Find out who's won the Nursery World Awards 2019

ORGANISATIONS

Nursery of the Year

Sponsored by childcare.co.uk 

Winner

• Spring Bensham, Spring by Action for Children, Gateshead, with judge Wendy Scott and host Jen Pringle from Channel 5's Milkshake

Highly Commended

• Worcester Early Years Centre, Worcestershire

Finalists

• Lambeth College Nursery, Clapham

• Sunbeams Day Nursery, Leeds

• Young Friends Nursery and Nature School, Hove

Pre-School of the Year

Winner

• Nature to Nurture, Liverpool, with judge Dr Jo Verrill of Ceeda
  
  

Highly Commended

Enya’s Childcare, Peterborough


Finalists

• Cullompton Pre School, Cullompton
• Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids, Falmouth
• KidsStop, Northampton
• Puddleduck Preschool, Windsor

Early Years in School Award

Winner

St Paul’s Primary School, Kingston Hill, London, with judge Stella Louis

Finalists

• Gateways School, Leeds
• The Mulberry House School, London

Nursery Group of the Year

Sponsored by Christie & Co

Winner

• Kids Allowed, north-west, with sponsor Christie & Co

Highly Commended

• Stramash Social Enterprise, Scotland

Finalists

• Kids Planet, north-west
• The Little Learners Montessori, south-east
• Sleepy Hollow Group, Northern Ireland
• South Hills School, south-west
• Tiddlywinks Day Nursery, north west

Childminding Business of the Year

Sponsored by childcare.co.uk

Winner

• Debbie Watling, Huntingdon, with judge Rebecca Martland

Finalist

• Julie & Jo’s Childcare, Cambridge

 
INDIVIDUALS

Nursery Manager of the Year

Winner

• Ginny Andreas, Little Adventurers, Upminster, with judge Dr Sue Allingham

Highly Commended

• Sarah Presswood, George Perkins Day Nursery, Birmingham
  
  

Finalists

• Victoria Alter, Alyth Kindergarten, London
• Danielle Riley, Woodlands Day Nursery, Elmscot Group, Timperley
• Michael Takacs, Daisy Chain Bebington, Birkenhead
• Audrey Willoughby, the Rocking Horse Nursery, London

Nursery Operations/Regional Manager of the Year

Winner

• Dawn Gibbons, Sunflower Group, north west, with judge Neil Leitch of Early Years Alliance

Finalists

• Amy Alderson, Tops Day Nurseries, south
• Michelle Gascoigne, Tynemouth Nursery Group, north east

Early Years Teacher of the Year

Winner

• Hannah Lakin, Holmsdale Manor Nursery, Ibstock (collected by her employer in her absence), with judge Helen Moylett

• Gemma Parker, Kids Planet Warrington
• Rebecca Sanderson, Tynemouth Nursery, North Shields
• Rachel Shevill, Zone4Kids at Whitley Lodge, Tynemouth Nursery Group, Tyne and Wear

Nursery Practitioner of the Year

Sponsored by Hope Education

Winner

• Tessa Winters, Stramash Tornagrain, Inverness, with sponsor Hope Education

Highly Commended

• Lauren O'Brien, Woodlands Day Nursery, Elmscot Group, Altrincham

Finalists

• Kelly Burchell, Holmsdale Manor Nursery, Ibstock
• Sofina Choudhury, Hale Day Nursery, Elmscot Group, Altrincham
• Jenna Dempsey, YMCA Fairthorne Manor Nursery, Southampton
• Mellie Edgar, Tiddlywinks Day Nursery, Bury

Newcomer of the Year

Winner

• Charlotte Atkins, Cherubs Longdale, Nottingham, with judge James Crosswell of Kids Allowed

Highly Commended

• Connor Keaney, Bright Minds Daycare, Birmingham
  
  

Finalist

• Georgina Wright, Kiddi Caru Caldecotte, Milton Keynes

Trainer of the Year

Sponsored by CACHE

Winner

• Gill Mason, Kids Planet Day Nurseries, north west, with Julie Hyde of sponsor CACHE

Highly Commended

• Kate Bickley, Children 1^st Day Nurseries, Midlands and South Yorkshire
  
  

Finalist

• Samantha Laxton, the Co-operative Childcare, UK-wide

Childminder of the Year

Sponsored by childcare.co.uk

Winner

• Katherine Cooling-Smith, Kayte’s House, Colchester (collected in her absence by her friend), with Jane Comeau of PACEY

Finalist

• Debbie Watling, Huntingdon

Nanny of the Year

Sponsored by BAPN/Nannytax

Winner

• Michelle Cusack, with sponsor BAPN and Nannytax
  
  

Highly Commended

• Elisabeth Watts
  
  

Finalists

• Lisa Burgin
• Brigitte Day
• Sally Stimson

Outstanding Contribution

Winner

• Elaine Hargrave, Holmsdale Manor Nursery, Ibstock(collected in her absence by her empoloyer), with judge Julie Mountain of PlayLearningLife

Finalist

• Teresa Lascelles, St George’s Childcare, Tunbridge Wells

Lifetime Achievement

• Helen Moylett, trainer author and consultant

 
INITIATIVES

Working with Parents

Winner

• Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids, Young Mums Will Achieve, Falmouth, with judge Nancy Stewart

Finalists

• BHT Early Education and Training, Talking Together (a Better Start Bradford project)
• Langtry Nursery, London Borough of Camden, Working with fathers and male carers initiatives

Inclusive Practice

Winner

• Randolph Beresford Nursery School & Children’s Centre, London, with sponsor Adam Boddison of nasen

Finalists

• Trafford Council and Trafford Speech and Language Therapy Service, Trafford Giving Voice Accreditation Award, Manchester
• Tuffkid Nursery, London

Team Development

Winner

• Northumberland Country Council with Northumbria University, Northumberland Early Years Professionals Network, with judge Di Chilvers

Finalists

• Honey Pot Day Nurseries, Liverpool
• Sunbeams Day Nursery, Enhanced Quality Training and Video Blogs Program, Leeds

Nursery Food

Winner

• Townhouse Nursery, Village Nursery Group, Stoke-on-Trent, with judge Edwina Revel

Finalist

• Spring Cedars and Beacon, Spring by Action for Children, Exeter

Enabling Environments

Sponsored by YPO

Joint winners

• Sunbeams Day Nursery, loose parts play, Leeds, with sponsor YPO

• Holmsdale Manor Nursery, forest school, Ibstock, with sponsor YPO
  

   

Highly Commended

• South Acton Nursery School & Children’s Centre, Freddie the car, London

Finalists

• Brambles Preschool, Salisbury
• Beatle Woods, Holistic Enabling Environment, Coventry
• London Early Years Foundation, Soho Family Centre Nursery, London
• Your Nursery, Preschool fun: a room as the third teacher, Manchester

Online and Social Media

Winner

• Each Peach Childcare and Each Peach Forest School, Hove, with judge Sarah Mackenzie of NFamilyClub

Finalists

• 22 Street Lane Nursery, Leeds
• Bright Minds Daycare, Birmingham
• Cherubs Nurseries, East Midlands
• The Co-operative Childcare, UK-wide
• New Beginnings Day Nursery, London
• Stramash Social Enterprise, Scotland

Community Support

Winner

• GNG Nursery, Birmingham, with judge Anne O'Connor

Finalists

• Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids, Falmouth
• Cherubs Nurseries, East Midlands

Health and Wellbeing

Winner

• George Perkins Day Nursery, Building Healthy Families, Birmingham, with judge Jane Harrison of Red Hen Day Nursery

Finalists

• Early Start Education, Shrewsbury and Susan Lawrence Nurseries, supervised toothbrushing programme, Newham
• Holmsdale Manor Nursery, Ibstock
• Honey Pot Nurseries, staff well-being, Liverpool
• Little Adventurers Nursery, healthy lifestyles, Upminster
• School Improvement Liverpool, Keep Moving, Keep Learning, Keep Healthy

Working with Babies and Toddlers

Winner

• East Sussex County Council, ‘Interacting with Babies (0-18 months)’ collaborative research project, with Nursery World commercial director Tom Curtiss

Finalist

• The Old Forge Day Nursery, Baby Room Project, Derby

Charity draw

Our awards charity partner was Rainbow Trust Children's Charity, with a charity raffle prize of an Outlast Arbour kindly donated by Community Playthings. Winner was Mandy Goff of Cullompton Pre-school

Photos by Julian Dodd

Photos of the event are available at shorturl.at/dEMX6

• See the full write-ups of our winners at https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/awards