ABC NURSERIES
Head office: Main Road, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire DG11 3BU
Tel/Fax: 01576 300765
Directors: Ann McEwan, Malcolm McEwan
Established: 1988
Owns 3 nurseries: Ecclefechan (35); Egremont (112), Whitehaven (53) (both in Cumbria)
Also owns a training company
Places: 200
Employees: 33
ACORN CHILDCARE
Head office: Wesley House, 17 South Street, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes MK19 7EL
Tel: 01908 510309
Fax: 01908 510222
E-mail: zoe@acornchildcare.co.uk
Website: www.acornchildcare.co.uk
Managing director: Zoe Raven
Established: 1989
Owns/manages 7 nurseries: Brafield-on-the-Green (36), Burton Latimer (65) (both in Northamptonshire); Castlethorpe (36, plus 16 out-of-school places), Milton Keynes; New Bradwell (33, plus 16 out-of-school places), Shenley Church End (40), Newport Pagnell (29, plus 16 out-of-school places), West Bletchley (33, plus 24 out-of-school places) (all in Bucks). Also runs Forest Schools, a training and assessment centre and mobile creches.
Places: 272
Employees: 130
Plans: Eighth nursery due to open in Milton Keynes autumn 2010. Expanding in the Milton Keynes/Northants area with nurseries and after-school clubs.
ACORNS NURSERIES
Head office: Acorns House, 7 Park Grove, Cathays, Cardiff CF10 3BJ
Tel: 02920 382009
Fax: 02920 221044
Website: www.acornsnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Martyn Hogg, Susan Hogg, Peter Reynolds, Cherie Wilson
Established: 1988
Owns 8 nurseries: Bristol (100); Cardiff, Llanishen (65), Oakfield Street (26), Park Grove (75), Partridge Road (27), St Mellons (32), Whitchurch (84); Duffryn, Newport (45)
Manages 3 nurseries: Bristol, AXA (30); Cardiff, BBC Wales (61); Newport, ONS (35)
Places: 580
Employees: 238
Plans: Further expansion planned in Bath, Cardiff and Cheltenham.
ACTIVE CHILDCARE
Head office: Redwither Tower, Redwither Business Park, Wrexham LL13 9XR
Tel: 01978 661189
Fax: 01978 661717
Directors: Karen Graham, Peter Graham
Established: 1997
Owns/manages 2 nurseries: Glyndwr University (41); Wrexham, Rossett (61)
Owns/manages 1 out-of-school club: Wrexham (40)
Places: 102
Employees: 38
Plans: Opening new purpose-built nursery at the Centre for the Child at Glyndwr University, Wrexham in early 2011. Also looking for additional sites in North Wales.
*ACTIVE LEARNING
Head office: 88 Compayne Gardens, London NW6 3RU
Tel: 020 3031 4700
Fax: 020 7372 9412
E-mail: info@active-learn.co.uk
Website: www.activelearningchildcare.co.uk
Director: William Zuckerman
Established: 2005
Owns 6 nurseries: Crouch End (88), Dorking (91), Finchley (96), Fulham (99), Kingston (98), West Hampstead (110) (all in London)
Places: 582
Employees: 178
Plans: New nursery opening in Southgate in 2011
*ALPHABET HOUSE DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Gunthorpe Road, Lowdham NG14 7EN
Tel/Fax: 0115 966 4556
Website: www.alphabethouse.co.uk
Directors: Marie and Tony Brentford
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Lowdham (67), Beeston (40), West Bridgford (85) (all in Nottinghamshire)
Places: 192
Employees: 65
ALPHABET HOUSE NURSERIES
Head office: Alphabet House, Canberra Road, East Ham, London E6 2RW
Tel: 020 8519 2023
Fax: 0170 870 5062
E-mail: info@alphabethousenurseries.co.uk
Website: www.alphabethousenurseries.co.uk
Co-directors: Dele Balogun, Kemi Balogun
Established: 1994
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Beckton (32), East Ham (47), Plashet (57), Stratford (72), Upton Park (62) (all in east London)
Places: 270
Employees: 70
Plans: To continue providing a high standard of care and education for children, with an emphasis on training and staff professional development.
ANGELS AT PLAY NURSERIES
Head office: 1 Dockyard, Star Street, Ware, Herts SG12 7AN
Tel: 01920 486487
Fax: 01920 462778
Website: www.angelsatplay.co.uk
Directors: Angela Spencer, Paul Spencer
Established: 1993
Owns 3 nurseries: Hoddesdon (89), Ware 1 (50), Ware 2 (118) (all in Herts)
Places: 257
Employees: 97
Plans: To continue providing 'outstanding' care across all locations through development of the nascuropathy programme.
ASHFORD PLAY NURSERY SCHOOLS KENT
Head office: Strathmore, 43 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8NU
Tel: 01233 625301
Fax: 01233 610420
Proprietor: Val Webb
Established: 1971
Owns 4 nurseries: Ashford, Kent, Albert Road (44), Albert Road Creche (12), Wall Road (46), Willesborough (24), plus a 5-place summer school for five to six-year-olds.
Albert and Wall Road both have an 8-place after-school club and an 8-place summer school for five to eight-year-olds.
Places: 126
Employees: 32
ASQUITH NURSERIES
Placement centre: The Old Rectory, Horton Road, Horton, Slough SL3 9NU
Tel: 01753 760630
Fax: 01753 689593
E-mail: parents@asquithnurseries.co.uk
Website: www.asquithnurseries.co.uk
CEO and managing director: Andy Morris
Financial director: Adam Sage
Established: 1989
Owns 103 nurseries/creches: Basildon, Essex (100); Belfast (22); Birmingham (59); Bolton, Lancs (84); Brighton, E Sussex (59); Bristol (45); Bromley, Kent (88); Bromsgrove, Worcs (22); Bushey, Herts (46); Canterbury, Kent (143); Cardiff (61); Caterham, Surrey (72); Cheadle, Cheshire (64); Cheam, Surrey (22); Chigwell, Essex (59); Derby (81); Eastbourne, E Sussex (12); Edinburgh (68); Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (24); Epsom, Surrey (100), Epsom creche (18); Guildford, Surrey (61); Harpenden 1, Herts (57), Harpenden 2 (85); Haslemere, Surrey (94); Hatch End, Middlesex (87); Heathrow, Middlesex (104); Heston, Middlesex (66); Hinckley, Leics (104); Hounslow, Middlesex (97); Hull, E Yorks (85); Kenton, Middlesex (88); Kew, Surrey (66); Kingston-upon-Thames 1, Surrey (64), Kingston-upon-Thames 2 (72); Leeds, Moortown (75), Tingley (89); Lichfield, Staffs (134); Lincoln (24); Liverpool, Kirkby (75), Speke (19); London, Balham (65), Battersea (79), Crouch Hill (36), Ealing (35), Eltham (47), Enfield 1 (52), Enfield 2 (70), Enfield 3 (98), Finsbury Park (103), Fulham (18), Golders Green (58), Hendon 1 (73), Hendon 2 (53), Kensington (23), Kidbrooke (20), Lambeth (82), New Eltham (122), Peckham Rye (72), Putney (47), Raynes Park (47), Southgate (86), West Dulwich (86), West Hampstead (72); Luton, Beds (24); Maidenhead, Berks (24); Maidstone, Kent (90); Manchester, Trafford Park (24); Milford, Staffs (76); Milton Keynes, The Centre (126), Wavendon (71), Wolverton Mill (128); Nottingham 1 (91), Nottingham 2 (26); Orpington, Kent (68); Oxford (23); Portsmouth, Hants (70); Redhill, Surrey (103); Reigate, Surrey (101); Renfrew, Renfrewshire (47); Richmond, Surrey (62); Sidcup, Kent (48); Slough, Berks (63); Solihull 1, W Midlands (72), Solihull 2 (25); Southampton 1, Hants (70), Southampton 2 (70); Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside (76); Surbiton, Surrey (92); Swindon, Wilts (69); Teddington, Middlesex (97); Tonbridge, Kent (100); Tunbridge Wells 1, Kent (65), Tunbridge Wells 2 (65); Twickenham 1, Middlesex (26), Twickenham 2 (83); Warrington, Cheshire (109); Warsash, Hants (72); West Dorking, Surrey (74); Weybridge, Surrey (22); Wilmington, Kent (53); Windsor, Berks (72); Woking, Surrey (86)
Places: 6,902
Employees: 2,700
Plans: Expansion is set to continue, with more nurseries opening and being acquired over the next year.
BAMBINOS
Head office: Bambinos Childcare Centres, 31 Houndiscombe Road, Mutley, Plymouth, Devon PL4 6EU
Tel: 01752 226767
E-mail: bambinosplymouth@aol.com
Directors: William Lane, Alison Lane
Established: 1993
Owns 5 nurseries: Plymouth City (95), Plympton (62), Plymstock (58), Tavistock (62), Woolwell (58)
Places: 335
Employees: 120
BERTRAM NURSERY GROUP
Head office: Block B, Unit 2, Kittleyards, Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PJ
Tel: 0131 662 2270
Fax: 0131 662 8504
E-mail: info@bertramuk.com
Website: www.bertramnurserygroup.com
Chief executive officer: Graeme Scott
Chief operating officer and finance director: David Gray
Operations director: Lyndsay Grant
Mergers & acquisitions director: Tom Lyons
Commercial director: Susan McGhee
Established: 2006
Owns 31 nurseries: Aberdeenshire, Banchory (64), Cove Bay (65); Bishopbriggs, E Dunbartonshire (75); Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire (43); Bury (79), Castleton (80), Prestwich (98) (all in Lancashire); Cumbernauld, N Lanarkshire (84); Dunblane, Stirlingshire (81); Dunfermline (43); Edinburgh 1 (120), Edinburgh 2 (100); Falkirk (74); Glasgow, Ballieston (79), Garrowhill (61), Glasgow Airport (103), Kelvinside (46); Kirkintilloch, E Dunbartonshire (80); Haydock, Merseyside (50); Manchester, Altrincham (50), Astley (105), Baguley (56), Gin Pit Village (59), Salford (79), Salford Hope Hospital (63), Sandilands (56), Shaw (83), Swinton (140); South Lanarkshire College (59); Stirling (88); Telford (42). Also operates a training division, offering SVQ Level 2, 3 and 4, NVQ Level 2 and 3, A1 assessors and ongoing CPD opportunities.
Places: 2,305
Employees: 680
Plans: To continue to grow quality nurseries through development and acquisitions. Three further sites operating within next six months.
BONBONS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Taunton Street, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD18 3NA
Tel: 01274 587677
E-mail: sarah@channon.com
Website: www.bonbonsdaynurseries.com
Director: Sarah Channon
Established: 2001
Owns 3 nurseries: Bradford, W Yorks, Frizinghall (36), Shipley (75), Thornton (56)
Places: 167
Employees: 56
Plans: To open a fourth nursery in West Yorkshire.
BRAMLEYS NURSERIES
Head office: The Old School, School Road, Ardington, near Wantage, Oxon OX12 8PN
Tel: 01235 833255
Fax: 01235 864477
E-mail: info@bramleyschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.bramleyschildcare.co.uk
Directors: John Watson, Sue Watson
Established: 1990
Owns 6 nurseries: Banbury, Horton Hospital (53), Didcot (88), Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (49), Wantage (102) (all in Oxon); Bedford, Bedford Hospital (58); Salisbury, Wilts (46)
Places: 396
Employees: 130
Plans: Opening a new nursery in Wantage, Oxon in March 2011.
THE BRIDGES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERIES
Head office: 1 Prospect Place, Arnhall Business Park, Westhill, Aberdeenshire AB32 6SY
Tel: 01224 744741
Fax: 01224 744742
E-mail: MMogford@abd1.com
Directors: Marie Mogford, Graham Mogford, Lois Duncan
Established: 1985
Owns 3 nurseries: Aberdeen, Bridge of Don (116); Westhill 1 (118), Westhill 2 (39) (both in Aberdeenshire)
Out-of-school club: Westhill (18)
Places: 273
Employees: 70
Plans: Have planning consent to open an additional nursery with 100 places in Aberdeenshire.
BRIGHT HORIZONS
Head office: 2 Crown Court, Rushden, Northants NN10 6BS
Tel: 01933 415900
Fax: 01933 315199
Website: www.brighthorizons.co.uk
Managing director: Carole Edmond
Directors of operations: Anne Sheldon and Martina Murphy
Established: 1988
This company operates under two brands: Bright Horizons and Teddies Nurseries.
Head office (Teddies Nurseries): 4 Whitton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1BJ
Tel: 0800 830 3801
Website: www.teddiesnurseries.co.uk
The company owns/manages 135 nurseries: Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University (99), Aberdeen Shell (35); Aberystwyth, Institute of Grasslands and Environmental Research (40); Abingdon, Oxon (67); Andover, Hants, Defence Logistics Organisation (40); Ashbourne, Co Meath (52); Barford, Warks (52); Basingstoke, Hants (90); Bath 1 Wilts, MoD (37), Bath 2, MoD (60); Beckenham, Kent (52); Bexleyheath, Kent (92); Birkenhead, Merseyside (38); Blackburn, Lancs, HM Revenue and Customs (38); Bootle, Merseyside (70); Bournemouth, Dorset (86); Bracknell, Berks (50); Brentford, Middlesex (72); Bristol 1 (50); Bristol 2, MoD (117); Cardiff, Inland Revenue (60); Chesham Bois, Bucks (68); Cirencester, Glos (78); Coulsdon, Surrey (84); Crawley, W Sussex (42); Crowthorne, Berks, Broadmoor Hospital (50); Didcot, Oxon, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (56); Drogheda, Co Meath (89); Dublin, Balgriffin (102), Beaumont (40), City West (118), Dublin College of Technology (124), East Point Business Park (113), Leopardstown (107), Nutgrove (33), Swords (47); Dudley, W Midlands (39); Edinburgh, Abbeyhill (59), Annandale (59), Bruntsfield (49), Cramond (101), Morton Mains Farm (75), Royal Bank of Scotland (70), Rutland (46); Epsom, Surrey (70); Esher, Surrey (50); Falkirk, Dept for Work and Pensions (43); Feltham, Middlesex, The Defence Geographic Intelligence Agency (25); Glasgow, Inland Revenue (59), Kwik-Fit (63), Northgate (49); Godalming, Surrey (54); Grange, Co Meath, European Commission (30); Great Haseley, Oxon (60); Harrow, Middlesex (98); Hastings, E Sussex, Dept for Work and Pensions (46); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (54); Hinxton, Cambridge, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus (75); Ipswich 1, Suffolk, Inland Revenue (27), Ipswich 2, Suffolk College (90); Irthlingborough, Northants (52); Kenilworth, Warks (68); Leeds 1 (39), Leeds 2, HM Revenue and Customs (35); Leicester, Inland Revenue (32); Liverpool, HM Customs and Excise (35); Livingston, West Lothian (136); London, Alperton, Sainsbury's (32), Balham (55), Barbican (54), Beaufort Park (102), Billet's Corner, Sainsbury's (45), Broadgate (50), Chiswick Park (75), Dulwich, Sainsbury's (24), Finchley (35), Fleet Street (45), Greenwich (52), Highgate (55), Hyde Park (46), Imperial Wharf (68), Islington (42), Mount Carmel (73), New Southgate (58), Pimlico (78), Raynes Park (62), Regent's Park (75), Southfields (50), Spitalfields (50), St John's Wood (92), Stockwell (64), Streatham (54), SW1, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (36), SW1, MoD (35), Tabard Square (96), West Dulwich (50), West Hampstead (91); Loughton, Essex (56); Maidstone, Kent (54); Northampton, Mitie PFI (57); Northwood, Middlesex (124); Nottingham, Inland Revenue (50); Plymouth, Devon, Department for Work and Pensions (40), Land Registry (40); Rainham, Essex (82); Reading, Berks, Abbeymore (124), Thames Valley Park 1, Microsoft (52), Thames Valley Park 2 (120); Rothamsted, Herts, Rothamsted Research (39); Rugby, Warks (60); Runcorn, Cheshire, DfE (50); Saffron Walden, Essex, Saffron Walden County High School (85); Salford, Manchester, HM Customs and Excise (36); Salisbury, Wilts, Health Protection Agency (59); Sandwich, Kent, Pfizer (148); Sevenoaks, Kent (63); Sharnbrook, Beds, Unilever R and D Colworth (75); Sheffield, S Yorks, DCSF (51); Southam, Warks (56); Southampton, Hants (81); Stretford, Manchester (70); Sudbury, Suffolk, Great Cornard Upper School (50); Sunbury, Surrey, Johnson Control for BP Intl (46); Sutton, Surrey (55); Tonbridge, Kent (60); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (73); Twickenham 1, Middlesex (44), Twickenham 2 (50); Wallingford, Oxon (134); Warwick 1, Horticulture Research International (41), Warwick 2, Jaguar and Land Rover (51); Watford, Herts (63); Weymouth, Dorset, Land Registry (52); Witney, Oxon (64); Woking, Surrey (64); Wolverhampton, W Midlands, Customs and Excise (20)
Places: 8,484
Employees: 2,811, plus 895 bank staff.
Plans: Continuing to explore growth opportunities throughout the UK and Ireland.
BRIGHT KIDS
Head office: Millennium Suite, The Grange, 37 Alcester Road, Studley, Warks B80 7LL
Tel: 01527 452430
Fax: 01527 855419
E-mail: brightkids@supanet.com
Website: www.bright-kids.co.uk
Chief executive: Tricia Wellings
Group management executive: Evie Wilson
Group operations executive: Joe Poole
Established: 1999
Owns 4 nurseries: Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire (59); Crabbs Cross, Worcs (47); Northfield, Birmingham (64); Studley, Warks (50)
6 out-of-school clubs: Cleobury Mortimer (16), Crabbs Cross (24), Harry Taylor at Crabbs Cross (24), Northfield (24), Studley (26), Studley Infants (40)
Places: 220
Employees: 65
Plans: Further expansion should take place within the next two years.
BRIGHT KIDS KINDERGARTEN
Formerly Ultimate Daycare
Head office: 9 Brydges Road, Stratford, London E15 1NA
Tel/Fax: 020 8519 2100
Website: www.ultimatedaycarenursery.co.uk
E-mail: ultimatedaycarenursery@hotmail.com
Director: Bel Oomerjee
Established: 1996
Owns 4 nurseries: London, Leyton (50), Stratford (58); Peterborough 1, Cambs (136), Peterborough 2 (38)
Places: 344
1 independent school for children up to 11, with nursery (30 places for under-threes)
Employees: 40
BRIGHTSPARKS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Meadow Hill, Purley, Surrey CR8 3HL
Tel: 020 8660 2340
Website: www.brightsparksdaynurseries.co.uk
Directors: Emma Jones, Helen Simpson
Established: 1999
Owns 5 nurseries: New Malden (40), Old Coulsdon (46), Purley (46), Purley Way (60), Selsdon (46) (all in Surrey)
Places: 238
Employees: 56
BRINGING UP BABY
Head office: Unit 1A, The Plough Brewery, 516 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 3JX
Tel: 020 7622 5552
Fax: 020 7622 5570
E-mail: aaronminogue@bringingupbaby.co.uk
Website: www.bringingupbaby.co.uk
Established: 1989
Managing director: Anne de Zoysa
Executive director: Sue Woodford
Operations manager: Aaron Minogue
Owns 5 nurseries: London, Brentford (42), Clapham (72), Hammersmith (70), Kentish Town (55), Wembley (37)
Places: 276
Employees: 80
BROOKLANDS CHILDCARE
Head office: 137b Market Street, Hindley, Wigan WN2 3AA
Tel: 01942 760044
E-mail: h2brooklands@aol.com
Website: www.brooklandschildcare.co.uk
Owners: Ivan Rawlins, Linda Rawlins
Established: 1990
Owns 4 nurseries: Ashton-in-Makerfield (90), Garswood (86), Hindley 1 (89), Hindley 2 (83) (all in Lancashire)
Places: 348
Employees: 134
Plans: Expansion locally and nationally, some possibly through acquisition.
BROWN BEAR CHILDCARE
Head office: 18 Douglas Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 4JE
Tel: 0161 483 7369
Directors: Renee Dickens, Wendy Hartley
Established: 2002
Owns 3 nurseries: Stockport, Bredbury (37), Brinnington (28), Reddish (42)
Places: 107
Employees: 38
BUFFER BEAR NURSERIES
Head office: The Hospitium, Valpy St, Reading, Berks RG1 1AR
Tel: 0118 950 3200
Fax: 0118 956 0338
Website: www.bufferbear.co.uk
E-mail: info@bufferbear.co.uk
Managing director: Dr Kay Turner
Established: 1994
Owns/manages 24 nurseries: Bristol (72); Burnley General Hospital, Lancs (51); Burton, Staffs (58); Chichester, W Sussex (60); Dewsbury, W Yorks (49); Huddersfield Royal Infirmary NHS Trust (53); London, Croydon, New Addington (84), Croydon, Mayday Hospital NHS Trust (65), Enfield (50), Heathrow (39), Maida Vale (109), Maidenhead (84), Sutton (66), Waterloo (60), Wimbledon (57); Manchester, Wythenshawe (100); Newcastle (116); Oxford (62); Poole, Dorset (59); Reading, Berks (78); Southampton, Hants (100); Swindon, Wilts, Great Western Hospital NHS Trust (68); Tadworth, Surrey (56); Watford, Herts (55)
Places: 1,651
Employees: 600
Plans: To develop further our position as a leading provider of partnership nurseries and to continue our training and HR input to make Buffer Bear the employer of choice.
BUSH BABIES CHILDREN'S NURSERIES
Head office: 170 Lutterworth Road, Blaby, Leicestershire LE8 4DP
Tel: 0116 2774088
Fax: 0116 2786050
Director: Jane Brailsford
Established: 1992
Owns 6 nurseries: Blaby (60), Countesthorpe (54), Leicester (54), Oadby (52), Thurmaston (86), Wigston Magna (54) (all in Leicestershire)
Places: 360
Employees: 95
Plans: Controlled expansion programme both locally and nationally.
THE BUSY BEES GROUP
Head office: St Matthews, Shaftsbury Drive, Burntwood, Staffs WS7 9QP
Tel: 0870 380 6614
Fax: 0871 871 9342
Website: www.busybees.com
Group directors: Sarah Beene, Adam Cohn, Simon Irons, Stan Maron, Peter Maslen, Clare Phizacklea, Margaret Randles, John Woodward, Lynn Woodward and Elanna Yalow
Established: 1983
Owns and manages 129 nurseries and creches operating under the Busy Bees, Tibbi Tots, Leapfrog and TLC brands: Altrincham, Cheshire (92); Basingstoke, Hants (104); Bedford (100); Beverley, E Yorks (108); Bicester, Oxon (108); Birmingham, Aston (77), Edgbaston (116), Great Barr (53), Longbridge (60), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (133); Bishops Stortford 1, Herts (55), Bishops Stortford 2 (70); Braintree, Essex (109); Bristol, Bradley Stoke (100), Emersons Green (105), Portishead (91), Stoke Gifford (108); Bromborough, Wirral (105); Bromsgrove, Warks (86); Brough, E Yorkshire (110); Burntwood, Staffs (111); Burton on Trent, Staffs (108); Bury St Edmonds, West Suffolk Hospital (96); Cardiff (66); Carshalton, Surrey (98); Chandlers Ford, Hants (116); Cheadle, Cheshire (67); Cheam, Surrey (88); Chelmsford, Essex (99); Chippenham, Wilts (106); Chorley 1, Lancs (147), Chorley 2 (60); Colchester (84); Coventry, Walsgrave Hospital, Warks (117); Crawley, W Sussex (132); Daventry, Northants (97); Deeside, Flintshire (114); Derby, Heatherton (107), Oakwood (110); Evesham, Worcs (110); Farnborough, Hants (159); Formby, Merseyside (66); Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (71); Harlow (105); Harpenden 1, Herts (64), Harpenden 2 (55); Heathrow (100); Henley, Berks College of Agriculture (82); Hertford (44); High Wycombe, Bucks (80); Hull (40); Kent, Canterbury (79), Chatham (72), Chislehurst (98); Kettering, Northants (112); Lancaster (151); Leamington Spa (122); Leeds, Colton Mill (175), Guiseley (100); Leicester, Braunstone (130), Narborough (103); Letchworth, Herts (104); London, Chingford (108), Chiswick (78), City (90), Enfield (120), Hammersmith (56), Mill Hill (78), Royal Victoria Docks (107), Wandsworth (91); Manchester, Fallowfield (84), Salford University (104); Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes General Hospital (96), Oldbrook (100); Morden, Surrey (56); Northampton (104); Northwich, Cheshire (107); Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (100); Nottingham, City Hospital (114), Clifton (55), Daybrook (120), Sneinton (50), University of Nottingham (96), Wollaton (108); Perivale, Middlesex (76); Peterborough (116); Portsmouth (126); Preston 1, Lancs (161), Preston 2 (136), Preston 3 (39), Preston 4 (30), Preston 5 (57), Preston 6 (60); Quedgeley, Gloucs (106); Reading (109); Reigate, Surrey (97); Rotherham (74); Rugby, Warks (84); Sale, Cheshire (66); Salisbury, Wilts (93); Shenley, Herts (110); Solihull 1, W Midlands (100), Solihull 2 (90); Southport, Lancs (111); St Albans 1, Herts (65), St Albans 2 (50), St Albans 3 (120), St Albans City Hospital (48); Stevenage (98); Sudbury Hill, Middlesex (100); Swindon, Broome (72), Peatmore (100), St Andrew's Ridge (106); Telford 1, Shropshire (108), Telford 2 (45); Thames Ditton, Surrey (69); Thurrock, Essex (114); Uxbridge, Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex (96); Walsall, W Midlands (25); Warndon, Worcs (112); Warwick Hospital, Warks (40); Watford General Hospital, Herts (46); Welwyn, Herts (46); Welwyn Garden City, Herts (74); Weston Super Mare (100); Woking, Surrey (130); York (120)
Creches: Glasgow (10); Peterborough, Cambs (39)
8 after-school schemes: Burntwood; Chorley; Farnborough; Lancaster; Leeds, Colton Mill; Preston; St David's, Flintshire; Southport
Places: 11,831
Employees: 4,769
BUSY NOUGHT TO FIVES
Head office: 10 Brimstage Road, Gayton, Wirral CH60 1XG
Tel: 0151 342 2714
Fax: 0151 348 4265
E-mail: info@busy05.co.uk
Website: www.busy05.co.uk
Directors: Emma Collins, Kevin Collins
Established: 1992
Owns 7 nurseries: Liverpool 1 (114), Liverpool 2 (64); Preston (65); South Wirral (99); Warrington 1, Cheshire (129), Warrington 2 (119); Wirral (86)
Places: 676
Employees: 150
Plans: Actively seeking sites for expansion throughout UK.
BUTTERCUPS
Head office: 9 Florence Road, Ealing, London W5 3TU
Tel: 020 8840 4838
Director: Carol Whitehouse
Established: 1980
Owns 7 nurseries: Chalfont St Peter, Bucks (48); London and the south-east, Acton (41), Brentford (52), Chiswick 1 (31), Chiswick 2, Homefields (31), Ealing (60), Isleworth (40)
Places: 303
Employees: 73
CARING DAYCARE
Head office: Pitfold House, Woolmer Hill, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 1QA
Tel: 01428 661960
Fax: 01428 653929
E-mail: peter@caringdaycare.co.uk
Director: Peter Churchley
Established: 1989
Owns 9 nurseries: Dorking 1 (52), Dorking 2 (44), Godalming (140), Guildford (86), Haslemere (88), Woking 1 (111), Woking 2 (65) (all in Surrey); Midhurst, (41), Petworth (51) (both in W Sussex)
Places: 678
Employees: 224
Plans: Actively seeking nurseries to develop or acquire in Surrey.
CARING KINDERGARTENS
Head office: 2 Ferro Fields, Brixworth, Northants NN6 9UA
Tel: 01604 882241
Fax: 01604 882233
E-mail: mail@caringkindergartens.co.uk
Website: www.caringkindergartens.co.uk
Proprietor: George Wright
Established: 1992
Owns 5 nurseries: Daventry, Northants (90); Moulton Park Industrial Estate, Northampton (70); Peterborough Business Park, Cambs (112); Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks (55); Wellingborough, Northants (120)
Places: 447
Employees: 117
Plans: Expansion in progress.
CAROUSEL NURSERIES
Head office: Glenfield House, 69 Glasgow Road, Dumbarton G82 1RE
Tel: 01389 763763
Fax: 01389 730469
Directors: Anne Jenkins, Claire Rowan
E-mail: carouselnursery@aol.com
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Alexandria (69), Dumbarton (75), Helensburgh (56) (all in Dunbartonshire)
1 out-of-school club: Dumbarton (54)
Places: 200
Employees: 100
Plans: To expand network of nurseries across west Scotland.
CASTERBRIDGE NURSERIES
Head office: Suite 2, Chiswick Place, 272 Gunnersbury Ave, London W4 5QB
Tel: 020 8996 3500
Fax: 020 8996 3501
Website: www.casterbridgecae.com
Directors: Paul Brosnan, Matthew Moore, Joe Carney
Established: 2004
Owns 26 nurseries: Banstead, Surrey (107); Bracknell, Berks (96); Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (97); Caterham, Surrey (98); Chigwell, Essex (102); Esher, Surrey (88); Farnborough, Hants (105); Fleet, Hants (120); Frimley Green, Surrey (80); Guildford, Surrey (96); Highams Park, Essex (55); Kings Hill, Kent (104); Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey (133); London, Croydon (74), Lewisham (63), Tooting Bec (170), Wembley (124); Poole, Dorset (42); Richmond, Surrey (150); Shortlands, Kent (65); Sonning, Berkshire (187); Upminster, Essex (62); Verwood, Dorset (68); Weybridge, Surrey(86); Windlesham, Surrey (105); Woodford Green, Essex (50)
Places: 2,507
Employees: 972
CASTLE CHILDCARE
Central office: The Old Post Office, Antlands Land East, Shipley Bridge, Horley, Surrey RH6 9TE
Tel: 01293 772561
Managing director: Robert Shannon
E-mail: admin@daycare.co.uk
Website: www.castledaycare.co.uk
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Guildford, Markenfield (70), South Hill (39); Shamley Green, Surrey (39)
Places: 148
Employees: 50
CATHERINE HOUSE DAY NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 9 St Agnes Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9PH
Tel: 0121 449 1444
Fax: 0121 449 1440
E-mail: info@catherinehousedaynursery.com
Website: www.catherinehousedaynursery.com
Directors: Rita Howe-Douglas, Matthew Poray
Established: 1987
Owns 6 nurseries: Birmingham, Moseley (60), Northfield (40); Brockley, London (70); Leamington Spa, Warks (58); Northampton (55); Walsall, W Midlands (50)
Places: 333
Employees: 120
CfBT EDUCATION TRUST
Head office: 60 Queens Road, Reading RG1 4BS
Tel: 0118 902 1000
Fax: 0118 902 1434
E-mail: enquiries@cfbt.com
Website: www.cfbt.com
Director: Wendy Woodcock
Established: CfBT 1965
Owns 9 nurseries: Binfield, Berks (145); Chorley, Lancs (53); Horwich, Lancs (70); Lancaster, Lancs (106); Middlesbrough, Teesside (42); Slough 1, Berks (134), Slough 2, Berks (96); Taplow, Berks (118); West Norwood, London (118)
6 nursery units attached to independent schools: Cape Town, South Africa; Dulwich, London (201); Kings Monkton, Cardiff (28); Langley, Berks (68); Rochester, Kent (120); Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (90); Wokingham, Berks (48)
Places: 1,437
Employees: 410
CHERRY CHILDCARE
Head office: Frimley Road, Ash Vale, Surrey GU12 5NZ
Tel: 01252 518221
Fax: 01252 516009
Chairman: Barry Rolfe
Managing director: Nigel Rolfe
Director: Trisha Fisher
E-mail: cherrynur@aol.com
Website: www.cherrychildcare.co.uk
Established: 1993
Owns 8 nurseries: Addlestone, Surrey (106); Ash Vale, Hants (98); Epsom, Surrey (90); High Wycombe, Bucks (62); Pirbright, Surrey (73); Sandhurst, Berks (48); Stoneleigh, Surrey (94); Weybridge, Surrey (28)
Places: 599
Employees: 176
CHERUBS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Cherubs Childcare Centre, Welbeck Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield, Notts NG19 9LA
Tel: 01623 420940
Fax: 01623 634269
Managing director: Susan Mills
Director: Robert Everist
Established: 1993
Owns 8 nurseries: Kimberley (90), Mansfield 1 (60), Mansfield 2 (55), Mansfield Woodhouse (147), Newark (44), Ravenshead (120) (all in Notts); Nottingham, Bulwell 1 (80), Bulwell 2 (82)
1 preparatory school: Saville House Prep School
Places: 678
Employees: 240
Plans: In negotiations for other nurseries in the Nottingham/Mansfield areas.
CHERUB NURSERIES AND PRE-SCHOOLS
Head office: Lindsey Place, Anlaby Road, Hull HU4 6AJ
Tel: 01482 509598
Fax: 01482 576650
E-mail: admin-cw@cherubnurseries.com
Website: www.cherubnurseries.com
Proprietor: Beaconhouse Group
Established: 1976
Owns 3 nurseries: Beverley, E Yorks (73); Hull, Anlaby Road (125), Leads Road (67)
Places: 265
Employees: 53
THE CHESHIRE DAY NURSERY
Head office: Grammar School Road, Warrington WA4 1JN
Tel: 01925 230233
Fax: 01925 230408
E-mail: cheshiredaynursery@btconnect.com
Directors: Julie Mannering, Brenda Burling
Established: 2000
Owns 5 nurseries: Uttoxeter, Staffs (77, plus holiday and after-school club); Warrington 1, Cheshire (80), Warrington 2 (31); Warrington 3 (115); Wirral, Cheshire (125, plus holiday and after-school club)
Places: 428
Employees: 100
*CHESTNUT NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 117 Earlham Grove, London E7 9AP
Tel: 020 8503 0394
E-mail: earlham@chestnut-nursery.co.uk
Website: www.chestnut-nursery.co.uk
Directors: David Saunders, Steven Davies
Established: 2002
Owns 7 nurseries: Beckton (28), Forest Gate 1 (55), Forest Gate 2 (50), Forest Gate 3 (16), Manor Park (26), North Woolwich (57), Plaistow (29) (all in London)
Places: 261
CHILDBASE
Head office: Kingston House, Northampton Road, Newport Pagnell, Bucks MK16 8NJ
Tel: 01908 211699
Fax: 01908 211698
E-mail: info@childbase.com
Website: www.childbase.com
Established: 1989
Directors: Michael Thompson (chief executive), Lynda Gostelow (operations director), Helen Bass (HR director)
Operates 38 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks, Stoke Mandeville Hospital (82); Barnet, Herts (52); Bath (95); Bedford (95); Birmingham (86); Buckingham (68); Cambridge, University of Cambridge 1 (88), University of Cambridge 2 (66); Chobham, Surrey (78); Coventry, Warks (66); Cranfield, Beds, Cranfield University (43); Finchampstead, Berks (67); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (59); Hitchin, Herts (74); Kettering, Northants (88); Leighton Buzzard, Beds (84); London, Chiswick (74), Winchmore Hill (80); Luton, Beds, Luton and Dunstable Hospital (94); Maidenhead, Berks (66); Milton Keynes, Bucks (57); Newbury, Berks (58); Newport Pagnell, Bucks (49); Northampton, Northampton General Hospital (101); Nottingham (80); Orpington, Kent (108); Oxford, Churchill Hospital (103), John Radcliffe Hospital (113); Purley, Surrey (58); Reading, Berks (86); Southall (103); Staines, Surrey (108); Swindon, Wilts (94); Twyford, Berks (84); Welwyn Garden City, Herts (74), Welwyn Garden City, QEII Hospital (95); Winchester, Hants (94), Winchester, University College (68)
Has acquired and now runs Emscote House School & Nursery, Leamington Spa, Warks
Places: 3,038
Employees: 1,163
CHILDCARE & LEARNING (CRANBROOK)
Head office: The Olde Post Office, Antlands Lane East, Shipley Bridge, Surrey RH6 9TE
Tel: 01293 772561
Fax: 01293 772971
Director: Robert Shannon
Established: 1983
Owns 6 nurseries: Balcombe (56), Crawley (84) (both W Sussex); Charlwood 1 (32), Charlwood 2 (24hrs, 48), Horley 1 (58), Horley 2 (50) (all Surrey)
2 after-school clubs: Crawley, W Sussex (32); Horley, Surrey (36)
Places: 328
Employees: 100+
THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION
Head office: St Pancras House, Jacobs Yard, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 7PE
Tel: 01256 383440
Fax: 01256 383411
E-mail: info@childcare.uk.com
Website: www.kiddicaru.com
Chairman: Alan Bentley
Finance director: Adrian Moore
Director of childcare: Sue Meekings
Established: 1998
Owns and manages 19 nurseries, operating under the brand Kiddi Caru: Basingstoke, Hants (121); Bedford (75); Burgess Hill, W Sussex (100); Chelmsford, Essex (94); Colchester, Essex (122); Exeter, Devon (129); Harlow, Essex (100); London, Earls Court (104), Streatham (28); Milton Keynes 1, Bucks (69), Milton Keynes 2 (89); Northampton (118); Peterborough, Cambs (114); Plympton, Devon (100); Taunton, Somerset (129); Torquay, Devon (96); Wellingborough, Northants (96); Whiteley, Hants (128); Writtle, Essex (99)
Owns and manages 1 nursery, operating under the brand Westchester House: Farnham, Surrey (97)
Website: www.westchesterhouse.co.uk
Places: 1,911
Employees: 800
CHILDCARE ENTERPRISE
Head office: Unit 25, Apex Business Village, Annitsford, Cramlington, Northumberland NE23 7BF
Tel: 0191 250 4590
Fax: 0191 250 1863
Chief executive: Julia Wilcock
Established: 1994
Manages 11 nurseries: Chester, Blacon Children's Centre (75); Coventry, Land Registry (50); Durham, Land Registry (56); Ellesmere Port, Portside Nursery (44); Leicester, Land Registry (40); Nottingham, Land Registry (60); Scarbrough, N Yorks (64); Wallsend, Howden Children's Centre (46), Wallsend Children's Centre (16) (both Tyne and Wear); York, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (44), Food and Environment Agency (47)
3 playschemes: Leicester Land Registry (25); London, Croydon, Home Office (48); Nottingham Land Registry (40)
3 creches: Scarborough, North Yorks (30); Wallsend, Howdon Children's Centre (15), Wallsend Children's Centre (16) (both Tyne and Wear)
Places: 603
Employees: 170
Plans: Expansion programme for the next three years.
CHILDCARE SCOTLAND
Head office: Burnside House, Kilwinning Road, Irvine KA12 8RU
Tel: 01294 277950
Fax: 01294 312765
Directors: Meg McLeod, Les Macleod, Yvonne McDowall
E-mail: info@childcarescotland.com
Website: www.childcarescotland.com
Established: 1989
Owns 9 nurseries: Aberdeen (108); Edinburgh (105); Falkirk (68); Glasgow, Caledonian University (59), Glasgow University (79), Strathclyde University (56); Irvine, Ayrshire (142); Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (119); Largs, Ayrshire (36)
Places: 772
Employees: 190
CHILD CENTRED NURSERIES
Head office: Highwood House, Maldon Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 2JP
Tel: 01245 382582
Fax: 01245 382581
E-mail: info@childcentrednurseries.co.uk
Website: www.childcentrednurseries.co.uk
Directors: Stephen Field, Melanie Field
Established: 1995
Owns 7 nurseries: Colchester 1 (88), Colchester 2 (48), Colchester 3 (46), Colchester 4 (32), Hatfield Peverel (60), Kelvedon (58), Witham (49) (all in Essex)
Places: 381
Employees: 129
Plans: To develop the existing nurseries and look at the potential for new-build and acquisition.
CHILD FIRST
Tel: 07831 635802
E-mail: tom.s@childfirst.co.uk
Website: www.childfirst.co.uk
Director: Tom Shea
Established: January 2007
Owns and manages 5 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks (75); Banbury, Oxon (75); Bicester, Oxon (116); Moulton, Northants (80); Solihull, W Midlands (106)
Places: 452
Employees: 104
Plans: To build the five nurseries into organic nurseries moving from acceptable to exceptional sharing that good practice with all of those who might wish to do the same.
CHILDREN'S CORNER CHILDCARE
Head office: Springbank School, Wesley Street, Farsley, Leeds LS28 5LE
Tel: 0113 257 7868
E-mail: la.dawson@btinternet.com
Directors: Lesley Dawson, Allan Dawson
Established: 1998
Owns 5 nurseries: Leeds. Farsley (46, plus 24 out-of-school), Granary Wharf (27), Headingley (20), Moorlands (27), Valley View (46, plus 24 out-of-school)
2 out-of-school playschemes: The Grammar School (40), Wigton Moor Primary School (39)
Places: 166
Employees: 110
Plans: Consolidation of existing position.
CHILDREN'S PLACE
Head office: 1 Hind Street, Wyke, Bradford BD12 8JT
Tel: 01274 601575
Fax: 01274 679854
E-mail: info@childrens-place.co.uk or office@childrens-place.co.uk
Website: www.childrens-place.co.uk
Director: Debbie Burke
Established: 1991
Owns and manages 6 nurseries: Bradford, Barkerend (61), Burnett Fields (50), Daisy Hill (56); Dewsbury (51); Halifax (59); Ravensthorpe (66) (all in West Yorkshire)
Places: 343
Employees: 115
Plans: Continuous company development.
CHIPMUNKS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 6 Herringston Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2BS
Tel: 01305 260002
E-mail: wellsicmrs@aol.com
Owners: Ian Wells, Christine Wells
Established: 1991
Owns 2 nurseries: Dorchester (99, plus 23-place out-of-school club), Weymouth (98, plus 24-place out-of-school club) (both in Dorset)
Places: 197
Employees: 65
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN DAY NURSERIES
Head office: 31 Claremont Avenue, Woking, Surrey GU22 7SF
Tel: 01483 757507
Website: www.daynurseriessurrey.co.uk
Director: Penny Owen
Established: 1986
Owns 5 nurseries: Cranleigh, Surrey (44); Guildford, Surrey, Burpham (44), Merrow (47), Wood Street Village (46); Woking, Surrey (44)
Also operates: Children's centre at Cranleigh (community services for families and young children)
Places: 225
Employees: 80
Plans: Looking for new sites.
CLEAR DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Clear Day Nurseries, 157-173 Roden Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT12 5QA
Tel: 02890 419199
Fax: 02890 484273
E-mail: audrey@cleardaynurseries.com
Website: www.cleardaynurseries.com
Owner: Colin Johnston
Established: 2005
Owns 5 nurseries: Belfast, Dundonald (96), Ulsterville Avenue (80); Portadown, Co Armagh (48); Dollingstown, Co Down (78); Glengormley, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim (140)
Places: 442
Employees: 140
COCOON NURSERIES
Head office: Penthouse Suite, Moritz House, Ballycullen, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland
Tel: 00 353 1419 9999
Fax: 00 353 1419 9998
Website: www.cocoonchildcare.ie
Managing director: Robert Buckley
Operations manager: Nicola O'Brien
E-mail: nicolaob@cocoonchildcare.ie
Established: 2003
Manages 15 childcare centres: Blessington, Co Wicklow (123); Co Dublin and Dublin City, Artane (58), Balbriggan (110), Citywest (73), Clonsilla (72), Kimmage (78), Longmile Road (76); Lucan (75), Newcastle (33), Rathfarnham (88), Santry (76), Tallaght (70); Co Kildare, Celbridge (78), Naas, (114), Sallins (90)
Places: 1,214
Employees: 220
Plans: Looking for new sites.
COOMBE VALLEY
Head office: Old Tree Lodge, Trebursye, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 7ET
Tel: 01566 777036
Fax: 01566 777036
E-mail: office@coombevalley.com
Website: www.coombevalley.com
Directors: Charles Ranson, Susan Ranson
Established: 1990
Owns 4 nurseries: Callington, (31), Egloskerry (20), Launceston (29), Trebursye (50) (all in Cornwall)
Places: 130
Employees: 32
Plans: Opening a new nursery in Callington, Cornwall in January.
THE CO-OPERATIVE CHILDCARE
Formerly Imagine Co-operative Childcare
Part of Midcounties Co-operative Society
Head office: Co-operative House, 234 Botley Road, Oxford OX2 OHP
Tel: 01865 256299
Fax: 01865 792057
E-mail: info@imagine.coop
Website: www.thecooperativechildcare.coop
Group manager: Linda Knight
Established: 2003
Owns 6 nurseries: Cainscross (61), Cam (48) (both in Glos); Oxford, Blackbird Leys (72), John Radcliffe Hospital (96), Rose Hill (61); Swindon, Wilts (61).
Places: 399
Employees: 145
COUNTRYSIDE NURSERIES
Head office: Tythe Barn, Dean Lane, Cookham Dean, Berks SL6 9BB
Tel: 01628 476153
Fax: 01628 487019
E-mail: enquiries@countrysidenurseries.co.uk
Director: Angela Palmer-Moore
Established: 1991
Owns 7 nurseries: Ascot, Berks (38); Burnham, Bucks (35); Cookham Dean, Berks (24); Flackwell Heath 1, Bucks (33), Flackwell Heath 2, (25); Henley-on-Thames, Oxon (75); Sunninghill, Berks (45)
Places: 275
Employees: 90
CRECHE-N-CO
Head office: Cityview Business Centre, Office 12, 99 Long Street, Middleton, Manchester M24 6UN
Tel/Fax: 0161 643 4747
E-mail: crechencoltd@aol.com
Directors: Lorraine Darlington, Marilyn Prescott
Established: 1989
Owns/manages 5 nurseries: Bury, Lancs, Fairfield General Hospital (68), Woodfields (60); Rochdale, Hopwood Hall College (60, plus 50-place holiday playscheme), Newbold, Sure Start Children's Centre Nursery (46), Sandbrook, Sure Start Children's Centre Nursery (60). Also provides childcare services for corporate events.
Places: 294
Employees: 72
CRYSTAL CHILDCARE
Head office: 202 Venner Road, Sydenham, London SE26 5HT
Tel: 020 8659 6417
Fax: 020 8659 6712
E-mail: info@crystalchildcare.co.uk
Website: www.crystalchildcare.co.uk
Directors: Lorraine Duffy, Paul Duffy
Established: 1988
Owns 3 nurseries: London, Anerley (59), Sydenham (30), Upper Norwood (20)
Places: 109
Employees: 40
DAISY AND JAKE DAY NURSERY
Head office: 185 Spital Road, Spital Bromborough, Wirral CH46 0SF
Tel: 0151 343 1007
E-mail: info@daisyandjakedaynursery.co.uk
Website: www.daisyandjakedaynursery.co.uk
Managing director: Lisa Collins
Established: 2005
Owns 3 nurseries: Irby (86), Moreton (105), Spital (85) (all in Wirral)
Places: 276
Employees: 85
DAISY CHAIN CHILDCARE
Head office: 2a Tile Lane, Adel, Leeds LS16 8DY
Tel: 0113 2857000
E-mail: info@daisychainchildcare.com
Website: www.daisychainchildcare.com
Directors: Jo Gomersall, Helen Somers
Established: 2001
Owns 4 nurseries: Leeds, Adel (54), Rotherwell (50); Parkgate, Rotherham (42); Wakefield (52)
Places: 198
Employees: 85
DIANDJIMS
Head office: The Pavilion, Wanless Lane, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 1BU
Tel: 01434 600000
Fax: 01434 600000
Website: www.diandjims.co.uk
Directors: Di Richardson, Jim Richardson
Established: 1995
Owns 2 nurseries: Hexham (26, plus 50 out-of-school places), Prudhoe (50, plus 26 out-of-school and 12 creche places) (both in Northumberland)
Places: 88
Employees: 28
DIZZY DUCKS
Head office: Mayflower High School, Billericay, Essex CM12 0RT
Tel: 01277 633555
E-mail: sian.nisbett@dizzyducks.co.uk
Website: www.dizzyducks.co.uk
Director/owner: Sian Nisbett
Established: 2005
Owns 3 nurseries: Billericay 1 (30), Billericay 2 (67), Harlow (44) (all in Essex)
Places: 141
Employees: 60
Plans: Looking for site for fourth nursery, either acquisition or start-up.
EARLYWORLD NURSERIES
Head office: Darwin Court, Oxon Business Park, Welshpool Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 5AL
Tel: 01743 244600
Fax: 01743 341500
Website: www.earlyworld.co.uk
Managing director: Paul Edwards
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Shrewsbury (126), Telford 1 (115), Telford 2 (130) (all in Shropshire)
Owns 5 out-of-school-clubs: Chester, Cheshire (42); Eynsham, Oxford (48); Shrewsbury (74), Telford (74) (both in Shropshire); Wolverhampton, W Midlands (40)
Places: 371
Employees: 152
EARLY YEARS CHILDCARE
Head office: 42 Wilbury Villas, Hove, E Sussex BN3 6GD
Tel: 01273 778775
Fax: 01273 724583
E-mail: info@earlyyearschildcare.co.uk
Website: www.earlyyearschildcare.co.uk
Managing director: Kate Peach
Established: 1989
Owns 9 nurseries: Basingstoke, Hants (108); Brighton, E Sussex (69); Crawley, W Sussex (28); Greenwich, London (51); Haywards Heath, W Sussex (72); Horsham, W Sussex (136); Hove, E Sussex (74); Lewes, E Sussex (51); Worthing, W Sussex (60)
Also operates: 1 after-school club, Basingstoke Nursery
Places: 649
Employees: 338
EATON SQUARE SCHOOLS
Head office: 79 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PP
Tel: 020 7931 9469
Fax: 020 7828 0164
Headmaster: Sebastian Hepher
Established: 1981
Owns 6 nursery schools: London, Eccleston Street 1 (22), Eccleston Street 2 (33), Fulham Road (36), Knightsbridge (31), Pimlico (34); Twickenham Park, Middlesex (60)
Places: 216
Employees: 48
THE EDINBURGH NURSERY
Head office: 127 Broughton Road, Edinburgh EH7 4JH
Tel: 0131 557 5675
Website: www.edinburghnursery.com
Director: Karen Fairlamb
Established: 1986
Owns/manages 4 nurseries: Edinburgh, Beaverhall Road (34), Broughton Road (27), Broughton Street (9), East London Street (18)
Places: 88
Employees: 42
THE EVELINE DAY AND NURSERY SCHOOLS
Head office: 30 Ritherdon Road, Tooting Bec, London SW17 8QD
Tel: 020 8672 7549
Fax: 020 8672 7259
Established: 1964
Directors: Maria Keaveney-Jessiman, Alfred Clifford Jessiman, Eveline Drut, Gordon Jessiman
Owns 5 nurseries: London, Raynes Park (54), Tooting Bec (36), Tooting Broadway (41), Wandsworth (63), Wimbledon (50)
Owns 1 prep school: Tooting Bec (90)
Places: 244
Employees: 125
FENNIES UNDER 5s DAY NURSERIES
Head office: Christchurch Road, Pampisford Road, Purley, Surrey CR8 2NL
Tel: 020 8763 8039
Website: www.fennies.com
E-mail: karin@fennies.com
Established: 1992
Director: Sarah Fenn
Owns 5 nurseries: Beckenham, Kent (36); Croydon (104), Purley (105), Sanderstead (32), South Croydon (72) (all in Surrey)
Places: 349
Employees: 100
FIRST CLASS CHILD CARE
Head office: 43-49 Pickup Street, Clayton le Moors, Lancs BB5 5NS
Tel: 01254 397734
Fax: 01254 383172
Website: www.fccc.co.uk
Directors: Alan Clifford, Andrew Clifford, Gail Clifford
Senior managers: Judith Gannon (Lancs), Clare Gibson (Yorks)
Established: 1984
Owns 9 nurseries: Accrington (63), Clayton (48), Clitheroe (38), Dill Hall (55), Whalley (58) (all in Lancs); Halifax (92), Harrogate (80), Idle, Bradford (66), Yeadon, Leeds (65) (all in W Yorks)
Places: 565
Employees: 165
Plans: Extension to Clitheroe nursery in spring 2011
FLEDGLINGS
Head office: 2 Hazelfields, Worsley, Manchester M28 2LS
Tel: 0161 281 2821
Fax: 0161 281 2822
E-mail: fledglings.hq@ntlbusiness.com
Website: www.fledglingsnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Christopher Gray, Michelle Smith, Jackie Kerr
Established: 1990
Owns 3 nurseries: Manchester, Irlam (159), Stretford (70), Worsley (120)
Places: 349
Employees: 103
FLYING START
Head office: Penweeth, 1 Trelawney Road, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7LN
Tel/Fax: 01209 611811
Owner: Sharon Cowburn
Established: 1993
Owns 9 nurseries: Camborne 1 (30), Camborne 2 (24), Cornwall College (96), Duchy (16), Helston (48), Penryn (86), Redruth (48), Saltash (67) (all in Cornwall); Plymouth, Devon (52)
Places: 467
Employees: 100
FOR UNDER FIVES
Head office: 33 Abbey Road, Grimsby, Lincs DN32 0HQ
Tel: 01472 232300
Fax: 01472 232301
Website: www.forunderfives.co.uk
Directors: David Lang, Steven Lampard
General manager: Amanda Gilbert
Established: 1987
Owns 5 nurseries: Cottingham (50 plus 8 out-of-school), Grimsby 1 (55 plus 8 out-of-school), Grimsby 2 (77), Lincoln (69) (all in Lincs); Wath upon Dearne, S Yorks (120 plus 16 out-of-school)
Manages 12 nurseries and children's centres: Boston, Lincs, Pilgrim Hospital (45); Goole, Scunthorpe & Goole NHS Trust (50); Grimsby, Franklin College (44), Heneage (45), Weston (47), Young Peoples (9), Queensway (48); Lincoln, Lincoln & Louth NHS Trust (42), Lincoln Central (45), Welbourn Gardens (28); Selby, N Yorks, Selby College (55); Wakefield, W Yorks, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (53)
Places: 882
Employees: 320
Plans: To seek further contracts with local authorities, NHS trusts and colleges, as well as providing our services locally.
FRAN'N'BRU
Head office: 50 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NS
Tel: 020 7719 1933
Fax: 020 7719 1933
Principal/proprietor: Kate Williamson
Established: 1997
Owns 4 nurseries: London: Bank Street (53), Canada Square (100), Columbus Courtyard (100), Westferry Circus (26)
Places: 279
Employees: 90
GIRAFFE CHILDCARE AND EARLY LEARNING CENTRES
Head office: Brookfield House, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Tel: 00 1850 20 10 99
Fax: 00 353 1654 7140
E-mail: info@giraffe.ie
Chairman: Tony Kilduff (non-exec)
Managing director: Simon Dowling
Finance director: Siobhan Moore
Directors: Maryann McCormack (non-exec), Tony McCormack (non-exec)
Owns 19 nurseries: Greater Dublin area, Adamstown (96), Belermine (155), Blanchardstown (100), Celbridge (96), Clonsilla (120), Grifeen (96), Harcourt Road (120), Icon (106), Irish Financial Services Centre (96), Liffey Valley (120), Loughlinstown (185), Lucan (110), Milltown (116), National College of Ireland (78), Navan (85), Northern Cross (120), Park West Business Park (120), Rathbourne (85), Rathfarnham (65). Also owns Giraffe Corporate Childcare Services and Childcare Consultancy.
Places: 2,069
Employees: 380
GRANBY NURSERIES
Head office: Granby House, Aldwarke Road, Rotherham, S Yorks S62 6BU
Tel: 01709 710709
Fax: 01709 719180
Proprietors: Joanne Gray, Cameron Gray
Established: 1994
Owns 4 nurseries: Rotherham, S Yorks, Parkgate (97), Town Centre (79), Wickersley (41); Worksop, Notts (47)
Places: 264
Employees: 103
GRASSHOPPERS DAY NURSERIES
Head office: U9 Executive Park, 229 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4TA
Tel: 01727 812731
Fax: 01727 833197
Directors: Kate Perrin, Nerissa Burton
Established: 1989
Owns 6 nurseries: Aylesbury, Bucks (52); Birmingham, Edgbaston (48), Erdington (53), Harborne (35); Hertford (60), St Albans (31) (both in Herts)
Places: 279
Employees: 125
