Nursery World - Kids Planet adds six more nurseries

Kids Planet, the third largest nursery group in the UK, has bought the Twinkles Nursery chain taking its total number of settings to 105.

Twinkles Nursery White Rose in Leeds

Of the 105 settings owned by Kids Planet, a total of 103 are 'active'.

Founded in 2003, Twinkles Nursery group operates across North and West Yorkshire, providing places for 482 children up to the age of five and 56 out-of-school places over its six sites. All of the settings are rated good or outstanding.

The nursery group was due to open a seventh site in Spring 2023, which was sold to Kids Planet as part of the deal.

Jill Smith, former managing director of Twinkles Nursery Group, said, ‘I have been operating nurseries for almost 21 years and have organically developed Twinkles gradually over that time, starting the first nursery in 2001 when my daughter was a baby.

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