What the directory covers
- This list includes details of all the private and independent chains of nurseries, kindergartens, playgroups and creches known to Nursery World. Under the term 'chain' we have included groups with only two nurseries up and running if they have specific and imminent plans for expansion, or also offer some other form of childcare provision.
While we have tried to be comprehensive, we may have omitted some chains not known to us. If your chain is not included, please contact us at the address on page 3 of Nursery World and we can include you in the next issue of Nursery Chains, due out in September 2009.
- Individual nurseries have not usually been named. Figures after each nursery's location denote the number of places they are 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 creche provision and places in any nurseries that are owned and managed by each group. We have only included plans where they are specific. The information in each entry reflects the state of play as at the end of September 2008.
* Denotes entries that are new for this issue of Nursery Chains.
ABC NURSERIES
Head office: Main Road, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire DG11 3BU
Tel/Fax: 01576 300765
Directors: Ann McEwan, Malcolm McEwan
Established: 1988
Owns 4 nurseries: Dumfries (70), Ecclefechan (35) (both in Dumfriesshire); Egremont (112), Whitehaven (53) (both in Cumbria).
Also owns a training company.
Places: 270
Employees: 33
ACORN CHILDCARE
Head office: Wesley House, 17 South Street, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes MK19 7EL
Tel: 01908 510309 Fax: 01908 510222
E-mail: zoe@acornchildcare.co.uk
Website: www.acornchildcare.co.uk
Managing director: Zoe Raven
Established: 1989
Owns 6 nurseries: Brafield-on-the-Green (36), Burton Latimer (65) (both in Northamptonshire); Castlethorpe (36, plus 16 out-of-school places), Newport Pagnell (29 plus 16 out-of-school places), Shenley Church End (40), West Bletchley (33, plus 24 out-of-school places) (all in Bucks). Also runs a training and assessment centre and mobile creches.
Places: 239
Employees: 115
Plans: Expanding in the Milton Keynes/ Northants/Bucks area with nurseries and after-school clubs.
ACORNS NURSERIES
Head office: Acorns House, 7 Park Grove, Cathays, Cardiff CF10 3BJ
Tel: 02920 382009 Fax: 02920 221044
Website: www.acornsnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Martyn Hogg, Susan Hogg, Peter Reynolds, Cherie Wilson
Established: 1988
Owns 8 nurseries: Bristol (100); Cardiff: Llanishen (65), Oakfield Street (26), Park Grove (75), Partridge Road (27), St Mellons (32), Whitchurch (84); Duffryn, Newport (45)
Manages 3 nurseries: Bristol, AXA Acorns (30); Cardiff, BBC Wales Acorns (61); Newport, ONS Acorns (35)
Places: 580
Employees: 238
Plans: Further expansion planned in Bath, Cardiff and Cheltenham.
ACTION FOR CHILDREN (FORMERLY NCH)
Head office: 85 Highbury Park, London N5 1UD
Tel: 020 7704 7000
Website: www.actionforchildren.org.uk
E-mail: info@nch.co.uk
Chief executive: Clare Tickell
Established: 1869
Owns/manages 37 creches, nurseries/children's centres and family support centres: Barnstaple, Devon (10); Bodmin, Cornwall (15); Bournemouth, Dorset 1 (68), Bournemouth 2 (16), Bournemouth 3 (16); Brierley Hill, W Midlands (24); Dewsbury, W Yorks (11); Doncaster, S Yorks 1 (15), Doncaster 2 (52), Doncaster 3 (50), Doncaster 4 (52), Doncaster 5 (Wheatley) (44); Exeter, Devon (38); Glasgow (56); Grimsby, Lincs 1 (8), Grimsby 2 (14); Kates Hill, W Midlands (35); King's Lynn, Norfolk (50); Leamington, Warks (30); Leicester (45); Lye, W Midlands (29); Newcastle 1 (12), Newcastle 2 (6), Newcastle 3 (18), Newcastle 4 (12), Newcastle 5 (14), Newcastle 6 (16), Newcastle 7 (14); Norwich (45); Nottingham 1 (40), Nottingham 2 (40); Plymouth, Devon 1 (20), Plymouth 2 (48); Scarborough, N Yorks (8); Seaham, Co. Durham (56); Sheffield, S Yorks 1 (4), Sheffield 2 (20); Smith's Wood, W Midlands (50)
Places: 1,049
Employees: Numbers not available.
ACTIVE CHILDCARE
Head office: Redwither Tower, Redwither Business Park, Wrexham LL13 9XR
Tel: 01978 661189 Fax: 01978 661717
Directors: Karen Graham, Peter Graham
Established: 1997
Owns/manages 2 nurseries: Glyndor University (41); Wrexham: Rossett (55)
Owns/manages 1 out-of-school club: Wrexham (40)
Places: 96
Employees: 38
Plans: Developing training and consultancy.
ALPHABET HOUSE NURSERIES
Head office: Alphabet House, Canberra Road, East Ham, London E6 2RW
Tel: 020 8552 0078 Fax: 0170 870 5062
E-mail: info@alphabethousenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.alphabethousenurseries.co.uk
Co-directors: Dele Balogun, Kemi Balogun
Established: 1994
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Stratford (72), Beckton (32), East Ham (47), Plashet (57), Upton Park (62) (all in east London).
Places: 270
Employees: 70
Plans: To continue providing a high standard of care and education for children in our nurseries with an emphasis on training and staff professional development.
ANGELS AT PLAY NURSERIES
Head office: 1 Dockyard, Star Street, Ware, Herts, SG12 7AN
Tel: 01920 486487 Fax: 01920 462778
Website: www.angelsatplay. co.uk
Directors: Angela Spencer, Paul Spencer
Established: 1993
Owns 3 nurseries: Hoddesdon (89), Ware 1 (50), Ware 2 (118) (all in Herts).
Places: 257
Employees: 97
Plans: To continue expanding Extended Schools Provision (Out of Hours Care) and developing Children's Centre services.
ASHFORD PLAY NURSERY SCHOOLS KENT
Head office: Strathmore, 43 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8NU
Tel: 01233 625301 Fax: 01233 610420
Proprietor: Val Webb
Established: 1971
Owns 4 nurseries: Albert Road (44), Albert Road Creche (12), Wall Road (46), Willesborough (24), plus a 5-place summer school for five- to six-year-olds (all in Ashford, Kent). Albert and Wall Road both have an 8-place after-school club and an 8-place summer school for five- to eight-year-olds.
Places: 126
Employees: 32
ASQUITH NURSERIES
Placement centre: The Old Rectory, Horton Road, Horton, Slough SL3 9NU
Tel: 0800 591875 Fax: 01753 689593
E-mail: parents@asquithnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.asquithnurseries.co.uk
Chairman: George Charters
Managing director: Andy Morris
Financial director: Nick Yarrow
Established: 1989
Owns 112 nurseries/creches: Aberdeen (21); Basildon, Essex (77); Belfast (22); Birmingham (51); Bolton, Lancs (84); Brighton, E Sussex (69); Bristol (53); Bromley, Kent (78); Bromsgrove, Worcs (22); Bushey, Herts (45); Canterbury, Kent (143); Cardiff (61); Caterham, Surrey (72); Cheadle, Cheshire (56); Cheam, Surrey (22); Chigwell, Essex (59); Derby (81); Eastbourne, E Sussex (12); Edinburgh (68); Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (24); Enfield, Middlesex 1 (52), Enfield 2 (69), Enfield 3 (70); Epsom, Surrey (73), Epsom creche (18); Guildford, Surrey (61); Harpenden, Herts 1 (51), Harpenden 2, (64); Haslemere, Surrey (77); Hatch End, Middlesex (82); Heathrow, Middlesex (104); Heston, Middlesex (66); Hinckley, Leics (86); Hounslow, Middlesex (77); Hull, E Yorks (85); Kenton, Middlesex (65); Kew, Surrey (66); Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey 1 (64), Kingston-upon-Thames 2 (52); Leeds: Moortown (75), Tingley (78); Leicester (12); Lichfield, Staffs 1 (73), Lichfield 2 (75); Lincoln (24); Little Houghton, Northants (62); Liverpool: Kirkby (75), Speke (19); London: Balham (63), Battersea (69), Crouch Hill (36), Ealing (35), Eltham (47), Finsbury Park (81), Fulham (18), Golders Green (54), Hendon (65), Hill Park (53), Kensington (23), Kidbrooke (20), Lambeth (82), New Eltham (117), Peckham Rye (67), Putney (41), Raynes Park (46), Southgate (72), West Dulwich (72), West Hampstead (65); Luton, Beds (24); Maidenhead, Berks (24); Maidstone, Kent (90), Maidstone creche (28); Manchester, Trafford Park (24); Milford, Staffs (68); Milton Keynes, Bucks: David Lloyd Leisure (51), The Centre (126), Wavendon (55), Wolverton Mill (115); Nottingham 1 (91), Nottingham 2 (26); Oxford (23); Orpington, Kent (52); Portsmouth, Hants (70); Redhill, Surrey (78); Reigate, Surrey (84); Renfrew, Renfrewshire (47); Richmond, Surrey (86); Sidcup, Kent (49); Slough, Berks (52); Solihull, W Midlands 1 (72), Solihull 2 (25); Southend, Essex (16); Surbiton, Surrey (72); Swindon, Wilts (69); Teddington, Middlesex (97); Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside (76); Tonbridge, Kent (100); Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1 (60), Tunbridge Wells 2 (52); Twickenham, Middlesex 1 (26), Twickenham 2 (79); Warrington, Cheshire (93); Warsash, Hants (72); West Dorking, Surrey (65); West Malling, Kent (26); Southampton, Hants 1 (63), Southampton 2 (77); Weybridge, Surrey (22); Wilmington, Kent (51); Windsor, Berks (70); Woking, Surrey (71); Worthing, W Sussex (27)
Places: 6,665
Employees: 2,400
Plans: Expansion is set to continue, with more nurseries opening and being acquired over the next year.
BAMBINOS
Head office: Bambinos Childcare Centres, 31 Houndiscombe Road, Mutley, Plymouth, Devon PL4 6EU
Tel: 01752 226767 Fax: 01752 206566
Directors: William Lane, Alison Lane
Established: 1993
Owns 5 nurseries: City (95), Plympton (62), Plymstock (58), Tavistock (62), Woolwell (58) (all in Plymouth).
Places: 335
Employees: 120
BERTRAM NURSERY GROUP
Head office: Block B, Unit 4, Kittleyards, Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PJ
Tel: 0131 662 8500
Fax: 0131 662 8504
E-mail: info@happitots.com
Website: www.bertramnurserygroup.com
Managing director: Graeme Scott
Finance director: Tom Lyons
Chairperson: Heather Gilchrist
Operations manager: Susan McGhee
Business development manager: Lyndsay Grant
Established: 2006
Owns 28 nurseries: Aberdeenshire: Banchory (64), Cove Bay (50); Bishopbriggs, E Dunbartonshire (71); Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire (43); Cumbernauld, N Lanarkshire (84); Edinburgh 1 (120), Edinburgh 2 (100); Falkirk 1 (74), Falkirk 2 (59); Glasgow: Ballieston (65), Glasgow City Centre (45), Garrowhill (61), Glasgow Airport (103), Kelvinside (46); Kirkintilloch, E Dunbartonshire (80); Penicuik, Mid Lothian (58); Stirling (88), Dunblane, Stirlingshire (81), Manchester: Altrincham (50), Astley (105), Gin Pit Village, (59), Salford (79), Salford Hope Hospital (64), Sandilands (56), Shaw (83), Swinton (132); Lancashire: Castleton (80), Prestwich (85).
Also operates a training division, training nursery nurses to SVQ Level 3.
Places: 2,085
Employees: 627
Plans: To continue to grow quality nurseries through development and acquisitions.
BONBONS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Midland Buildings, 19a Briggate, Shipley, W Yorkshire BD17 7BP
Tel: 01274 587677
Fax: 01274 582991
E-mail: sarah@channon.com
Website: www.bonbonsdaynurseries.com
Directors: Sarah Channon, Gary Channon
Established: 2001
Owns 3 nurseries: Bradford, W Yorks: Frizinghall (36), Shipley (75), Thornton (56)
Places: 167
Employees: 60
Plans: To expand beyond Bradford with the opening of two new nurseries before the end of 2008.
BRAMLEYS NURSERIES
Head office: The Old School, School Road, Ardington, near Wantage, Oxon OX12 8PN
Tel: 01235 833255 Fax: 01235 864477
E-mail: info@bramleyschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.bramleyschildcare.co.uk
Directors: John Watson, Sue Watson
Established: 1990
Owns 6 nurseries: Banbury, Horton Hospital (53), Didcot (88), Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (49), Wantage (102) (all in Oxon); Bedford, Bedford Hospital (58); Salisbury, Wilts (46)
Places: 396
Employees: 130
THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES
Head office: 1 Prospect Place, Arnhall Business Park, Westhill, Aberdeenshire AB32 6SY
Tel: 01224 744741 Fax: 01224 744742
E-mail: MMogford@abd1.com
Directors: Marie Mogford, Graham Mogford, Lois Duncan
Established: 1985
Owns 3 nurseries: Bridge of Don, Aberdeen (116); Westhill 1 (118), Westhill 2 (39) (both in Aberdeenshire).
Out-of-school club: Westhill 1 (18)
Places: 273
Employees: 70
Plans: Have planning consent to open a further 100-place nursery in Aberdeenshire later in 2009.
BRIGHT HORIZONS
Head Office: 2 Crown Court, Rushden, Northants NN10 6BS
Tel: 01933 415900
Fax: 01933 315199
Website: www.brighthorizons.co.uk
Managing director Europe: Stephen Kramer
Director of operations: Linda Oury
Established: 1988
Owns/manages 115 nurseries: Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University (99), Aberdeen Shell (35); Aberystwyth, Institute of Grasslands & Environmental Research (40); Abingdon, Oxon (67); Andover, Hants, Defence Logistics Organisation (40); Ashbourne, Co Meath (52); Barford, Warks (52); Bath, Wilts 1, MoD (37), Bath 2, MoD (60); Birkenhead, Merseyside (38); Blackburn, Lancs, HM Revenue & Customs (38); Bootle, Merseyside (70); Bournemouth, Dorset (86); Bristol, MoD (117); Cambridge: Cambridge University 1 (60), Cambridge University 2 (100); Cardiff, Inland Revenue (60); Cirencester, Glos (78); Crowthorne, Berks, Broadmoor Hospital (50); Croydon, Surrey (40); Didcot, Oxon, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (56); Drogheda, Co Meath (89); Dublin: Balgriffin (102), Beaumont (40), City West (118), Dublin College of Technology (124), East Point Business Park (113), Leopardstown (107), Nutgrove (33), Swords (47); Dudley, W Midlands (39); Edinburgh: Abbeyhill (59), Annandale (59), Bruntsfield (49), Cramond (101), Leith, Scottish Executive (36), Morton Mains Farm (75), Royal Bank of Scotland (70), Rutland (46); Falkirk, Dept for Work and Pensions (43); Feltham, Middlesex, The Defence Geographic Intelligence Agency (25); Galway, The Marine Institute (30); Glasgow: Inland Revenue (59), Kwikfit (63); Grange, Co Meath, European Commission (30); Great Haseley, Oxon (60); Harrow, Middlesex (98); Hastings, E Sussex, Dept for Work & Pensions (46); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (54); Hinxton, Cambridge, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus (75); Hull, E Yorks, Land Registry (40); Ipswich 1, Suffolk, Inland Revenue (27), Ipswich 2, Suffolk College (90); Irthlingborough, Northants (52); Kenilworth, Warks (68); Leeds 1(39), Leeds 2, HM Revenue & Customs (35); Leicester, Inland Revenue (32); Liverpool, HM Customs & Excise (35); Livingston, West Lothian (136); London: Alperton, Sainsbury's (32), Barbican (54), Beaufort Park (102), Billet's Corner, Sainsbury's (45), Broadgate (50), Dulwich, Sainsbury's (24), Finchley (35), Fleet Street (45), Highgate (55), Hyde Park (46), Imperial Wharf (68), Islington (42), Mount Carmel (73), Pimlico (78), Regent's Park (75), Spitalfields (50), St John's Wood (92), Stockwell (64), SW1, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (36), Tabard Square (96), WC2, MOD (35); Long Benton, Northumberland (57); Newbury, Berks, Institute of Animal Health (39); Northampton, Mitie PFI (50); Northwood, Middlesex (124); Nottingham, Inland Revenue (50); Plymouth, Devon: Dept for Work & Pensions (40), Land Registry (40); Rainham, Essex (82); Reading, Berks: Thames Valley Park 1, Microsoft (52), Thames Valley Park 2 (120); Rothamsted, Herts, Rothamsted Research (39); Rugby, Warks (60); Runcorn, Cheshire, DfES (50); Saffron Walden, Essex, Saffron Walden County High School (85); Salford, Manchester, HM Customs & Excise (36); Salisbury, Wilts, Health Protection Agency (59); Sandwich, Kent, Pfizer (148); Sharnbrook, Beds, Unilever R & D Colworth (75); Sheffield, S Yorks, DfES (51); Southam, Warks (56); Stretford, Manchester (30); Sudbury, Suffolk, Great Cornard Upper School (50); Sunbury, Surrey, Johnson Control for BP Intl (46); Surbiton, Surrey, Dept for Work and Pensions (38); Teddington, Middlesex, Laboratory of the Government Chemist (66); Telford, Shropshire, Land Registry (45); Wallingford, Oxon (134); Warwick 1, Horticulture Research International (41), Warwick 2, Jaguar & Landrover (51); Watford, Herts (63); Wetherby, W Yorks, The British Library (45); Weymouth, Dorset, Land Registry (52); Witney, Oxon (64); Wolverhampton, W Midlands, Customs & Excise (20)
Places: 6,974
Employees: 2,135
Plans: Continuing to explore growth opportunities throughout UK and Ireland.
BRIGHT KIDS
Head office: Millennium Suite, The Grange, 37 Alcester Road, Studley, Warks B80 7LL
Tel: 01527 855409 Fax: 01527 855427
E-mail: brightkids@supanet.com
Website: www.bright-kids.co.uk
Chief executive: Tricia Wellings
Established: 1999
Owns 5 nurseries: Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire (59); Crabbs Cross, Worcs (47); Ludlow, Shropshire (24); Northfield, Birmingham (64); Studley, Warks (50)
6 out-of-school clubs: Cleobury Mortimer (16), Crabbs Cross (24), Ludlow (16), Northfield (24), Studley (26), Studley Infants (40)
Places: 244
Employees: 75
Plans: Further expansion is planned during the next 12 months.
BRIGHT NEW MINDS
Head office: 52 Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8PB
Tel: 020 8977 0202 Fax: 07092 388119
E-mail: info@brightnewminds.com
Website: www.brightnewminds.com
Directors: Ian Morgan, Nicola Smith
Established: 2006
Operates 7 nurseries: Bovey Tracey, Devon (43); Cheam (62), Epsom (68); Morden (62), Sutton (43) (all in Surrey), Reading, Berks (48); Teddington, Middlesex (63)
Places: 389
Employees: 105
BRIGHTSPARKS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Meadow Hill, Purley, Surrey CR8 3HL
Tel: 020 8660 2340
Directors: Emma Jones, Helen Simpson
Established: 1999
Owns 5 nurseries: New Malden (40), Old Coulsdon (46), Purley (46), Purley Way (60), Selsdon (46) (all in Surrey).
Places: 238
Employees: 56
BRINGING UP BABY
Head office: Unit 1A, The Plough Brewery, 516 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 3JX
Tel: 020 7622 5552 Fax: 020 7622 5570
E-mail: office@bringingupbaby.co.uk
Website: www.bringingupbaby.co.uk
Established: 1989
Managing director: Anne de Zoysa
Executive directors: Sue Woodford, Jackie Gardiner, Marion Bones
Owns 5 nurseries: Brentford (42), Clapham (72), Hammersmith (70), Kentish Town (55), Wembley (32) (all in London area).
Places: 271
Employees: 76
BROOKLANDS CHILDCARE
Head office: 137B Market Street, Hindley, Wigan WN2 3AA
Tel: 01942 760044
E-mail: hindley2@brooklandschildcare.com
Website: www.brooklandschildcare.com
Owners: Ivan Rawlins, Linda Rawlins
Established: 1990
Owns 4 nurseries: Ashton-in-Makerfield (90), Garswood (86), Hindley 1 (89), Hindley 2 (83) (all in Lancashire).
1 creche: Hindley Green Sure Start, Wigan (17)
Places: 365
Employees: 104
Plans: Expansion locally and nationally, some possibly through acquisition.
BROWN BEAR CHILDCARE
Head office: 18 Douglas Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 4JE
Tel: 0161 483 7369
Directors: Renee Dickens, Wendy Hartley
Established: 2002
Owns 3 nurseries: Bredbury (37), Brinnington (28), Reddish (42) (all in Stockport).
Places: 107
Employees: 30
Plans: To extend provision as part of children's centre developments in Bredbury, Brinnington and Reddish.
BUFFER BEAR NURSERIES
Head office: The Hospitium, Valpy St, Reading, Berks RG1 1AR
Tel: 0118 950 3200 Fax: 0118 956 0338
Website: www.bufferbear.co.uk
E-mail: info@bufferbear.co.uk
Chief executive: Kay Turner
Managing director: Ian Cross
Finance controller: James Lukehurst
Human resources controller: HIlary Fletcher
Operations administrator: Paula O'Reilly
Established: 1994
Owns/manages 24 nurseries: Bristol (72); Burnley, Lancs, Burnley General Hospital (51); Burton, Staffs (58); Chichester, W Sussex (60); Croydon, Surrey: New Addington (84), Mayday Hospital, NHS Trust (65); Heathrow, Middlesex (39); Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, NHS Trust (53); Kirklees, W Yorks (49); London: Edgware (68), Waterloo (60); Maidenhead, Berks (84); Newcastle (186); Oxford (62); Poole, Dorset, Carter Community School (59); Reading, Berks (78); Selby, N Yorks, Selby North Children's Centre (54); Southampton, Hants (100); Sutton, Surrey (66); Swindon, Wilts, Great Western Hospital NHS Trust (101); Tadworth, Surrey (56); Watford, Herts (55); Wimbledon, Surrey (57); Wythenshawe, Manchester (100)
Places: 1,717
Employees: 797
Plans: To develop further our position as a leading provider of partnership nurseries and to continue our training and HR input to make Buffer Bear the employer of choice.
BUSH BABIES CHILDREN'S NURSERIES
Head office: The Old School House, Leicester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5QU
Tel: 0116 2774088 Fax: 0116 2788744
Director: Jane Brailsford
Company Secretary: Jennifer Simpson
Established: 1992
Owns 5 nurseries: Countesthorpe (54), Leicester (54), Oadby (52), Thurmaston (86), Wigston Magna (54) (all in Leicestershire).
Places: 300
Employees: 80
Plans: Planned controlled expansion programme both locally and nationally.
THE BUSY BEES GROUP
Head office: St Matthews, Shaftsbury Drive, Burntwood, Staffs WS7 9QP
Tel: 0870 380 6614 Fax: 0871 871 9342
Website: www.busybees.com
Group directors: Larry Anthony, Jillian Bannan, James Black, Simon Irons, John Woodward, Lynn Woodward, Margaret Randles
Established: 1983
Owns and manages 127 nurseries operating under the Busy Bees, Tibbi Tots, Leapfrog and TLC brands: Bicester, Oxford (108); Birmingham: Aston (59), Edgbaston (112), Longbridge (60), North Birmingham College (90), University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (136); Bishops Stortford, Herts 1 (55); Bishops Stortford, Herts 2 (74); Braintree, Essex (109); Bristol: Bradley Stoke (100), Emersons Green (105), Portishead (91), Stoke Gifford (126); Bromborough, Wirral (105); Bromsgrove, Warks (86); Brough, E Yorkshire (110); Burton on Trent, Staffs (108); Cardiff (66); Carshalton, Surrey (90); Chandlers Ford, Hants (116); Cheadle, Cheshire (67); Cheam, Surrey (88); Chelmsford, Essex (99); Chippenham, Wilts (106); Chorley, Lancs 1 (176), Chorley 2 (60); Colchester 1 (106), Colchester 2 University of Essex (120); Coventry, Walsgrave Hospital, Warks (117); Crawley, W Sussex (132); Daventry, Northants (97); Derby: Heatherton (107), Oakwood (110); Deeside, Flintshire (92); Enfield (120); Evesham, Worcs (110); Farnborough, Hants (159); Formby, Merseyside (66); Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (71); Harlow (105); Harpenden 1 (70), Harpenden 2 (55); Heathrow (100); Henley, Berks College of Agriculture (82); Hertford (44); High Wycombe, Bucks (80); Kent: Canterbury (79), Chatham (72), Chislehurst (94); Kettering, Northants (112); Lancaster (151); Leamington Spa (122); Leeds: Colton Mill (151), Guiseley (100); Leicester: Braunstone (130), Narborough (103); Letchworth, Herts (104); London: Chingford (120), Chiswick (78), City (90), Finchley (75), Hammersmith (56), Mill Hill (78), Royal Victoria Docks (107), Wandsworth (95); Manchester: Fallowfield (78), Salford University (104); Morden, Surrey (56); Northampton (100); Northwich, Cheshire (107); Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (102); Nottingham: City Hospital (114), Clifton (55), Daybrook (120), Sneinton (50), University of Nottingham (96), Wollaton (108); Oxford (28); Perivale, Middlesex (76); Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes General Hospital (96), Oldbrook (100); Peterborough (118); Portsmouth (126); Preston, Lancs 1 (239), Preston 2 (167), Preston 3 (39), Preston 4 (88), Preston 5 (60), Preston 6 (32); Quedgeley, Gloucs (106); Reading (112); Reigate, Surrey (98); Rotherham (74); Rugby, Warks (84); Sale, Cheshire (70); Salisbury, Wilts (93); Shenley, Herts (110); Solihull, W Midlands 1 (100), Solihull 2 (90); Southport, Lancs (99); St Albans, Herts 1 (65), St Albans 2 (50), St Albans 3 (116), St Albans City Hospital (48); Stevenage (114); Sudbury Hill, Middlesex (100); Swindon: Broome (72), Peatmore (100), St Andrew's Ridge (106); Telford, Shropshire (108); Thames Ditton, Surrey (69); Thurrock, Essex (114); Uxbridge, Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex (96); Walsall, W Midlands (25) ; Warndon, Worcs (112); Warwick Hospital, Warks (40); Watford General Hospital, Herts (46); Welwyn, Herts (46); Welwyn Garden City, Herts (74); Weston Super Mare (100); Woking, Surrey (130); York (120)
5 creches: Glasgow (10); London: Finchley, David Lloyd Leisure (12), Peterborough, Cambs (39); Stevenage, Herts (9); Weybridge, Surrey (20)
9 after-school schemes: Burntwood; Chorley; Farnborough; Lancaster; Leeds Colton Mill; Preston 2; St David's, Flintshire; Southport
Places: 11,598
Employees: 4,630
BUSY NOUGHT TO FIVES
Head office: Old Home Farm, Brimstage Road, Brimstage, Wirral CH63 6HD
Tel/Fax: 0151 342 8050
E-mail: info@busy05.co.uk
Website: www.busynoughttofives.co.uk
Director: Emma Collins
Established: 1992
Owns 6 nurseries: Liverpool (82); South Wirral (99); Warrington, Cheshire 1 (129), Warrington 2 (117); Wirral, Cheshire 1 (37), Wirral 2 (27)
Places: 491
Employees: 130
Plans: Building 84-place nursery in Wirral due to open in late 2008.
BUTTERCUPS
Head office: 18 Woodfield Road, Ealing, London W5 1SH
Tel: 020 8840 4740 Fax: 020 8997 6236
Director: Carol Whitehouse
Established: 1980
Owns 6 nurseries: Chalfont St Peter, Bucks (48); London and the south east: Acton (41), Brentford (52), Chiswick (31), Ealing (60), Isleworth (40)
Places: 272
Employees: 70
CARING DAYCARE
Head office: Pitfold House, Woolmer Hill, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 1QA
Tel: 01428 661960 Fax: 01428 653929
E-mail: peter@caringdaycare.co.uk
Director: Peter Churchley
Established: 1989
Owns 8 nurseries: Dorking 1 (52), Dorking 2 (44); Godalming (140), Guildford (86), Haslemere (88), Woking 1 (111), Woking 2 (65) (all in Surrey); Midhurst, W Sussex (41)
Places: 627
Employees: 172
Plans: Actively seeking nurseries to develop or acquire in Surrey.
CARING KINDERGARTENS
Head office: 2 Ferro Fields, Brixworth, Northants NN6 9UA
Tel: 01604 882241 Fax: 01604 882233
E-mail: mail@caringkindergartens.co.uk
Website: www.caringkindergartens.co.uk
Proprietor: Sonia Carvell
Established: 1992
Owns 5 nurseries: Daventry, Northants (90); Moulton Park Industrial Estate, Northampton (70); Peterborough Business Park, Peterborough, Cambs (112); Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks (55); Wellingborough, Northants (80)
Places: 407
Employees: 110
Plans: Expansion in progress.
CAROUSEL NURSERIES
Head office: Glenfield House, 69 Glasgow Road, Dumbarton G82 1RE
Tel: 01389 763763 Fax: 01389 730469
Directors: Anne Jenkins, Claire Rowan
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Alexandria (69), Dumbarton (75), Helensburgh (58) (all in Dunbartonshire).
1 out-of-school club: Dumbarton (54)
Places: 202
Employees: 82
Plans: To continue to expand a network of nurseries across west Scotland.
CASTERBRIDGE CARE AND EDUCATION
Head office: Suite 2, Chiswick Place, 272 Gunnersbury Ave, London W4 5QB
Tel: 020 8996 3509 Fax: 020 8996 3501
Website: www.casterbridgecae.com
Director: Paul Brosnan, Tony Hurran, Nick Orrin
Established: 2004
Owns 24 nurseries: Banstead, Surrey (107); Bracknell, Berks (96); Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (77); Caterham (98); Chigwell, Essex (102); Esher, Surrey (88); Farnborough, Hants (105); Fleet, Hants (120); Highams Park, Essex (51); Frimley Green, Surrey (80); Guildford, Surrey (96); KIngs Hill, Kent (104), Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey (133); London: Croydon (74), Lewisham (63), Tooting Bec (170); Poole, Dorset (42); Richmond, Surrey (150); Shortlands, Kent (65); Sonning, Berkshire (187); Upminster, Essex (62); Verwood, Dorset (68); Windlesham, Surrey (105); Woodford Green, Essex (50)
Places: 2,293
Employees: 760
CASTLE CHILDCARE
Central office: 14 South Hill, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3SY
Tel: 01483 533344
Website: www.daycare.co.uk
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Markenfield (70), South Hill (39) (both in Guildford, Surrey); Shamley Green, Surrey (26)
Places: 135
Employees: 50
CATHERINE HOUSE DAY NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 9 St Agnes Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9PH
Tel: 0121 449 1444 Fax: 0121 449 1440
E-mail: info@catherinehousedaynursery.com
Website: www.catherinehousedaynursery.com
Directors: Rita Howe-Douglas, Matthew Poray
Established: 1987
Owns 6 nurseries: Birmingham: Moseley (60), Northfield (40); Brockley, London (70); Leamington Spa, Warks (58); Northampton (55); Walsall, W Midlands (50)
Places: 333
Employees: 120
CFBT EDUCATION TRUST
Head office: 60 Queens Road, Reading RG1 4BS
Tel: 0118 902 1000 Fax: 0118 902 1434
E-mail: enquiries@cfbt.com
Website: www.cfbt.com
Director: Lesley Moore
Established: CfBT 1965
Owns 9 nurseries: Binfield, Berks (145); Chorley, Lancs (53); Horwich, Lancs (70); Iver, Bucks (40); Lancaster, Lancs (106); Middlesbrough, Teesside (42); Slough 1, Berk s (134), Slough 2 (96); West Norwood, London (118)
7 nursery units attached to independent schools: Cape Town, South Africa; Dulwich, London (201); Kings Monkton, Cardiff (28); Langley, Berks (68); Maidenhead, Berks (120); Rochester, Kent (120); Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (90); Wokingham, Berks (48)
Places: 1,479
Employees: 415
CHERRY CHILDCARE
Head office: Frimley Road, Ash Vale, Surrey GU12 5NZ
Tel/Fax: 01252 518221
Director: Barry Rolfe
Senior manager: Trisha Fisher
Established: 1993
Owns 8 nurseries: Addlestone, Surrey (78); Ash Vale, Hants (98); Epsom, Surrey (44); High Wycombe, Bucks (120); Ottershaw, Surrey (77); Sandhurst, Berks (48); Stoneleigh, Surrey (94); Weybridge, Surrey (28)
Places: 587
Employees: 176
Plans: A major development programme planned over the next two years.
CHERUBS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Cherubs Childcare Centre, Welbeck Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield, Notts NG19 9LA
Tel: 01623 420940 Fax: 01623 634269
Managing director: Susan Mills
Director: Robert Everist
Established: 1993
Owns 8 nurseries: Kimberley (90), Mansfield 1 (55), Mansfield 2 (55), Mansfield Woodhouse (147), Newark (44), Ravenshead (120) (all in Notts); Nottingham: Bulwell 1 (90), Bulwell 2 (86)
2 preparatory schools: Attenborough Prep School, Saville House Prep School
Places: 687
Employees: 240
Plans: In negotiations for other nurseries in the Nottingham/Mansfield areas.
CHERUB NURSERIES AND PRE-SCHOOLS
Head office: Lindsey Place, Anlaby Road, Hull HU4 6AJ
Tel: 01482 509598 Fax: 01482 576650
E-mail: enquiries@cherub-nurseries.com
Website: www.cherub-nurseries.com
Proprietor: Ann Barnes
Established: 1976
Owns 3 nurseries: Beverley, E Yorks (71); Hull, E Yorks 1 (68), Hull 2 (125)
Places: 264
Employees: 65
THE CHESHIRE DAY NURSERY
Head office: Grammar School Road, Warrington WA4 1JN
Tel: 01925 230233 Fax: 01925 230408
E-mail: cheshiredaynursery@btconnect.com
Directors: Julie Mannering, Brenda Burling
Established: 2000
Owns 4 nurseries: Uttoxeter, Staffs (77, plus holiday and after-school club); Warrington, Cheshire 1(80), Warrington 2 (31); Wirral, Cheshire (125, plus holiday and after-school club)
Places: 313
Employees: 85
CHILD BASE
Head office: Kingston House, Northampton Road, Newport Pagnell, Bucks MK16 8NJ
Tel: 01908 211699 Fax: 01908 211698
E-mail: info@childbase.com
Website: www.childbase.com
Established: 1989
Directors: Michael Thompson (chief executive), Angela Bramham (finance director), Lynda Gostelow (operations director), Sandra Edwards, Rose Elkins, Deborah Layde (regional directors)
Operates 35 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks, Stoke Mandeville Hospital (82); Barnet, Herts (60); Bedford (95); Birmingham (80); Buckingham (70); Chobham, Surrey (78); Coventry, Warks (66); Cranfield, Beds, Cranfield University (43); Farnborough, Hants (36); Finchampstead, Berks (67); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (59); Hitchin, Herts (74); Kettering, Northants (88); Leighton Buzzard, Beds (84); London: Chiswick (88), Winchmore Hill (80); Luton, Beds, Luton and Dunstable Hospital (94); Maidenhead, Berks (66); Milton Keynes, Bucks (75); Newbury, Berks (58); Newport Pagnell, Bucks (49); Northampton, Northampton General Hospital (101); Nottingham (80); Orpington, Kent (136); Oxford: John Radcliffe Hospital (103), Churchill Hospital (97); Purley, Surrey (48); Reading, Berks (116); Staines, Surrey (108); Swindon, Wilts (94); Twyford, Berks (83); Welwyn Garden City, Herts, QEll Hospital (95), Welwyn Garden City (75); Winchester, Hants (164); Winchester, Hants, University College (68)
Places: 2,860
Employees: 956
CHILDCARE & LEARNING (CRANBROOK)
Acquired Cranbrook Group Nursery Schools in January 2006
Head office: The Olde Post Office, Antlands Lane East, Shipley Bridge, Surrey RH6 9TE
Tel: 01293 772561 Fax: 01293 772971
Director: Robert Shannon
Established: 1983
Owns 7 nurseries: Balcombe, W Sussex (41); Charlwood, Surrey 1 (32), Charlwood 2 (24hrs, 48); Crawley, Sussex (84); Horley, Surrey 1 (58), Horley 2 (29), Horley 3 (50)
2 after-school clubs: Crawley, Sussex (32); Horley, Surrey (36)
Places: 342
Employees: 97
THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION
Head office: St Pancras House, Jacobs Yard, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 7PE
Tel: 01256 383440 Fax: 01256 383411
E-mail: caron.pardoe@childcare.uk.com
Website: www.childcare.uk.com
Chairman: Alan Bentley
Director: Adrian Moore
Established: 1998
Owns and manages 20 nurseries, operating under the brand Kiddi Caru: Basingstoke, Hants (121); Bedford (75); Burgess Hill, W Sussex (100); Chelmsford, Essex (94); Colchester, Essex (122); Exeter, Devon (129); Harlow, Essex (100); London: Earls Court (104), Streatham (28); Malvern, Worcs (94); Milton Keynes, Bucks (69); Northampton (118); Peterborough, Cambs (114); Plympton, Devon (100); Taunton, Somerset (129); Torquay, Devon (96); Wellingborough, Northants (96); Whiteley, Hants (128); Wolverhampton, W Midlands (114); Writtle, Essex (99)
Places: 2,030
Employees: 600
CHILDCARE ENTERPRISE
Head office: Unit 25, Apex Business Village, Annitsford, Cramlington, Northumberland NE23 7BF
Tel: 0191 250 4590 Fax: 0191 250 1863
Chief executive: Julia Doxford
Established: 1994
Manages 14 nurseries: Colburn, N Yorks (67); Coventry Land Registry (50); Durham District Land Registry (56); Leicester Land Registry (40); London: Westminster, BBC World Service (27); Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Howdon Sure Start Partnership (46); Nottingham Land Registry (60); Scarborough, N Yorks (64); Wallsend Sure Start, Tyne and Wear (16); York: Central Science Laboratory (47), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (44)
5 playschemes: Durham Kids' Club (132); Leicester Land Registry (25); London: Croydon, Home Office (70), Westminster, BBC World Service (16), Inland Revenue (40); Nottingham Land Registry (40)
4 creches: Colburn 2 sites (32); Sure Start, Howdon (15); Sure Start, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear (16)
Places: 517
Employees: 200
Plans: Expansion programme for the next three years.
CHILDCARE SCOTLAND
Head office: Burnside House, Kilwinning Road, Irvine KA12 8RU
Tel: 01294 277950 Fax: 01294 312765
Directors: Meg McLeod, Les Macleod, Yvonne McDowall
E-mail: info@childcarescotland.com
Website: www.childcarescotland.com
Established: 1989
Owns 9 nurseries: Aberdeen (108); Edinburgh (105); Falkirk (68); Glasgow: Caledonian University (59), Glasgow University (79), Strathclyde University (56); Irvine, Ayrshire (142); Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (119); Largs, Ayrshire (36)
Places: 772
Employees: 190
CHILD CENTRED NURSERIES
Head office: Highwood House, Maldon Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford CM3 2JP
Tel: 01245 382582 Fax: 01245 382581
E-mail: info@childcentrednurseries.co.uk
Website: www.childcentrednurseries.co.uk Directors: Stephen Field, Melanie Field
Established: 1995
Owns 7 nurseries: Colchester 1 (88), Colchester 2 (48), Colchester 3 (46), Colchester 4 (32), Hatfield Peverel (60), Kelvedon (58), Witham (49) (all in Essex).
Places: 381
Employees: 129
Plans: To develop the existing nurseries and look at scope for new-build and acquisition.
CHILD FIRST
Head office: 179 Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5RS
Tel: 07831 635802 Fax: 01604 636068
E-mail: tom.s@childfirst.co.uk
Website: www.childfirst.co.uk
Director: Tom Shea
Established: January 2007
Owns 5 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks (75); Banbury, Oxon (75); Bicester, Oxon (116); Moulton, Northants (80); Solihull, W Midlands (106)
Places: 452
Employees: 104
Plans: To build the five nurseries from acceptable to exceptional and share that good practice with all of those who might wish to do the same.
CHILDREN'S CORNER CHILDCARE
Formerly Children's Corner Group of Nurseries
Head office: Springbank School, Wesley Street, Farsley, Leeds LS28 5LE
Tel: 0113 257 7868
E-mail: la.dawson@btinternet.com
Directors: Lesley Dawson, Allan Dawson
Established: 1998
Owns 5 nurseries: Leeds, W Yorks: Farsley (46, plus 24 out-of-school), Granary Wharf (27), Headingley (20), Moorlands (27),Valley View (46, plus 24 out of school)
2 out-of-school playschemes: The Grammar School (40), Wigton Moor Primary School (39)
Places: 166
Employees: 75
Plans: Consolidation of existing position.
CHILDREN'S PLACE
Head office: The Poplars, Free School Lane, Halifax, W Yorks HX1 2YE
Tel: 01422 329030 Fax: 01422 395929
E-mail: info@childrens-place.co.uk
Website: www.childrens-place.co.uk
Directors: Karen Walker and Debbie Burke
Established: 1991
Owns and manages 7 nurseries: Bradford: Barkerend (61), Burnett Fields (52), Daisy Hill (56); Dewsbury (50); Halifax (55); Ravensthorpe (66); Scarborough (38) (all in Yorks).
Places: 378
Employees: 100
Plans: Expansion plans underway at Scarborough.
CHIPMUNKS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 6 Herringston Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2BS
Tel: 01305 260002
E-mail: wellsicmrs@aol.com
Owners: Ian Wells, Christine Wells
Established: 1991
Owns 2 nurseries: Dorchester (99, plus 23-place out-of-school club), Weymouth (98, plus 24-place out-of-school club) (both in Dorset).
Places: 197
Employees: 65
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 31 Claremont Avenue, Woking, Surrey GU22 7SF
Tel: 01483 757507
Website: www.daynurseriessurrey.co.uk
Director: Penny Owen
Established: 1986
Owns 5 nurseries: Cranleigh, Surrey (44); Guildford, Surrey: Burpham (44), Merrow (47), Wood Street Village (46); Woking, Surrey (44)
Places: 225
Employees: 76
Plans: Actively looking for new sites.
*CLEAR DAY NURSERIES
Acquired Greendale Nursery Complex in June 2007.
Head office: Clear Day Nurseries, 157-173 Roden Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT12 5QA
Tel: 02890 419199 Fax: 02890 484273
E-mail: audrey@cleardaynurseries.com
Website: www.cleardaynurseries.com
Owner: Colin Johnston
Established: 2007
Owns 4 nurseries: Dundonald, Belfast (96); Craigavon: First Steps Junior Academy (48), Holly House (78); Newtownabbey, Antrim (140)
Places: 362
Employees: 140
COCOON NURSERIES
Head office: Penthouse Suite, Moritz House, Ballycullen, Dublin 24, Eire
Tel: 00 353 1419 9999 Fax: 00 353 1419 9998
Website: www.cocoon childcare.ie
Managing director: Robert Buckley
Established: 2003
Manages 7 childcare centres: Artane, Co Dublin (58); Blessington, Co Wicklow (123); Kimmage, Co Dublin (78); Rathfarnham, Co Dublin (88); Tallaght, Co Dublin (70); Naas (114), Sallins (90) (both in Co Kildare).
Places: 621
Employees: 129
Plans: Actively looking for new sites.
COOMBE VALLEY
Head office: Old Tree Lodge, Trebursye, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 7ET
Tel: 01566 777036 Fax: 01566 777036
E-mail: office@coombevalley.com
Directors: Charles Ranson, Susan Ranson
Established: 1990
Owns 3 nurseries: Egloskerry (20), Launceston (29), Trebursye (44) (all in Cornwall).
Places: 93
Employees: 25
COUNTRYSIDE NURSERIES
Head office: Tythe Barn, Dean Lane, Cookham Dean, Berks SL6 9BB
Tel: 01628 476153 Fax: 01628 487019
E-mail: enquiries@countrysidenurseries.co.uk
Director: Angela Palmer-Moore
Established: 1991
Owns 6 nurseries: Burnham, Bucks (35); Cookham Dean, Berks (24); Flackwell Heath, Bucks 1 (33), Flackwell Heath 2, (25); Henley-on-Thames, Oxon (38); Sunninghill, Berks (45)
Places: 200
Employees: 70
CRECHE-N-CO
Head office: Office D1, Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 6XH
Tel: 0161 643 4747 Fax: 0161 653 0786
E-mail: crechencoltd@aol.com
Directors: Lorraine Darlington, Marilyn Prescott
Established: 1989
Owns/manages 6 nurseries: Bury, Lancs: Fairfield General Hospital (68), Woodfields (60); Middleton, Manchester, Hopwood Hall College (39); Rochdale, Manchester: Hopwood Hall College (60, plus 50-place holiday playscheme), Newbold Sure Start Children's Centre Nursery (46), Sandbrook Sure Start Children's Centre Nursery (60) Also provides childcare services for corporate events.
Places: 333
Employees: 72
CRYSTAL CHILDCARE
Head office: 202 Venner Rd, Sydenham, London SE26 5HT
Tel: 020 8659 6417 Fax: 020 8659 6712
E-mail: info@crystalchildcare.co.uk
Website: www.crystalchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Lorraine Duffy, Paul Duffy
Established: 1988
Owns 3 nurseries: Anerley (59), Sydenham (30), Upper Norwood (20) (all in London).
Places: 109
Employees: 40
THE DAN LEISURE GROUP
(Including Leisure Operations Limited/Pelican Childcare Services)
Head office: Acorn House, Houghton Street, Warrington, Cheshire WA2 7DD
Tel: 01925 232202 Fax: 01925 235380
E-mail: enquiries@thedanleisuregroup.co.uk
Managing director: Neil Ritchie
Established: 1992
Operates 14 nurseries: Bangor, Gwynedd (20); Boston, Lincs (59); Dunfermline, Fife (62); Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (68); Gomersal, W Yorks (43); Haydock, Merseyside (10); Manchester (64); Mirfield, W Yorks (68); Neston, Cheshire (67); Northampton (42); Warrington, Cheshire 1 (94), Warrington 2 (34), Warrington 3 (24); Washington, Tyne and Wear (98); plus creches, playgroups and toddler groups throughout the UK
Places: 753
Employees: 290
Plans: Two further nurseries are planned for 2008.
DIANDJIMS
Head office: The Pavilion, Wanless Lane, Hexham NE46 1BU
Tel: 01434 600000 Fax: 01434 600000
Website: www.diandjims.co.uk
Directors: Di Richardson, Jim Richardson
Established: 1995
Owns 2 nurseries: Hexham (26, plus 50 out-of-school places), Prudhoe (50, plus 26 out-of-school and 12 creche places) (both in Northumberland).
Places: 76
Employees: 28
EARLYWORLD NURSERIES
Head office: Collina House, Oxon Business Park, Welshpool Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 5HJ
Tel: 01743 244600 Fax: 01743 341500
Websites: www.earlyworld.co.uk and www.earlyworldclubs.co.uk
Managing director: Paul Edwards
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Shrewsbury (126), Telford 1 (115), Telford 2 (130) (all in Shropshire).
Owns 5 out-of-school-clubs: Chester (42); Shifnal (30), Shrewsbury (74), Telford (74), (all in Shropshire); Wolverhampton, W Midlands (40)
Places: 371
Employees: 177
Plans: Opening one more out-of-school club in Chester, December 2008
EARLY YEARS CHILDCARE
Head office: 42 Wilbury Villas, Hove, E Sussex BN3 6GD
Tel: 01273 778775 Fax: 01273 724583
E-mail: info@earlyyearschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.earlyyearschildcare.co.uk
General manager: David Wiltshire
Established: 1989
Owns/manages 10 nurseries: Basingstoke, Hampshire (108); Brighton, E Sussex (69); Burgess Hill, W Sussex (80); Crawley, W Sussex (28); Greenwich, London (51); Haywards Heath, W Sussex (72); Horsham, W Sussex (136); Hove, E Sussex (74); Lewes, E Sussex (51); Worthing, W Sussex (60)
Also operates: 6 holiday schemes (218)
Places: 729
Employees: 357
EARLY YEARS CHILDCARE GROUP
Head office: Manor Farm, Castle Hill, East Leake, Loughborough, Leics LE12 6LU
Tel/Fax: 01509 852797 E-mail: headoffice@earlyyearschildcare group.co.uk
Website: www.earlyyearschildcare group.co.uk
Partners: Glennis Robinson, Rita Thurman
Established: 1980
Owns 2 nurseries: Bingham, Notts (50); East Leake, Leics (106)
Also operates: out-of-school and holiday club, East Leake (34); Manor Farm Animal Centre (educational resource), Loughborough, Leics; Careercare (City & Guilds NVQ training and staff development programme)
Places: 156
Employees: 107
EATON SQUARE SCHOOLS
Head office: 79 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PP
Tel: 020 7931 9469 Fax: 020 7828 0164
Headmaster: Paul David
Established: 1981
Owns 7 nursery schools: London: Eccleston Square (24), Eccleston Street 1 (21), Eccleston Street 2 (24), Fulham Road (32), Knightsbridge (44), Pimlico (44); Twickenham Park, Middlesex (60)
Places: 249
Employees: 48
THE EDINBURGH NURSERY
Head office: 3 Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh EH7 4JQ
Tel: 0131 556 9252
Website: www.edinburghnursery.com
Director: Karen Fairlamb
Established: 1986
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Beaverhall Road (31), Broughton Road (20), Broughton Street (9), East London Street (18), The Gyle Nursery (40) (all in Edinburgh).
Places: 118
Employees: 42
THE EVELINE DAY AND NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 30 Ritherdon Road, Tooting Bec, London SW17 8QD
Tel: 020 8672 7549
Fax: 020 8672 7259
Established: 1964
Directors: Maria Keaveney-Jessiman, Alfred Clifford Jessiman, Eveline Drut, Gordon Jessiman
Owns 5 nurseries: Raynes Park (54), Tooting Bec (36), Tooting Broadway (41), Wandsworth (63), Wimbledon (50) (all in London).
1 prep school: Tooting Bec (90)
Places: 244
Employees: 125
FENNIES UNDER 5S DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Christchurch Road, Pampisford Road, Purley CR8 2NL
Tel: 020 8763 8039
Website: www.fennies.com
E-mail: sue@fennies.com
Established: 1993
Director: Sarah Fenn
Owns 5 nurseries: Beckenham, Kent (36); Surrey: Croydon (104), Purley (105), Sanderstead (32), South Croydon (72)
Places: 349
Employees: 100
FIRST CLASS CHILD CARE
Head office: Suite 3i, Ribble Court, Shuttleworth Mead Business Park, Padiham, Lancs BB12 7NG
Tel: 01282 774758 Fax: 01282 774791
Website: www.fccc.co.uk
Directors: Alan Clifford, Andrew Clifford, Gail Clifford
Senior managers: Judith Gannon (Lancs), Clare Rayner (Yorks)
Established: 1984
Owns 8 nurseries: Accrington (63), Clayton (48), Dill Hall (61), Nelson (40) (all in Lancs); Halifax (92), Harrogate (80), Idle, Bradford (66), Yeadon, Leeds (65) (all in W Yorks).
Places: 515
Employees: 155
FLEDGLINGS
Head office: 2 Hazelfields, Worsley, Manchester M28 2LS
Tel: 0161 281 2821 Fax: 0161 281 2822
Director: Christopher Gray
Established: 1990
Owns 3 nurseries: Irlam (159), Stretford (70), Worsley (120) (all in Manchester).
Places: 349
Employees: 103
FLYING START
Head office: 24 Drump Road, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 1LU
Tel/Fax: 01209 210710
Owner: Sharon Cowburn
Established: 1993
Owns 9 nurseries: Camborne 1 (60), Camborne 2 (24), Cornwall College (96), Duchy (16), Helston (48), Penryn (86), Redruth (48), Saltash (67) (all in Cornwall); Plymouth, Devon (40)
Places: 485
Employees: 95
FOR UNDER FIVES
Head office: 33 Abbey Road, Grimsby, Lincs DN32 0HQ
Tel: 01472 232300 Fax: 01472 232301
Website: www.forunderfives. co.uk
Directors: David Lang, Steven Lampard
General manager: Amanda Gilbert
Established: 1987
Owns 5 nurseries: Cottingham (50), Grimsby 1 (63), Grimsby 2 (69); Lincoln (69) (all in Lincs); Wath upon Dearne, S Yorks (123)
Manages 11 nurseries and children's centres: Boston, Lincs: Pilgrim Hospital (45); Grimsby: Franklin College (44), Weston (32), Heneage (45), Young Peoples (9); Lincoln: Lincoln and Louth NHS Trust (42), Welbourn Gardens (28), Lincoln Central (45); Goole, Scunthorpe and Goole NHS Trust (50); Selby, N Yorks, Selby College (55); Wakefield, W Yorks, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (53)
Places: 836
Employees: 195
Plans: To seek further contracts with local authorities, NHS trusts and colleges, as well as providing our services locally.
FRAN'N'BRU
Head office: 50 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NS
Tel: 020 7719 1933 Fax: 020 7719 1933
Principal/proprietor: Kate Williamson
Established: 1997
Owns 4 nurseries: Bank Street (53), Canada Square (100), Columbus Courtyard (100), Westferry Circus (26) (all in London).
Places: 279
Employees: 65
GIRAFFE CHILDCARE AND EARLY LEARNING CENTRES
Head office: Brookfield House, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Tel: 00 353 1283 3500 Fax: 00 353 1277 1017
E-mail: info@giraffe.ie
Chairman: Tony Kilduff
Joint managing directors: Mary Ann McCormack, Simon Dowling
Director: Tony McCormack
Owns 20 nurseries: Greater Dublin area: Adamstown (96), Belermine (155), Blanchardstown, (100), Celbridge (96), Clane (95), Clonsilla (120), Grifeen (96), Harcourt Road (120), Icon (106), Irish Financial Services Centre (96), Leopardstown (35), Liffey Valley (120), Loughlinstown (185), Lucan (110), Milltown (116), National College of Ireland (78), Navan (85), Northern Cross (120), Park West Business Park (120), Rathbourne (85), Rathfarnham (65). Also owns Giraffe Corporate Childcare Services and Childcare Consultancy.
Places: 2,104
Employees: 380
Plans: Planning further openings throughout 2008 and 2009.
GRANBY NURSERIES
Head office: Granby House, Aldwarke Road, Rotherham, S Yorks S62 6BU
Tel: 01709 710709 Fax: 01709 719180
Proprietors: Joanne Gray, Cameron Gray
Established: 1994
Owns 4 nurseries: Rotherham, S Yorks: Parkgate (97), Town Centre (79), Wickersley (33); Worksop, Notts (47)
Places: 256
Employees: 103
GRASSHOPPERS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: U9 Executive Park, 229 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4TA
Tel: 01727 812731 Fax: 01727 833197
Directors: Kate Perrin, Nerissa Burton
Established: 1989
Owns 6 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks (52); Birmingham: Edgbaston (48), Erdington (53), Harborne (35); Hertford (60), St Albans (31) (both in Herts).
Places: 279
Employees: 125
Plans: Further acquisitions in the home counties.
HAPPY CHILD
Head office: 109 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 5TL
Tel: 020 8579 8558 Fax: 020 8579 3109
E-mail: admin@happychild.co.uk
Website: www.happychild.co.uk
Managing director: Tracey Storey
Established: 1990
Owns 18 nurseries: London: West Ealing Day (35), West Ealing Baby (18), The Grove (50), The Grove Montessori (41), Ealing Common (35), Harlesden (66), Kilburn (70), Northfields (35), Queen's Park (20), Shepherds Bush (27); Alperton (35), Kenton 1 (55), Kenton 2 (50), Perivale (39), Ruislip (60), Wembley (40) (all in Middlesex).
4 preparatory schools: Aston House School, Ealing, Buxlow Prepatory School, Wembley, St Christopher's School, Wembley and St Nicholas School, Kingsbury. Owns Aston Training Centre.
Places: 734
Employees: 390
Plans: To establish and/or acquire up to six nurseries per year over the next two to three years within the London region.
HAPPY DAYS NURSERIES
Head office: Unit 5, St Columb Industrial Estate, St Columb Major TR9 6SQ
Tel: 01637 882160/0800 783 3431
E-mail: enquiries@happydaysnurseries.com
Website: www.happydaysnurseries.com
Partners: Robin Karkeek, Sarah Karkeek
Established: 1993
Owns 21 nurseries: Bodmin (66), Falmouth (80), Jacobstow (24), Liskeard (57), Newquay (56), Port Isaac (16), St Austell (80), St Blazey 1 (54), St Blazey 2 (14), St Dennis (39), St Eval (15), St Minver (30), Summercourt (24), Treloggan (26), Treloweth (80), Truro 1 (45), Truro 2 (79), Truro 3 (80), Truro Playbox (46), Wadebridge (54) (all in Cornwall); Derriford, Devon (100)
4 holiday clubs: Bishops Pirates (30), Treloweth Pirates (30), Trenance Infants Pirates (30), Trevisker Pirates (30) (all in Cornwall); and a training academy
Places: 1,065
Employees: 300
Plans: To continue expanding in the South West and increasing the number of childcare places offered within the group.
HAPPY JAYS NURSERIES AND CHILDCARE CENTRES
Head office: Lancaster Park, Audax Close, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4RA
Tel: 01904 479261
Directors: Jacqueline Gernon, Tony Gernon
Established: 1996
Owns 4 nurseries: Batley (80), Boroughbridge (45), Scarborough (95), York (92) (all in Yorks).
Places: 312
Employees: 95
Plans: To open additional units throughout Yorkshire over the next five years.
HAPPY KIDZ
Head office: 1 James Reckitt Avenue, Hull, E Yorks HU8 7TH
Tel/Fax: 01482 788848
E-mail: info@happykidznursery.co.uk
Website: www.happykidznursery.co.uk
Director: Anita Anderson
Established: 1996
Owns 2 nurseries: Hull 1 (52), Hull 2 (42)
1 out-of-school club: Hull (26)
Places: 94
Employees: 28
HIGHGATE NURSERIES
Head office: 55 Glanmor Road, Uplands, Swansea SA2 OQA
Tel: 01792 281120 Fax: 01792 202879
Managing director: Julie Halliday
Operations director: Jayne Lewis
Established: 1989
Owns 2 nurseries and 2 pre-schools: Glanmor Road (58), Morriston: nursery (65), pre-school (25), Uplands (60) (all in Swansea).
Places: 208
Employees: 75 plus
THE HONEYTREE DAY NURSERY
Head office: Weston General Hospital Nursery, Grange Road, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare
Tel: 01934 414471
Directors: Philip Weston
Established: 1980
Owns 4 nurseries: Bristol (60), Langford (36), Portishead (46), Weston General Hospital (58) (all in Somerset).
Places: 200
Employees: 40
Plans: To buy more nurseries.
HOPSCOTCH CHILDREN'S NURSERIES
Head office: 9 Aymer Road, Hove, E Sussex BN3 4GB
Tel: 01273 385577 Fax: 01273 774154
E-mail: office@hopscotch.uk.com
Website: www.hopscotch.uk.com
Business development director: Barbara Watson
Operations director: Jo Halling
Established: 1988
Owns 5 nurseries: Brighton (58), Hove 1 (68), Hove 2 (51), Peacehaven (39), Seaford (92, plus 1 out-of-school club) (all in E Sussex).
Places: 308
Employees: 120
HRH NURSERIES
Head office: Sycamores, Manor Lane, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon PE28 9AJ
Tel: 01480 380042 Fax: 01480 468089
Directors: Glen Perrott, David Perrott
Established: 1991
Owns 4 nurseries: Hemingford Abbots (106), Hinchingbrooke (85), Ramsey (53), St Ives (100) (all in Cambs).
4 out-of-school clubs: Hemingford Abbots (25), Hinchingbrooke (25), Ramsey (25), St Ives (25)
Places: 344
Employees: 72
HUNGRY CATERPILLAR DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 2 Princess Lane, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8LG
Tel: 01895 678682 Fax: 01895 625344
E-mail: oliviafoley@aol.com
Owners: Olivia Foley, Denis Foley
Established: 1999
Owns 3 nurseries: Northolt (41), Northwood (40) Yeading (50), (all in Middlesex).
2 creches: Northolt (12), Northwood (27)
1 before- and after-school club: Northwood College, Middlesex (40)
1 holiday club: New Denham, Middlesex (120)
Places: 170
Employees: 60
Plans: To open new nursery within next 18 months, 50-place plus.
IMAGINE CO-OPERATIVE CHILDCARE
Part of Midcounties Co-operative Society Head office: Co-operative House, 234 Botley Road, Oxford OX2 OHP Tel: 01865 256299 Fax: 01865 792057
E-mail: info@imagine.coop
Website: www.imagine.coop
Group manager: Haydn Lunn
Established: 2003
Owns 6 nurseries: Cainscross (61), Cam (48) (both in Glos); Oxford: Blackbird Leys (57), Rose Hill (61), John Radcliffe Hospital (96); Swindon, Wilts (61). Childcare voucher business launched in April 2005.
Places: 384
Employees: 135
JANCETT GROUP OF DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Jancett House, 16 Stanley Park Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 OEU
Tel: 020 8669 1725 Fax: 020 8669 2659
Proprietors: Chris Pritchard, John Pritchard, Tracy Pritchard-Drummond
Established: 1969
Owns 6 nurseries: Carshalton (60), Merton (30), Wallington 1 (nursery) (70), Wallington 2 (baby unit) (31), Wallington 3 (60), Wallington 4 (50) (all in Surrey).
Other: We provide apprenticeships and advanced apprenticeships, NVQs (levels 2, 3, 4) in childcare at our JACE training centres, as well as playwork and assessor qualifications.
Places: 301
Employees: 158
JUST LEARNING
Head office: 45 High Street, West Malling, Kent ME19 6QH
Tel: 01732 846333 Fax: 01732 846444.
Scottish office: 1 Lochside Place, Edinburgh EH12 9DP
Tel: 0131 339 1114 Fax: 0131 339 9969
E-mail: info@justlearning.co.uk, info@caresharenurseries.com
Websites: www.justlearning. co.uk, www.caresharenurseries.com
Directors: Jonathan Bell (managing director), Hamilton Anstead (non-executive chairman), Michael Fallon (development director), Nigel Doe (finance director), Bob Hewson (non-executive director)
Established: 1995
Owns 66 nurseries: Ashford, Kent (108); Ayr Hospital, Ayrshire (81); Basingstoke, Hants (100); Bedford (112); Blaydon, Tyne and Wear (69); Bridgend, Glamorganshire (108); Bristol (116); Cardiff (100); Chafford Hundred, Essex (92); Colchester, Essex (139); Coventry, Warks (46); Darlington, Co Durham (88); Dundee, Angus (58); Dunfermline, Fife: Carnegie (89), Lauder (107); Eastbourne, E Sussex (100); East Kilbride, Glasgow (101); Edinburgh: Edinburgh Park (142), Newhaven (55), Port Hamilton (90), Royal Infirmary (78); Gillingham, Kent (112); Glasgow: Heritage (97), Netherton (59), West of Scotland Science Park (91); Glenrothes, Fife (101); Great Notley, Essex (100); Hawick, Borders (47); Huntingdon, Cambs (100); Ingleby Barwick, Teesside (100); Inverness, Highlands (82); Ipswich, Suffolk 1 (100), Ipswich 2 (112); Kinross, Kinross-shire (85); Liverpool 1 (55), Liverpool 2 (92); Livingston, Lothian: Alba (100), Burnside (76), Sunnyside (80); London: Bexleyheath (100), Croydon, (112), Higham Hill (140), King George Hospital (124), Westminster (74), Whipps Cross Hospital (100); Maidstone, Kent 1 (112), Maidstone 2 (50), Maidstone 3 (30); Melrose, Borders (75); Newbury, Berks (104); Newcastle (112); Norwich, Norfolk: Norwich (72), Norwich Airport (112), Meridian Business Park (112); Southwell, Notts (37); Stevenage, Herts (112); Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside (57); Stowmarket, Suffolk (112); Sunderland, Wearside: Cleadon (115), Doxford (90), Fulwell (82), Ryhope (124); Trowbridge, Wilts (100); Wakefield, W Yorks (112); Wellingborough, Northants (100); Wigan, Lancs (79)
Places: 6,117
Employees: 1,767
Plans: Other nurseries under development and acquisition.
KIDS 1ST DAY NURSERIES
Head office: HMC House, Keel Row 12, The Watermark, Metro Riverside, Gateshead NE11 9SZ
Tel: 0191 461 8877 Fax: 0191 461 8866
Website: www.kidsfirst.net
E-mail: enquiries@kidsfirst.net
Managing director: Mark McArdle
Established: 2003
Owns/manages 7 nurseries: Ashington, Northumberland, Wansbeck General Hospital (112); Billingham, Wynyad Wynyad Business Park (108); Darlington (108); Durham, University Hospital (100); Hexham, Northumberland, Hexham General Hospital (100); Newcastle, Balliol Business Park (108); North Shields, Tyne and Wear, North Tyneside General Hospital (112)
Places: 748
Employees: 160
KIDS ACADEMY NURSERY GROUP
Head office: Grimsditch House, Grimsditch Lane, Lower Whitley, Warrington WA4 4ED
Tel: 01925 730055 Fax: 01925 730064
Proprietor: Sue Jones
Established: 2000
Owns 4 nurseries: Warrington 1 (68), Warrington 2 (117), Warrington 3 (60), Warrington 4 (60) (all in Cheshire).
Places: 305
Employees: 90
Plans: Six-year nursery school roll-out programme. Training academy for nursery staff to open its doors in 2009.
KIDS INC NURSERIES
Head office: Crown House, 227 Aldborough Rd South, Ilford, Essex IG3 8HZ
Tel: 020 8598 2600
Fax: 020 8598 2601
Website: www.kidsincnurseries.co.uk
Established: 2003
Managing director: Sav Kalsi
Financial director: Balvinder Kalsi
Nursery group manager: Angela Baker
Owns 9 nurseries: Bluewater, Kent (107); East Sheen (36); Gants Hill (30); Guildford, Surrey (129); Ilford, Essex (112); Loughton, Essex (60); Redbridge (2 sites) (100); South Woodford, London (51)
Places: 625
Employees: 200
Plans: Further acquisitions in London and around M25.
KIDSUNLIMITED
Head office: Summerfields Village Centre, Dean Row Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 2TA
Tel: 0845 365 2900 Fax: 0845 365 2196
Website: www.kidsunlimited. co.uk
E-mail: enquiries@kidsunlimited.co.uk
Established: 1983
Directors: Graham Buckley, Jeremy Clark, Adam Holloway, Liz Hurley, Graham Smith, Lee Pearson
Owns 51 nurseries: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Furness General Hospital (62); Basingstoke, Hants (149); Beckenham, Kent (59); Burnaston, Derbyshire, Toyota Motor Plant (59); Cambridge: Addenbrookes Hospital (88), Cambridge Science Park (165), Ely (120), Fulbourn, (128), Long Road (152), Wolfson Court (80); Chester: Countess of Chester Hospital (60), Total Fitness (54); Crewe, Cheshire (132); Epping, Essex (93); Guildford, Surrey (60); Hamilton, Lanarkshire (100); Harwell, Oxon (92); Leeds, Stourton, FirstDirect (237); Littlehampton, Body Shop (103); Liverpool: Broadgreen (81), Eldonians (60); London: Camden (86), Farringdon Road (73), Islington (61), Ladbroke Grove (72), Regent's Place (78), Wandsworth (69); Lancaster (62); Leeds (69); Luton, Beds (144); Manchester: Didsbury (146), Hulme St Mary's (84), Macintosh City Centre (154), Manchester Airport (60); Oxford: Milton Park (146), Oxford Business Park (166), Oxford Waterways (100); Oxford University: Bradmore (52), Jack Straw (62), Mansion House (51); North Cheam, Surrey (80); Peterborough, Cambs (54); Sheffield, S Yorks 1 (46), Sheffield 2 (84); Swindon, Wilts, WH Smiths (45); Tytherington, Cheshire (92); Warrington, Cheshire (100); Watford, Herts (92); Wilmslow, Cheshire: Clairmont (96), Handforth Total Fitness (57), Summerfield (143)
Places: 4,758
Employees: 1,600
Plans: Expansion plans are set to continue with more nurseries opening and being acquired over the next year.
KIDZCARE
Formerly Astley Grange Nurseries
Head office: Norwood House, 9 Kilgraston Road, Edinburgh EH9 2DX
Tel: 0131 668 2797 Fax: 0131 668 2738
E-mail: info@kidzcare.org
Website: www.kidzcare.org
Directors: Fraser Quin, Anne Marie Dunn
Established: 2001
Owns 3 nurseries: Edinburgh 1, Astley Ainslie Hospital (99), Craigmillar (25), Edinburgh 2 (59)
Also runs: 6 after-school clubs and 2 breakfast clubs
Places: 183
Employees: 51
THE KINDERGARTENS
Head office: Great Tilden Oast, Tilden Lane, Marden, Kent TN12 9AY
Tel: 01622 833331 Fax: 01622 833313
Website: www. thekindergartens. com
Director: Carol Evelegh (principal)
Established: 1991
Owns 7 nurseries: Balham 1 (40), Balham 2 (40), Battersea (60), Clapham 1 (90) Clapham 2 (46), Kensington (80), Streatham (60) (all in south- west London).
Places: 416
Employees: 80
Plans: Two new developments planned for 2009.
KINDER GROUPS
Head office: Kinder House, Solomon Road, Rainham, Kent ME8 8EB
Tel: 01634 230222 Fax: 01634 364340
Website: www.kindergroups. co.uk
Directors: Allan Bishop (managing), Janet Bishop (operations)
Established: 1990
Owns 7 nurseries and 6 out-of- school centres: East Malling (100), Gravesend (120), Maidstone (71), Meopham (120), Rainham (105), Sittingbourne (63), Tonbridge (60) (all in Kent).
1 independent school: Meredale Independent School, Rainham (140)
Places: 639
Employees: 158
KINGSCLERE NURSERIES
Head office: Forest Road, Wokingham, Berks RG40 5SA
Tel/Fax: 01344 489328
Website: www.kingsclere-nurseries.co.uk
E-mail: mail@kingsclere-nurseries.co.uk
Directors: Adrian Cox, Hugh Cox, Julia Cox, Sylvia Cox
Established: 1986
Owns 7 nurseries: Arborfield (91), Bracknell (78), Finchampstead (33), Newbury (64), Reading (43), Wokingham 1 (18), Wokingham 2 (42) (all in Berks).
Places: 369
Employees: 130
Plans: To expand our Reading and Wokingham sites.
THE LAURELS GROUP OF NURSERIES
Head office: 1514 Melton Road, Queniborough, Leicester LE7 3FN
Tel: 0116 269 3858 Fax: 0116 269 8214
E-mail: jm1452@aol.com
Website: www.the-laurels.net
Directors: Jayne Morris (operations), Jon Morris (managing), Elaine Parker (childcare)
Established: 1997
Owns 5 nurseries: Market Harborough (60), Melton Mowbray (59), Oadby (22), Queniborough (80), Stoneygate (49) (all in Leics).
Places: 270
Employees: 90
Plans: To continue expansion in Leicestershire.
LILLIPUT CHILDREN'S CENTRES
Head office: Hersham Green, Burwood Road, Walton-on-Thames KT12 4AA
Tel: 01932 252202 Fax: 01932 228989
E-mail: walton@lilliput.org.uk
Website: www.lilliput.org.uk
Partners: Tony Cunningham, Phyleen Cunningham
Established: 1992
Owns 3 nurseries: Bagshot (70), Redhill, nr Gatwick (96), Walton-on-Thames (155) (all in Surrey).
Places: 321
Employees: 80
Plans: Actively looking at suitable sites within the M25.
LILLIPUT MONTESSORI DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Railway House, Hotel Street, Coalville, Leics LE67 3EQ
Tel: 01530 813913 Fax: 01530 817898
E-mail: samgraveling@aol.com
Directors: Samantha Graveling, Paul Graveling
Established: 1994
Owns 5 nurseries: Anstey (79), Coalville (66), Glenfield (27), Leicester Forest East (87), Whetstone (63) (all in Leics).
Places: 322
Employees: 72
*LITTLE EINSTEIN'S KINDERGARTEN LIMITED
Head office: Everest Care Homes, Nithsdale Lodge Care Home, 620 Shields Road, Glasgow, G41 2RD
Tel: 0141 423 1144
Website: www.littleeinstein.co.uk
Director: Deepak Poddar
Established: 2006
Owns 6 nurseries: Arbroath (61); Dundee 1 (49), Dundee 2 (26); Glasgow 1 (60), Glasgow 2 (47); Perth (180). Also owns Thistle Training Company
Places: 423
Employees: 160
Plans: To become the leading childcare provider in Scotland.
LITTLE ONES CHILDCARE
Head office: PO Box 83, Cullompton, Devon EX15 1WQ
Tel: 01884 32313
E-mail: info@littleoneschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.littleoneschildcare.co.uk
Directors: Katie Porter, Colleen Sims, Gerry Sims
Established: 2000
Owns and manages 5 nurseries: Budlake (29), Honiton (33), Westexe (38), Whipton (36), Wonford (33) (all in Devon).
Places: 169
Employees: 65
Plans: Extension to Honiton, increasing places to 42, opening 2008/9.
LITTLE PEOPLE NURSERIES
Head office: 250a Lillie Road, Fulham, London SW6 7PX
Tel/Fax: 020 7386 0006
Partners: Anne Gleasure, Jane Gleasure, David Gleasure, Bob Gleasure
Established: 1976
Owns 3 nurseries: London: Fulham (80), Shepherds Bush (35), Willow Vale (32)
Places: 147
Employees: 40
LONGACRE CHILDCARE
Head office: Broughton Cottage, London Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2TD
Tel: 01732 462339
E-mail: longacrechildcare@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.longacrechildcare.co.uk
Proprietor: Sally Parson
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Sevenoaks, Kent: Dunton Green (27), Otford (19); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (22), plus after-school and holiday clubs in each.
Places: 68
Employees: 32
MAMA BEAR'S DAY NURSERY
Head office: 1st Floor, 60-62 High Street, Hanham, Bristol, BS15 3DR
Tel: 0117 958 2033 Fax: 0117 958 2038
E-mail: tonydriffield@mamabear.co.uk
Website: www.mamabear.co.uk
Directors: Bev Driffield, Tony Driffield
Established: 2002
Owns 7 nurseries: Bedminster (30), Brislington (64), Clifton (66), Downend (52), Hengrove (37), Shirehampton (68), Soundwell (40) (all in Bristol); plus out-of-school club at Shirehampton
Places: 357
Employees: 150
Plans: To continue to serve the needs of working families in the Bristol area.
MAGIC NURSERIES
Head office: 1A Queen Street, Rushden, Northants NN10 0AA
Tel: 020 7060 0158
E-mail: tom@magicnurseries.com
Managing director: Tom Reed
Established: 2002
Owns 10 nurseries: Hitchin, Herts (95); Kirby Muxloe, Leics (45); Loughborough, Leics (72); Northampton (75); Oundle, Northants (43); Redbourn, Herts (94); Rushden, Northants (96); Shepshed, Leics (45); St Ives, Cambs (94); Whitwick, Leics (71)
Places: 730
Employees: 220
Plans: To continue rapid expansion by acquiring high quality individual nurseries and small groups.
MAGIC ROUNDABOUT NURSERIES
Head office: MRN House, Binfield Road, London SW4 6TB
Tel: 020 7498 1195 Fax: 020 7498 1196
Website: www.mrnnursery.co.uk
Director: Farukh Najabat
Established: 1995
Owns 5 nurseries: Bristol (92); London: Docklands (39), Kennington (104, plus 22 after-school places), Stockwell (186, plus 32 after-school places), Walthamstow (126, plus 32 after-school places)
Places: 547
Employees: 127
MILTON KEYNES PREPARATORY SCHOOLS GROUP
Formerly Ravenstone House Pre-Preparatory Schools and Nurseries
Head office: Milton Keynes Preparatory School, Tattenhoe Lane, Milton Keynes MK3 7EG
Tel: 01908 642111 Fax: 01908 366365
Headteacher: Hilary Pauley
Established: 1975
Owns 3 nurseries: Milton Keynes Preparatory School (250), Broughton Manor (160), Walton (100) (all attached to independent preparatory schools in Milton Keynes).
Places: 510
Employees: 100
MY NURSERY
Head office: The Stable Block, Lockwood Park, Brewery Drive, Huddersfield HD4 6EN
Tel: 01484 483671
Website: www.mynursery.org
Manager: Alison Griffiths
Established: 1989
Owns 2 nurseries: Barnsley (72), Wakefield (38), plus out-of-school club at Barnsley (all in Yorks).
Places: 110
Employees: 25
NEWPARK CHILDCARE
Head office: 67 Highbury New Park, London N5 2EU
Tel: 07966 962077 Fax: 020 7503 0961
Website: www.newparkchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Barry Clutterbuck, Janice Clutterbuck, Tiffany Clutterbuck
Established: 1994
Owns 3 nurseries: Barbican (24), Highbury (32), Shepherds Bush (82) (all in London).
2 Montessori schools: Highbury, Shepherds Bush (both in London).
Places: 138
Employees: 26
Plans: Ongoing expansion programme.
NORTHUMBRIAN TRUST DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 301 Chillingham Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 5SB
Tel: 0191 265 6501 Fax: 0191 2465 6353
E-mail: enquiries@northumbriantrustdaynurseries.co.uk
Website: www.northumbriantrustdaynurseries.co.uk
Directors: JP Gould, EG Gould, JJ Gould
Established: 1994
Owns 4 nurseries: Crescent (30); Forest Hall (87, plus out of school club); Spennymoor, Co Durham (43); York (29). Also owns Rainbow Training Centre, which offers NVQ levels 2, 3 and 4.
Places: 189
Employees: 64
NUNTHORPE NURSERIES GROUP
Head office: 2 The Crescent, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough TS7 0JP
Tel/Fax: 01642 325312
E-mail: nunthorpenurseries@callnetuk.com
Website: www.nunthorpenurseries-grp.co.uk
Directors: Paul Nelson, Ian Howlett
Established: 1989
Owns 10 nurseries: Billingham (50), Ingleby Barwick (60), Middlesbrough 1 (78), Middlesbrough 2 (53), Middlesbrough 3 (54), Nunthorpe 1 (61), Nunthorpe 2 (82), Ormesby 1 (65), Ormesby 2 (50), Stockton-on-Tees (62) (all in Teesside).
Places: 615
Employees: 156
NUNU
Head office: Millhouse Business Centre, Station Road, Castle Donington, Derbyshire DE74 2NJ
Tel: 01332 813935 Fax: 01332 813938
Website: www.nunu.co.uk
Chief executive: Linda Knight
Established: 1999
Owns 10 nurseries: Cheadle, Cheshire (116); Holmes Chapel, Cheshire (105); Long Eaton, Notts (101); Loughborough, Leics (40); Market Harborough, Leics (118); Northampton (111); Sandbach, Cheshire (62); Shrewsbury, Shropshire (113); Thetford, Norfolk (64); Wigan, Lancs (101)
Places: 931
Employees: 316
NYEHOME NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: Barony Court, Barony Road, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 5RD
Tel/Fax: 01270 610846
E-mail: headoffice@nyehome.fsbusiness.co.uk
Website: www.nyehome.co.uk
Managing director: Nora Connolly
Established: 1966
Owns 4 nurseries: Nantwich (85, plus 24-place after-school/holiday club), Sandbach (35) (both in Cheshire); Wirral, Cheshire: Arrowe Park (80), Clatterbridge (60)
Places: 260
Employees: 80
Plans: To expand Nantwich nursery with two extra classrooms.
THE OLD STATION NURSERY
Head office: 7 Park Road, Faringdon, Oxon SN7 7BP
Tel: 01367 243800 Fax: 01367 243800
E-mail: sarahsteel@theoldstationnursery.co.uk
Website: www.theoldstationnursery.co.uk
Managing director: Sarah Steel
Established: 2002
Owns 12 nurseries: Benson, Oxon (106); Cottesmore, Rutland (122); Faringdon, Oxon (60); Filkins, Oxon (30); Gainsborough College, Lincs (24); Hullavington, Wilts (80); Lincoln: Lincoln College (25), The Marina (44); Newark, Notts (30); Waddington (111); Wragby Road (36); Linton-on-Ouse, N Yorks (80)
Owns 3 out-of-school clubs: Buckland, Oxon (24); Wragby Road, Lincoln (12); Watlington (12)
Places: 637
Employees: 200
*ONCE UPON A TIME DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Blair Athol House, Ashfield Avenue, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 5BB
Tel: 020 8751 5810 Fax: 020 8844 0800
Website: www.onceuponatimedaynurseries.co.uk
Proprietor: Lorna Hackland-Crowther
Established: 1989
Owns 6 nurseries: Eastcote (26), Feltham (51), Hayes (26), Lower Feltham (35) Uxbridge 1 (42), Uxbridge 2 (26)
Owns 4 out-of-school clubs: Eastcote (40), Uxbridge 1 (48), Uxbridge 2 (30), West Drayton (40)
Owns 3 holiday clubs: Uxbridge 1 (48), Uxbridge 2 (30), West Drayton (40)
Places: 206
Employees: 80
Plans: To continue to invest in our settings and staff development, and to expand our portfolio.
ORANGES AND LEMONS NURSERIES
Head office: Belsize House, Belsize Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1NF
Tel: 01382 737935 Fax: 01382 737794
Website: www.orangeslemons.co.uk
Operations director: Maggie Koervers
Manager: Dianne Robertson
Established: 1998
Owns 7 nurseries: Aberdeen (56); Dundee: Broughty Ferry (60), Clement Park Place (49), Dunsinane (60), Rosebank 1 (46), Rosebank 2 (49), Technology Park (100)
Places: 420
Employees: 150
PICCOLO NURSERIES
Head office: 209 Bradford Road, Shipley, W Yorks BD18 3AA
Tel/Fax: 01274 582755
Proprietors: Lisa Hardy, Pete Spencer
Established: 1989
Owns 3 nurseries: Saltaire (71), Shipley (30), Bradford (39) (all in Yorks), plus out-of-school clubs at Saltaire
Places: 140
Employees: 35
PINOCCHIO'S CHILDREN'S NURSERIES
Head office: Stuart House. Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh. East Lothian EH21 7PQ
Tel: 0131 273 5247/5292/5253
Website: www.pinocchiosnursery.co.uk
Directors: Stratos and Lewissa Koulis
Owns 5 nurseries:, Eskbank (70); Gilmerton (48); Herriot Watt University (55); Midlothian: Lasswade (64), Penicuick (55)
Places: 292
Employees: 120
PIXIELAND DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 10 Springfield Drive, Milehouse Road, Plymouth PL3 4DU
Tel: 01752 511007 Fax: 01752 515254
Proprietor: Caroline Francis
Established: 1983
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Devonport, MoD (32); Plymouth: Mannamead (79), Milehouse (92), Town Centre (26); Saltash (130) (all in Devon).
Places: 359
Employees: 92
PLACES FOR CHILDREN
Head office: Matrix House, North 4th Street, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1NJ
Tel: 01908 207321 Fax: 01908 694547
Managing director: Carol Jenkins
Established: 2003
Owns 13 nurseries: Hounslow, Middlesex 1 (90), Hounslow 2 (40); London: Barking and Dagenham 1 (76), Barking and Dagenham 2 (30), Barking and Dagenham 3 (54), Charlton (38), Greenwich 1 (52), Greenwich 2 (52), Hackney (50), Islington (75); Newcastle (100), Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle (49); South Oxhey, Herts (60)
Places: 766
Employees: 186
Plans: Further managed contracts are in the pipeline, plus new-build nurseries alongside Places for People development sites in England and Scotland.
*POSITIVE STEPS CHILDREN'S DAY NURSERY
Head office: Lower Church Street, Stokenchurch, Bucks HP14 3TG
Tel: 01494 484762 Fax: 01494 484265
Website: www.positivestepsnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Paul Clarke, Michelle Richardson
Established: 2000
Owns 5 nurseries: Apsley, Herts (90); Maidenhead, Berks 1 (90); Maidenhead, Nordan Road, Berks 2 (64); Shellingford, Oxon (54); Stokenchurch, Bucks (58)
Places: 356
Employees: 100
PREMIER CRECHE SERVICES
Head office: Gains Lodge East, Gains Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 5AN
Tel: 01743 366858 Fax: 01743 344872
Directors: Peter and Susan Cunningham, Glenda Green and Christine Peacock
Established: 1985
Manages 9 shoppers' creches: Aberdeen, Bon Accord Shopping Centre (30); Bristol, Cribbs Shopping Centre (60); Edinburgh, Gyle Shopping Centre (35); Falkirk, Callender Square Shopping Centre (30); Glasgow Fort (40); Manchester, The Trafford Centre (60); Milton Keynes, Bucks, Milton Keynes Shopping Centre (30); Sheffield, The Source (20); Swindon, Wilts, Great Western Designer Outlet Village (24)
14 IKEA ball rooms: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs; Belfast; Birmingham; Bristol; Cardiff; Coventry; Edinburgh; Glasgow; London: Wembley, Edmonton; Milton Keynes, Bucks; Nottingham; Lakeside, Essex; Warrington, Cheshire
Places: 329
Employees: 380
PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE
Head office: The Fitzpatrick Building, 188 York Way, London N7 9AD
Tel: 020 7697 2527 Fax: 020 7700 0319
E-mail: jane.armstrong@ pre-school.org.uk
Website: www.pre-school. org.uk
Chief executive: Steve Alexander
Established: 1961
Owns 37 neighbourhood nurseries and children's centres: Aylesham, Kent (46); Barnsley: Elsecar (50), Mapplewell (46); Birmingham: Acocks Green (50); Bartley Green (50), Quinton (50); Basildon, Essex: Laindon (50), Northlands Park (50); Bexley, Kent: North End (70), Erith (70); Billingham, Cleveland (50); Bolton: Halliwell (50), Tongue (50); Bradford (50); Croydon, Surrey (62); Doncaster, S Yorks (50); Droitwich, Worcs (48); Ilfracombe, Devon (35); Lincoln (50); Manchester (50); Leeds (50); London: Deptford (40), Ealing (32), Greenwich (50); Newstead Village, Notts (30); Reydon, Suffolk (38); Runcorn, Cheshire: Brookvale (60); Grangeway (54); Scunthorpe, Lincs (49); Shoeburyness, Essex (72); Skegness, Lincs (50); Southampton, Hants (40); Southend-on-Sea, Essex (61); Tipton, W Midlands (36); Stockton on Tees, Cleveland (75); Tiverton, Devon (40); Williton, Somerset (54); Worcester (60)
Places: 1,858
Employees: 565
Future plans: Opening further facilities in the next six months.
PRIMLEY PARK CHILDREN'S NURSERIES
Head office: 48 Nursery Lane, Alwoodley, Leeds LS17 7HW
Tel: 0113 266 7221 Fax: 0113 288 8833
E-mail: sahutchinson@ fsmail.net
Directors: Sandra Hutchinson, Malcolm Hutchinson
Established: 1991
Owns 4 nurseries: Alwoodley (50), Alwoodley Children's Centre (41) (32 out-of-school places), Moortown (50), Roundhay (75) (all in Leeds).
Places: 216
Employees: 82
PUFFINS OF EXETER CHILDCARE CENTRES
Head office: 13 Mont le Grand, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon EX1 2PD
Tel: 01392 496017 Fax: 01392 439903
Website: www.puffinschildcare.co.uk
Managing directors: Maureen Gard, Rosalind Taylor, Gemma Rolstone (operations director)
Established: 1990
Owns 8 nurseries: Exeter: Clystheath (60), Heavitree (40), St Leonards (72), Southernhay (70), Sowton (60), Winslade Park (46); Torquay: Shiphay (48), Town Centre (81), plus a holiday club. Training and assessment centre offers NVQ levels 2, 3 and 4, plus technical certificate for foundation modern apprenticeship and advanced modern apprenticeship courses.
2 after-school clubs: Clyst St Mary (16), Ladysmith (30, plus holiday club) (both in Exeter).
Places: 477
Employees: 169
RAINBOW NURSERY
Head office: St Marks Hall, Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5LX
Tel: 01892 516677
Proprietors: Lorraine Evans, David Evans, Amanda Semark, James Semark
Established: 1991
Owns 2 nurseries: Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1 (26), Tunbridge Wells 2 (30), plus a holiday club in Tunbridge Wells (25) Places: 56
Employees: 14
Plans: To open a third nursery.
RASCALS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 121a Circular Road, Belfast BT4 2GE
Tel: 028 9076 1333 Fax: 028 9076 9333
Managing directors: Lynne D'Arcy, Roger D'Arcy
Established: 1988
Owns 7 nurseries: Belfast: Belfast East 1 (156), Belfast East 2 (50), Belfast South 1 (50), Belfast South 2 (28), Belfast North (50); Londonderry (50)
Places: 384
Employees: 178
Plans: Actively seeking acquisitions and organic growth.
ROSEDENE PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES
Head office: Saltburn Children's Centre, Marskemill Lane, Saltburn, Cleveland TS12 1HJ
Tel: 01287 626 180
E-mail: enquiries@rosedene-nurseries.co.uk
Website: www.rosedene-nurseries.co.uk
Directors: Clare McCullagh, John McCullagh
Established: 1993
Owns 5 nurseries: Guisborough (54), Hemlington (50), Ormesby (41), Saltburn by the Sea (45), Yarm (52) (all in Cleveland).
Places: 242
Employees: 80
*ROSY APPLE CHILDCARE LTD
Head office: 23 Herschell Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 3QU
Tel: 01772 200718
Website: www.rosyapplechildcare.com
E-mail: sharon@rosyapplechildcare.com
Established: 2003
Managing director: Sharon Alexander
Owns 5 nurseries: Blackburn (75); Lancs County Council Workplace (42); Preston 1 Avenham (62), Preston 2 Ribbleton (59), Preston 3 Ribbleton Children's Centre (59)
Places: 297
Employees: 72
Plans: To develop nursery buildings and increase registered occupancy at two nurseries to satisfy growing demand for places.
*SEQUAL CHILDCARE
Head office: St Swithun's House, 21 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 3NS
Tel: 0845 370 0215 Fax: 0845 370 0219
E-mail: info@sequalchildcare.co.uk
Website: www. sequalchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Stephen Fraser
Established: 2008
Owns 3 nurseries: Boscombe(55); Southbourne (20); Townsend (54) (all in Bournemouth).
Places: 129
Employees: 36
Plans: Plans for future nurseries throughout the southern region.
SEYMOUR HOUSE DAY NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: Seymour House, 140 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1RN
Tel: 01245 213213
E-mail: admin@seymourhouse.co.uk
Website: www.seymourhouse.co.uk
Directors: John Player, Julie Player
Established: 1988
Owns 8 nurseries Basildon (55); Chelmsford: Broomfield Hospital (50), Broomfield Road (50), Lawn Lane (112), Springfield Road (50); Colchester (51); Laindon (51); Wickford (113) (all in Essex).
Places: 532
Employees: 168
SMALLWORLD PRE-SCHOOLS
Head office: Leftwich Primary School, Old Hall Road, Leftwich, Northwich CW8 3DH
Tel: 01606 45422 Fax: 0870 706 4899
E-mail: ashfield@smallworldpreschools. co.uk
Website: www.smallworldpreschools. co.uk
Established: 1994
Directors: Maria Baker, Sharon Walton
Owns 6 nurseries: Cockermouth, Cumbria (15); Distington, Cumbria (23); Leftwich, Cheshire (22, plus 16 before-and after-school places); Sandiway, Cheshire (26, plus 48 before-and after-school places); Winsford (18, plus 16 before-and after-school places) Workington, Cumbria (52)
Places: 156
Employees: 30
SNAP! 4 KIDS
Head office: The Church Hall, 6a Chapel Street, Cambridge CB4 1DY
Tel: 01223 477413 Fax: 01223 477567
E-mail: info@snap4kids.co.uk
Website: www.snap4kids.co.uk
Managing directors: Janet Robertson, Kenny Forrest
Established: 2000
Owns 2 nurseries: Cambridge (106), Hauxton (34)
Places: 140
Employees: 26
Plans: Expansion of Hauxton setting.
SNAPDRAGONS NURSERIES
Head office: Prospect Farm, Bath Road, Atworth, Melksham, Wilts SN12 8JW
Tel: 01225 707009 Fax: 01225 705076
Website: www.snapdragonsnursery.com
Directors: Paul Collard, Rosemary Collard
Established: 1998
Owns 6 nurseries: Atworth (31), Corsham (100), Melksham (27), (all in Wilts); Bath, Somerset: Grosvenor (60), Weston (134)
2 out-of-school clubs: Corsham (48), Weston (50)
Places: 352
Employees: 98
SNEAKERS CHILDCARE
Head office: 15 Lodge Pool Drive, Lodge Park, Redditch, Worcs B98 7LH
Tel: 01527 523279
Director: Karyn Maddison
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Redditch, Worcs 1 (34), Redditch 2 (24) (both part of Sure Start children's centres); Studley, Warks (30)
8 before- and after-school clubs and 1 holiday club (2 are part of Sure Start children's centres, all in Worcs).
Places: 88
Employees: 55
SPRINGFIELD LODGE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Powder Mill Lane, Dartford, Kent DA1 1NT
Tel: 01322 228154 Fax: 01322 319116
Website: www.springfieldldn.co.uk
Directors: Linda Berriman, Sonia McCluskey
Nursery managing director: Linda Berriman
Owns 4 nurseries and after-school and holiday clubs: Dartford (175), Gravesend (48), Swanscombe (98, plus 20 after-school places), Swanscombe Saplings Pre-School (18) (all in Kent).
Places: 339
Employees: 75
Plans: Gravesend is currently closed while being re-built; re-opens this year.
SUNHILL DAYCARE (EUROPE)
Head office: PO Box 157, Royston, Herts SG8 9WY
Tel: 01763 247474 Fax: 01763 243033
Website: www.sunhilldaycare.com
E-mail: enquiries@sunhilldaycare.com
Directors: managing director, Geoff Chapman; operations manager, Claire Jones; financial controller, Lynne Danes; quality assurance manager, Brenda Waller; customer and staff relations manager, Claire Jones; facilities manager, Steve Moss
Established: 1991
Owns 7 nurseries and one out of school club: Abington, Cambs (82); Aylesbury, Bucks (94); Berkhamsted, Herts (87); Halesworth, Suffolk (52); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (70); Luton, Beds (75); Royston, Herts (30); St Neots, Cambs (47)
Places: 537
Employees: 110
Plans: One new-build project at planning stage. Further acquisitions under consideration in the South East.
SWINGBOAT NURSERIES
Head office: 147-149 Hermitage Road, Whitwick, Leics LE67 5EL
Tel: 01530 814477 Fax: 01530 814433
Website: www.swingboatnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Elaine Blunt, Graham Blunt
Established: 1996
Owns 3 nurseries: Ashby-de-la-Zouch (50), Whitwick (80) (all in Leics); Woodville, Derbyshire (48)
5 out-of-school clubs: Ashby-de-la- Zouch (48), Griffydam (48), Whitwick (49) (all in Leics); Woodville, Derbyshire (48)
Places: 178
Employees: 132
Plans: Looking at local needs in order to develop further purpose built facilities.
TARA KINDERGARTENS
Head office: 4 Ridgemead Close, Southgate, London N14 6NW
Tel: 020 8886 8334 Fax: 020 8886 8334
Proprietor: Raj Nagendran
Established: 1992
Owns 4 nurseries: Enfield, Middlesex (50); London: Edmonton (72), Southgate (100); Uxbridge, Middlesex (60)
Places: 282
Employees: 90
TEDDIES NURSERIES
Head office: 4 Whitton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1BJ
Tel: 0800 980 3801 Fax: 020 8892 6711
Website: www.teddiesnurseries.co.uk
Owner: BUPA Childcare
Managing director: Carole Edmond
Established: 1991
Owns 36 nurseries: Basingstoke, Hants (90); Beckenham, Kent (52); Bexleyheath, Kent (92); Bracknell, Berks (50); Brentford, Middlesex (72); Bristol (68); Chesham Bois, Bucks (68); Coulsdon, Surrey (84); Crawley, Sussex (42); Croydon, Surrey (50); Epsom, Surrey (70); Esher, Surrey (50); Farnham, Surrey (52); Godalming, Surrey (54); London: Balham (55), Chiswick Park (75), Greenwich (52), New Southgate (58), Raynes Park (62), Southfields (50), Streatham (54), West Dulwich (76), West Hampstead (91); Loughton, Essex, (54); Maidstone, Kent (54); Northwood, Middlesex (63); Sevenoaks, Kent (63); Southampton, Hants (81); Sutton, Surrey (55); Tonbridge, Kent (62); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (73); Twickenham, Middlesex 1 (44), Twickenham, West Middlesex 2 (50); Woking, Surrey (64); West Dulwich (76); West Hampstead (91)
Places: 2,297
Employees: 598
THOMAS'S LONDON DAY SCHOOLS
Head office: Monmouth Court, Southampton Road, Ringwood, Hants BH24 1HE
Tel: 01425 481500 Fax: 01425 481501
Website: www.thomas-s.co.uk
Principals: Tobyn Thomas, Ben Thomas, David Thomas, Joanna Thomas
Established: 1972
Owns 2 kindergartens: Battersea (38), Pimlico (44) (both in London).
4 preparatory schools: Battersea (493), Clapham (586), Fulham (333), Kensington (347) (all in London).
Places: 82
Employees: 400
*TINY TOEZ
Head office: 224/226 Milton Road, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 6HT
Tel: 01782 265000 Fax: 01782 269933
E-mail: eastvalley@tinytoez.com
Website: www.tinytoez.co.uk
Directors: Ranjana Mair, Kamal Mair
Established: 2004
Owns 6 nurseries: Stoke-on-Trent (56), Sandwell, West Midlands (66), Stourport, Worcestershire (41), Cannock, Staffordshire (48), Nottingham 1 (56), Nottingham 2 (60)
Places: 327
Employees: 93
Plans: To provide a caring and safe learning environment where individual attention maximises and enriches the development and potential of children in their first journey through life.
TOAD HALL NURSERY GROUP
Head office: 3rd Floor, Wembley Point, 1 Harrow Road, Wembley HA9 6DE
Tel: 020 8795 0650 Fax: 020 8903 3557
Website: www.toadhall-nursery.co.uk
Director: Sarah Owen
Established: 1998
Owns 16 nurseries: Chessington, Surrey (69); Ealing, London (50); Haslemere, Surrey (79); Hitchin, Herts (75); Horley, Surrey (53); Iver, Bucks, Pinewood Film Studios (41); Langley, Berks (60); Ottershaw, Surrey (42); Ripley, Surrey (40); Shepperton Film Studios, Middlesex (42); Swindon, Wilts (176); Walton-on-Thames, Surrey 1 (69), Walton-on-Thames 2 (48), Walton-on-Thames 3 (12); Watford, Herts (49); Woking, Surrey (59)
2 after-school clubs and playschemes: Swindon (50), Walton-on-Thames (24)
Places: 964
Employees: 250
TOPS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Unit 11, Bournemouth Central Business Park, Southcote Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3SJ
Tel: 01202 551553 Fax: 01202 551303
E-mail: admin@topsdaynurseries.co.uk
Director: Cheryl Hadland
Established: 1990
Owns 10 nurseries: Dorset: Boscombe (108), Parkstone, Poole (56), Poole (105, plus 24 playclub), Royal Bournemouth Hospital (100, plus 20 playclub), Wareham (47); Wimborne (71, plus 27 playclub); Hampshire: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth (87, plus 12 playclub); Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester (61); Somerset: Bridgwater Road, Taunton (35); Musgrove Park Hospital Taunton (89, plus 33 playclub). Also recognised as a Beacon training centre.
Places: 759
Employees: 350
Also owns two cares home in Dorset.
TORRIDON EDUCATION GROUP
Head office: 23a King Street, Lossiemouth, Moray IV31 6PZ
Tel: 01343 813342
Managing director: Sharon Hayward
Established: 1994
Owns 2 nurseries: Elgin Bishopmill Pre-School Centre (60) and Torridon Pre-School Nursery (60) (both in Moray); and an accredited training centre offering SVQs in childcare and education.
Places: 120
Employees: 15
TREETOPS NURSERIES
Head office: 1 St James' Court, Friar Gate, Derby DE1 1BT
Tel: 01332 223553 Fax: 01332 223593
E-mail: info@treetopsnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.treetopsnurseries.co.uk
Managing director: David Hancock
Established: 1990
Owns 20 nurseries: Ashbourne (50), Barlborough (83), Belper (74), Derby (64), Duffield (58), Matlock (82), Oakwood (65), (all in Derbyshire); Bromborough, Merseyside (68); Carlton House, Wirral (50); Caterpillar, Deeping St James (50); Chester, Cheshire (63); Dudley, W Midlands (75); Headingley, Leeds (50); Hyde, Cheshire (116); King's Heath, Birmingham (50); Pudsey (76); Neston, Merseyside (65); St Neot's, Cambs (93); Toton, Nottingham (65); Worksop, Notts (85)
5 out-of-school clubs: Belper (16); Chester (24); Hyde (12); Matlock (40); Oakwood (30)
Places: 1,382
Employees: 400
TURTLES CHILDREN'S NURSERIES
Head office: Wolverhampton Road, Penkridge, Staffs ST19 5DR
Tel/Fax: 01785 716111
Directors: Karen Laycock, Greg Laycock
Established: 1996
Owns 3 nurseries: Penkridge 1 (36), Penkridge 2 (48), Stafford (64) (all in Staffs).
2 before-and after-school clubs and 1 holiday 48-place playscheme
Places: 148
Employees: 50
ULTIMATE DAY CARE NURSERY
Head office: 9 Brydges Road, Stratford, London E15 1NA
Tel/Fax: 020 8519 2100
Website: www.ultimatedaycarenursery.co.uk
E-mail: ultimatedaycarenursery@hotmail.com
Director: Bel Oomerjee
Established: 1996
Owns 4 nurseries: London: Leyton (50), Leyton, Montessori (40), Stratford (58); Peterborough, Cambs (136)
Places: 344
Employees: 40
WCS (WESTMINSTER CHILDREN'S SOCIETY)
Head office: 121 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4LX
Tel: 020 7834 8679 Fax: 020 7233 8393
Website: www.wcs.org.uk
Chief executive: June O'Sullivan
Established: 1903
Manages 18 community nurseries (all in London): Barking and Dagenham: Eastbury (41), Ford Road (50), Furze (50), Lays (50); Camden: Fitzrovia (25); Westminster: Abbots Manor (25), The Angel (30), Bessborough (55), Carlton Hill (53), Marsham Street Children's Centre (60), Holcroft (24), Katherine Bruce (59), Lisson Green (39), Luton Street (35), Mickey Star (36), Queensborough (30), Queens Park (42), Warwick (48)
Places: 752
Employees: 190
WHITE HORSE CHILD CARE/THE TREES DAY CARE NURSERIES
Head office: Stanley House, 65 Victoria Road, Swindon, Wilts SN1 3BB
Tel: 01793 488988 Fax: 01793 488428
Directors: Richard Lay, Lester Lay, Lloyd Lay, Peter Lay
Established: 1989
Owns 4 nurseries: Devizes, Wilts (68); Southampton: Portswood (85), Shirley, (83); Swindon, Wilts (88)
Places: 324
Employees: 84
Plans: To purchase properties suitable for nurseries for at least 48 children.
WIND IN THE WILLOWS (MANAGEMENT)
Head office: X1 Warrington Business Park, Long Lane, Warrington WA2 8TX
Tel: 01925 631639 Fax: 01925 623689
E-mail: administrator@witw.co.uk
Directors: Tom Hobbs, Robert McNicol, Brian Pearce, Special Director Services Ltd
Established: 2001
Owns 5 neighbourhood nurseries: Manchester: Tameside 1 (54), Tameside 2 (54); St Helens, Merseyside (54); Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs 1 (54), Stoke-on-Trent 2 (54). Plus wraparound care, out-of-school care and early years education.
Places: 270
Employees: 140
WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHILD CARE
Head office: 45 Cross Lane, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside WA12 9PT
Tel: 01925 221445 Fax: 01925 220220
Directors: Ginny Taylor, Neil Taylor
Established: 1993
Owns 4 nurseries: Canal Street (54), Earle Street (49), Pewfall (29) Sefton (54) (all in Merseyside).
1 after-school club: Cross Lane, Merseyside (16)
Places: 186
Employees: 56
WOODLANDS DAY NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL
Head office: 10 Derby Road, Formby, Merseyside L37 7BN
Tel: 01704 830449
Owners: Gordon Moorcroft, Lorraine Moorcroft
Established: 1993
Owns 3 nurseries: Liverpool: Aigburth (32), Huyton (45), Hunts Cross (45, plus 16 after-school places)
Places: 122
Employees: 40
Plans: To increase Huyton nursery to 52.
