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Kids Planet nurseries top for quality

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The North-West based nursery group has claimed the number one spot in our Nursery Chains Ofsted table for 2016.

For the sixth year running, Nursery World has ranked the 20 biggest nursery groups in terms of quality, by compiling the grades from the latest published Ofsted reports and analysing the findings using our points-based rating system.

Kids Planet is number one with 14 of its inspected nurseries graded Outstanding and three with Good grades. One of its settings is awaiting inspection.

The nursery group has been runner-up in the quality table for the last two years.

Clare Roberts, who started Kids Planet in 2008 with her father John Hoban, told Nursery World, ‘We are thrilled with this accolade and this is a real reflection of the hard work dedication and commitment from all of our nursery teams over the last eight years.

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