Nursery World - Yellow Dot nursery group sold to Bright Horizons

Bright Horizons has acquired Yellow Dot Nurseries.

The 12-strong group of nurseries, all in Hampshire, was started in 1997 by primary school teacher Jane Dyke.

While at teacher training college, her colleague and later business partner, Trevor Dyke, had suggested she keep a yellow dot on places such as her diary and dashboard where she could see it as a constant reminder of her dream to set up a nursery.

After eight years at Scantabout Primary School, in Chandlers Ford, where she was the Key Stage One Coordinator and developed their Early Years Unit, Ms Dyke opened her first setting Chandlers Ford Kindergarten in 1997 with a £15,000 loan. The group was built up gradually, with a mixture of new builds and conversions, and Yellow Dot opened its 12th nursery in Winchester last year.

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