derbyshire (152); 6 in YMCA Dulverton (previously Somerset Coast) (360); 2 in YMCA East Surrey (75); 1 in YMCA Essex (60); 7 in YMCA Fairthorne Group (677); 1 in YMCA Hastings and Rother (30); 3 in YMCA Lincolnshire (128); 2 in YMCA Maidstone (60); 1 in YMCA Norfolk (90); 1 in YMCA North Tyneside (65); 1 in One YMCA (94); 1 in YMCA Reading (36); 1 in YMCA Robin Hood Group (92); 1 in YMCA South Devon (70); 2 in YMCA St Paul’s Group (75); 1 in YMCA St Helens (64); 1 in YMCA Taunton (40); 3 in YMCA Thames Gateway (106); 1 in YMCA Together (Formerly Liverpool and Sefton) (52); 4 in YMCA Trinity Group (190); 5 in YMCA Worcestershire (277). Also owns out-of-school and holiday clubs across the UK.
Places: 3,678
Employees: 845
What the directory covers
- This list includes details of all the private, voluntary and independent chains of nurseries, kindergartens, playgroups and crèches known to Nursery World. Under the term ‘chain’, we have included groups with at least three nurseries up and running.
- While we have tried to be comprehensive, we may have omitted some chains not known to us. If your chain is not in our listing, please contact us at nurserychains@markallengroup.com and we can include you in the next edition of Nursery Chains, due out in spring 2025.
- Individual nurseries have not usually been named. Figures after each nursery’s location denote the number of places it is registered for. The number of employees includes full-time and part-time staff unless otherwise stated. Nurseries are listed alphabetically by location.
- ‘Places’ denotes the total number of registered nursery places. This does not include nursery classes in schools, out-of-school care or holiday places, but does include crèche provision and places in any nurseries that are owned and managed by each group.
- The information in each entry reflects the state of play at the end of November 2023.
* Denotes entries that are new for this issue of Nursery Chains