Our glittering awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 21 September at The Brewery in London.
Entries are open to everyone who is involved in early years education and childcare in the UK and Ireland.
There are 25 categories to choose from, highlighting excellence among individuals, teams, organisations, initiatives, and resources that support children and families across the early years sector.
There is an award for everyone, whether you're an early years graduate or apprentice at the start of your career, or a loyal longstanding employee who deserves recognition for your outstanding contribution.
Our awards are judged by a panel of experts who between them share many years of experience working in the childcare and education sector and who have been chosen because of their expertise to judge their specific categories.
Go to the link below, where you will find the criteria and questions for each of the categories, providing guidance and information on what our judges will be looking for.
The full list of awards for 2024 is below:
Organisations:
- Nursery of the Year
- Nursery Group of the Year
- Pre-School of the Year
- Early Years in School Award
- Childminding Business of the Year
Individuals/teams:
- Nursery Manager of the Year
- Nursery Operations/Area Manager of the Year
- Nursery Practitioner of the Year
- Individual Childminder of the Year
- Trainer of the Year
- Outstanding Contribution
- Early Years Apprentice of the Year
- Early Childhood Graduate of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award (chosen by Nursery World)
Initiatives
- Health & Wellbeing Award
- Enabling Environments Award
- Eco-Friendly Early Years Award
- Working with Parents Award
- Working with Babies and Twos Award
- Business Development Award
- Team Development Award
- Nursery Food Award
- Inclusive Practice Award
- Community Support Award
Resources
- Online and Social Media Award
- Professional Book of the Year
Thanks, as always, to our sponsors, who this year are: Busy Bees Nurseries, the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network, Eduzone, Hope Education, iStep Learning, Wizard Solutions, Nasen, and Tigerlily Training.
- Find all the information you need on how to enter on our dedicated Nursery World Awards website
