Nursery World - Bertram Nursery Group re-brands with focus on outdoor learning

Bertram Nursery Group, which operates settings across the UK, has changed its name to Thrive Childcare and Education and launched a new sub-group, Nature Kindergartens, led by a conservationist.

Nature Kindergartens is one of Thrive Childcare and Education's four sub-groups its settings will operate under

Thrive Childcare and Education’s chief executive Cary Rankin told Nursery World that the move is designed to better reflect the ethos of the group. It comes after a management buyout with Apiary Capital in 2019 when parents and staff were surveyed to determine what they wanted from their nursery provider.

The focus of the new sub-group, Nature Kindergartens, is on developing children’s outdoor learning. Heading up the new sub-group is Thrive Childcare and Education’s new conservation and nature kindergarten leader, Peter Garside, who has forest school experience and previously worked in Canada protecting Whistler’s bear population, and as a mammals keeper at Blackpool Zoo.

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