Nursery World - Nursery Chains: League Tables

You'll find some new names in our Top 25 table of nursery groups this year, and in the directory too. Catherine Gaunt analyses the ups and downs in both size and quality of the chains.

The number of new chains featured in our directory of nursery groups in the UK and Ireland continues to grow.

The directory now includes the names of 180 nursery groups, varying in size from small chains with just a few settings to Busy Bees, which remains the largest private provider in the country, with 137 nurseries and offering more than 11,800 places.

This year there are 12 new entries, including Nursery World award winners Cranley Nursery, which was named as our Nursery Chain of the Year in September.

Based in Edinburgh, the group has three nurseries, generates a turnover of more than £1 million, and plans to open a fourth nursery.

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