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Family First set to grow to 80 settings

The nursery group, which has recently extended the business into the south coast, says it aims to ‘reach’ over 80 sites through acquisition by the end of this year.
Chief executive of Family First Ollie Humphries with children
Chief executive of Family First Ollie Humphries with children

The move would firmly place Family First within the top 10 largest nursery groups in the country, according to Nursery World’s Nursery Chains 2022, which at the time of publication in March, ranked the group 13th largest in the UK.

Family First currently operates 56 nurseries across London, Kent, Surrey, Essex, Somerset, Warwickshire, Hampshire and the West Midlands, providing over 4,000 childcare places and employing more than 1,200 staff.

Since the start of this year, the group has acquired 13 sites, they are - Adventure Pre-School in Carshalton, Rainbow Nursery in Kentish Town, Woodlands Daycare in Oxsted, Scribbles in East Finchley, three Play Away nurseries in Southampton, Kloisters in Rochester, Ellingham House in Ringwood, Stationhouse and Lakehouse Nurseries in Portishead, Greenfields in Shipston on Stour, and Drayton House School in Guildford.  

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