The new nursery will be based at the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital in Gateshead, providing 108 childcare places. There will be a number of places allocated to staff working at the hospital.
The £1.5 million setting, which will be known as Kids 1st QE, is the group’s second in Gateshead, joining Low Fell, and its third nursery on a hospital site.
With the new nursery, Kids 1st will operate a total of 11 nurseries, offering 1,178 places.
According to Nursery World’s latest Nursery Chains, published in autumn 2014, the acquisition sees the group move up two places from 17th to 15th of the largest 25 nursery chains in the UK. The nursery group also has the highest proportion of outstanding nurseries in the country.
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