• Childsplay Nursery Claremont Co-op, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

• Little Explorers, Derby

• Little Wild Tribe, Essex

• Ready Generations, The Nursery in Belong – Chester

Sponsored by:

• Bows and Arrows – Suffolk

• Finkley Nurseries – Hampshire and Wiltshire

• Little Barn Owls Forest and Farm Schools – West Sussex

• Muddy Boots Nurseries – Leeds & York

• Nurtured Childcare – North of England

• RAFAKidz – England and Wales

• BeBright Pre School – Spalding, Lincolnshire

• Billy & Boo – Ascot, Berkshire

• Fairfield Pre-School – Fairfield, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

• Little Acorns Kindergarten – Wendover, Buckinghamshire

• Stars Day Nurseries – Paston Ridings, Peterborough

• Indian Queens Primary School and Nursery Aspire Academy Trust – Cornwall

• Ormiston Herman Academy – Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

• Russall Nursery – Fleetwood

• St Malachy’s Nursery Unit – Castlewellan, Northern Ireland

• Buttercups – Mosterton, Dorset

• The Flower Cottage – Dudley, West Midlands

• The Playroom Marple – Stockport, Greater Manchester

• Kate Cox – Little Explorers Nursery, Derby

• Lottie Draycott, Beeches Park Day Nursery – Burton-on Trent, Staffordshire

• Natalie Fern – Storal Children 1st St Peter & St Paul Nursery School – Chesterfield

• Joshua Himsworth – Rossall Nursery, Fleetwood, Lancashire

• Laura Lovelock – Atelier Nursery, Chippenham, Wiltshire

• Neetha Madira – The Mall Nursery, Twickenham

• Kelly Byrne, Storal

• Laura Jacques, Busy Bees Nurseries

• Somer Mules, The Mulberry Bush, Eastleigh, Hampshire

• Heather Pearne, Bows and Arrows Group, Ipswich, Suffolk

• Roshan Thomas-Mahesan, Alexander House Nursery, Wimbledon, London

• Daniella Wills, Pixieland Day Nurseries , Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall

• Mia Bowen – Ready Generations in Belong, Chester

• Louise Case – Maggie’s Day Nursery & Forest School, Derby

• Ella May Moody – Finkley Weeke Nursery & Pre-School, Winchester, Hampshire

• Bobbi Sowe – Your Nursery, Manchester

• Tharmini Thilaiambalam – Enchanted Lands Day Nursery, Kingsbury, Brent, Greater London

• Adele Harrison – Cheeky Chimps Childminding – East Riding of Yorkshire

• Sally Masters, Tiny Tots - Oulton Broad, Suffolk

• Vikki Murray, Little Acorns Childminding Banbury, Oxfordshire

• Georgina Young, The Young Ones Childminding – Carlton, North Yorkshire

• Kayleigh Ghiran – Race Ahead, Southampton

• Mark Hamilton Anderson – Bright Horizons UK

• Jan White – Outdoors Thinking, Sheffield

• Kate Bickley – Storal

• Michelle 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

Sponsored by:

• Rachel Bullock – Rachel Bullock, Hale Day Nursery (Elmscot Group), Hale

• Imogen Fox – Storal Ashby Nursery School and Preschool Academy, Leicestershire

• Abigail Ingles – Little Lodge Nursery, Worcester

• Ela Konyardi – Enchanted Lands Day Nursery, Kingsbury, Brent

• Alisha Ritchie – Bright Horizons UK, Timperley

• Lucy Breagan – Stockport College

• Isha Nadette Kamara – The London Institute of Early Years, part of London Early Years Foundation, University of Wolverhampton

• Each Peach – East Sussex

• Blue Grass Purple Cow Disley (Cheshire) and Hayfield (Derbyshire)

• Alice King Farm Day Nurseries (Thrift Farm Day Nursery) – Milton Keynes

• Little Oaks Playschool – Dennington, Suffolk

• The Smallest Thing Premature Baby Charity

• The Young Ones Childminding – Carlton, North Yorkshire

Sponsored by:

• Atelier Nursery – Bath

• The Flower Cottage – Dudley, West Midlands

• The Young Ones Childminding – Carlton, North Yorkshire

Sponsored by:

• Avon Valley Nursery and Preschool – Keynsham, Bristol

• Little Oaks Playschool – Suffolk

• Naturally Learning – Cornwall

• Plantos Nursery – Cardiff

• Bowerdeen Nursery School – High Wycombe

• EsSENtial Early Years – Birkenhead, Merseyside

• The Flower Cottage – Dudley, West Midlands

• Glebe Farm Nursery School by Storal – Lincoln

• Kindred Nurseries

• Scallywaggs Childcare Centre – Weymouth, Dorset

• Ambler Children’s Centre – Islington, London

• Adventure Farm Day Nursery – Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire

• Atelier Day Nursery – Bath, Somerset

• Beeches Park Day Nursery – Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire

• The Close Day Nursery School – Banbury, Oxfordshire

• • Little Lodge Nursery – Bransford, Worcester

• Play B C Preschool Mill Lane – Carshalton, Greater London

• U1R Thanet – Ramsgate

• esSENTial Early Years – Birkenhead, Merseyside

• Naturally Learning – Cornwall

• Ready Generations, The Nursery in Belong – Chester

• Woodentops, Abbeville Village

• Beech House Nursery School – Hereford

• Blossom Tree Montessori Northwood Hills – Pinner

• Holly Grange Montessori Nursery – Lymm, Cheshire

• The Alphabet House Nursery – Beckton, London

• Meadow Lane Children’s Nursery – Cambridgeshire

Sponsored by:

• Bugle Academy and Nursery, Aspire Academy Trust Cornwall – St Austell

• Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school – Thurmaston, Leicester

• Cherry Tree Nursery School by Storal – Warrington

• Children Affected by Parental Offending (CAPO), EveryFAMILY – Bristol

• The Edge Project, Treasures Neighbourhood Nursery – Staveley, Cumbria

• Living Lives Together, Ready Generations’ Nursery in Belong – Chester

• Grace’s Day Nursery – Sidcup, Kent

• Happy Days Nurseries and Pre-Schools – South West Rand Farm Park Day Nursery and Pre-School – Rand, Lincoln

• Traquinas Childcare – Thetford, Norfolk

Shortlist coming soon!

To be announced at the ceremony.