Since opening its first nursery in June last year, and backed by private investor Jonathan Jay, Welcome Nurseries has expanded rapidly and has ambitious growth plans.
The latest deal means that the group now offers 1,041 childcare places at nurseries primarily based in Yorkshire and Lancashire, with two settings in Colchester.
The Village Nursery and Pre-school in York is the smallest in the group’s portfolio with just 24 places and is the first Welcome Petite nursery.
These smaller settings will offer a maximum of 35 places.
In an interview with Nursery World, Linda Cuddy, director of childcare and education at Welcome Nurseries, said the group is on track to open five nurseries in the Petite range by the end of the year, in addition to 20 of the large Welcome settings.
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