The Brewery, London | Saturday 27th September 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the Nursery World Awards 2025!
ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AWARD
Sponsored by:
Joint Winners:
Happy Days Nurseries & Pre-Schools - South West
Traquinas Childcare - Thetford, Norfolk
Highly Commended
• Grace's Day Nursery- Sidcup, Kent
• Rand Farm Park Day Nursery and Pre-School – Rand, Lincoln
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AWARD
Joint Winner:
Children Affected by Parental Offending (CAPO), EveryFAMILY -Bristol
The Edge Project - Treasures Neighbourhood Nursery - Staveley, Cumbria
Highly Commended:
• Living Lives Together, Ready Generations' Nursery in Belong, Chester
WORKING WITH PARENTS AWARD
Winner: Kindred Nurseries
Highly Commended:
• Bowerdean Nursery School - High Wycombe
• Glebe Farm Nursery School by Storal - Lincoln
Finalists
• EsSENtial Early Years – Birkenhead, Merseyside
• The Flower Cottage – Dudley, West Midlands
• Scallywags Childcare Centre – Weymouth, Dorset
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Winner: U1R Thanet Nursery - Ramsgate
Highly Commended: Little Lodge Nursery - Bransford, Worcester
Finalists
• Play B C Preschool Mill Lane – Carshalton, Greater London
TEAM DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Winner: esSENtial Early Years – Birkenhead, Merseyside
Finalists
• Naturally Learning – Cornwall
• Ready Generations, The Nursery in Belong – Chester
• The Woodentops Nurseries - Abbeville Village
WORKING WITH BABIES AND TWOS AWARD
Winner: Ambler Children's Centre - Islington, London
Finalists
• Atelier Day Nursery – Bath, Somerset
• Beeches Park Day Nursery – Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire
• The Close Day Nursery School – Banbury, Oxfordshire
ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS AWARD
Sponsored by:
Winner: The Flower Cottage - Dudley, West Midlands
Joint Highly Commended:
Atelier Nursery- Bath
The Young Ones Childminding - Carlton, North Yorkshire
HEALTH AND WELLBEING AWARD
Winner: Little Oaks Playschool - Dennington, Suffolk
Highly Commended: The Young Ones Childminding – Carlton, North Yorkshire
Finalists
• Each Peach – East Sussex
• Blue Grass Purple Cow Disley (Cheshire) and Hayfield (Derbyshire)
• Alice King Farm Day Nurseries (Thrift Farm Day Nursery) – Milton Keynes
• The Smallest Thing Premature Baby Charity
INCLUSIVE PRACTICE AWARD
Sponsored by:
Winner: Bugle Academy and Nursery - Aspire Academy Trust Cornwall - St Austell
Highly Commended: Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school, Thurmaston, Leicester
Finalists
•Cherry Tree Nursery School by Storal - Warrington
NURSERY FOOD AWARD
Winner: Blossom Tree Montessori - Northwood Hills - Pinner
Joint Highly Commended:
•Holly Grange Montessori Nursery - Lymm, Cheshire
•Meadow Lane Children's Nursery - Cambridgeshire
Finalists
• Beech House Nursery School – Hereford
• The Alphabet House Nursery – Beckton, London
ECO-FRIENDLY EARLY YEARS AWARD
Sponsored by:
Winner: Avon Valley Nursery & Preschool - Keynsham, Bristol
Highly Commended: Little Oaks Playschool – Suffolk
Finalists
• Avon Valley Nursery and Preschool – Keynsham, Bristol
• Naturally Learning – Cornwall
• Plantos Nursery – Cardiff
PROFESSIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Winner: Take Action on Distraction - Bloomsbury Education, by Professor Sam Wass and Dr Gemma Goldenberg (Bloomsbury Education)
Finalist
• Early Literacy for Under-Fives by Karen Boardman (Sage Publishing)
• Let's Talk About Race in the Early Years by Stella Louis and Hannah Betteridge (Routledge)
• The Right Start to Phonics by Rose Blair (Routledge)
EARLY CHILDHOOD GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Take Action on Distraction - Bloomsbury Education, by Professor Sam Wass and Dr Gemma Goldenberg (Bloomsbury Education)
EARLY YEARS APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Winner: Alisha Ritchie, Bright Horizons UK, Timperley
Highly Commended: • Abigail Ingles – Little Lodge Nursery, Worcester
Finalists
• Rachel Bullock – Rachel Bullock, Hale Day Nursery (Elmscot Group), Hale
• Imogen Fox – Storal Ashby Nursery School and Preschool Academy, Leicestershire
• Bianca Pascu – Enchanted Lands Day Nursery, Kingsbury, Brent
TRAINER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jan White - Outdoors Thinking, Sheffield
Finalists
• Kayleigh Ghiran – Race Ahead, Southampton
• Mark Hamilton Anderson – Bright Horizons UK
• Jan White – Outdoors Thinking, Sheffield
INDIVIDUAL CHILDMINDER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Winner: Sally Masters, Tiny Tots - Oulton Broad, Suffolk
Highly Commended: Vikkie Murray, Little Acorns Childminding Banbury, Oxfordshire
Finalists
• Adele Harrison – Cheeky Chimps Childminding – East Riding of Yorkshire
• Georgina Young, The Young Ones Childminding – Carlton, North Yorkshire
NURSERY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Tharmini Thilaiambalam – Enchanted Lands Day Nursery, Kingsbury, Brent, Greater London
Finalists
• Louise Case – Maggie’s Day Nursery & Forest School, Derby
• Ellie-May Moody – Finkley Weeke Nursery & Pre-School, Winchester, Hampshire
• Bobbi Sowe – Your Nursery, Manchester
NURSERY OPERATIONS/AREA MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Joint Winners:
•Heather Pearne, Bows and Arrows Group, Ipswich, Suffolk
•Kelly Byrne - Storal
Finalists
• Laura Jacques, Busy Bees Nurseries
• Somer Miles, The Mulberry Bush, Eastleigh, Hampshire
• Sarah Martins, Alexander House Nursery, Wimbledon, London
• Daniella Wills, Pixieland Day Nurseries , Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall
NURSERY MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Kate Cox, Little Explorers Nursery - Derby
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
Winner: Kate Bickley - Storal
Finalists
• Michele Cole – Little Oaks Playschool, Suffolk
• Gillian Isaac Lovett – Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school, Thurmaston, Leicester
• Judith Ish-Horowicz – Apples and Honey Nightingale Nursery, London
• Maria Sanchez – Treehouse Nursery Schools, Wanstead
CHILDMINDING BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Winner: The Playroom Marple – Stockport, Greater Manchester
Finalists
• Buttercups – Mosterton, Dorset
• The Flower Cottage – Dudley, West Midlands
PRE-SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fairfield Preschool - Fairfield, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Finalists
• BeBright Pre School – Spalding, Lincolnshire
• Billy & Boo – Ascot, Berkshire
• Little Acorns Kindergarten – Wendover, Buckinghamshire
• Stars Day Nurseries – Paston Ridings, Peterborough
EARLY YEARS IN SCHOOL AWARD
Winner: Ormiston Herman Academy - Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
NURSERY GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Winner: RAFAKidz - England and Wales
Highly Commended: Finkley Nurseries – Hampshire and Wiltshire
Finalists
• Bows and Arrows – Suffolk
• Little Barn Owls Forest and Farm Schools – West Sussex
• Muddy Boots Nurseries – Leeds & York
• Nurtured Childcare – North of England
NURSERY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Winner: Childsplay Claremont Nursery Co-operative, Newcastle upon Tyne
Highly Commended: Little Explorers - Derby
Finalists