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Family First grows to 76 nurseries

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Nursery group Family First has acquired eight more nurseries in the Midlands and Essex, taking its total number of settings to 76, providing more than 5,500 full-time nursery places.
Pictured left to right at the Grosvenor House Day Nursery and Pre-school are senior nursery practitioner Lana Webster, nursery manager Amy Gilbert and deputy manager Victoria Shatmani
Pictured left to right at the Grosvenor House Day Nursery and Pre-school are senior nursery practitioner Lana Webster, nursery manager Amy Gilbert and deputy manager Victoria Shatmani

The group has bought the following settings:

  • Grosvenor House Day Nursery & Pre-school in Nottingham.
  • Handkerchief Day Nursery in Derby.
  • Chestnut House.
  • Holly Corner.
  • Old School House.
  • Pelican Place in Witham.
  • Brimpton House in Kelvedon.
  • ABC Day Nursery in Tiptree.

Separately, Family First has also acquired two sites from Childbase Partnership – Oaktree Day Nursery in Finchampstead and Victoria House Day Nursery in Marlow.

Chief executive of Family First Ollie Humphries said, ‘It’s amazing how far we have come from when we launched just three years ago to where we are today. I’d like to thank all of our team at Family First for their incredible dedication and commitment and for showing an incredibly warm welcome to all our new nurseries.

‘This is such an exciting time for everyone involved and we are so thrilled to bring even more superb quality nurseries into the group. Our passion for providing excellent childcare shows no limits.’

The nursery group, which is backed by August Equity, intends to reach 100 nurseries by the end of the year.