Nursery World Awards 2018 – see the results and photos

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ORGANISATIONS

Nursery of the Year

Sponsored by childcare.co.uk

Winner

• Greenfields Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Southall (with judge and consultant Julie Fisher)

Highly commended

• Randolph Beresford Early Years Centre, White City, London

Finalists

• Bedworth Heath Nursery School, Bedworth
• Grosvenor House Day Nursery, Nottingham
• Grove House Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Southall

Pre-School of the Year

Winner

• Nature to Nurture, Liverpool (with judge and consultant Julia Manning-Morton)

Highly commended

• Lark Lane Pre-school, Liverpool

Finalists

• Little Acorns Pre-school, Leigh-on-Sea
• Saffron Walden Nursery School, Saffron Walden
• The Willow Set Pre-School, Taunton

Early Years in School Award

Winner

• Greenfields Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Southall (with Nursery World's Ravi Chandiramani)

Highly commended

• Grove House Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Southall

Finalist

• Bedworth Heath Nursery School, Bedworth

Nursery Group of the Year

Sponsored by Christie & Co

Winner

• Paint Pots Nurseries, Southampton (with Christie & Co's Sophie Willcox)

Finalists

• Attimore Barn Pre-School, The Commons Pre-School, Breakfast and After School Club, Knightsfield Pre-Schoolers and Harding Pre-School, Welwyn Garden City
• Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids, Cornwall
• Jack and Jill Day Nursery and Pre-School, Wirral
• Kangaroo Pouch, West Midlands
• KidzRus Nursery, Manchester
• South Hills School, Wiltshire

Childminding Business of the Year

Sponsored by childcare.co.uk

Winner

• Pebbles Childcare, Worthing (with judge and PACEY chair Jane Comeau and host Lisa Potts)

Highly commended

• Brightest Beginnings, Yeovil

Finalist

• Cheeky Cherubs, Melton Mowbray
  
  
  

INDIVIDUALS

Nursery Manager of the Year

Winner

• Linda Sawyer, Busy Bees Salisbury (with judge John Warren)

Finalists

• Lucy Clarke, Kiddi Caru Caldecott Day Nursery, Milton Keynes
• Sharon Curtis, Ellesmere Children’s Centre, Sheffield
• Sasha Northam, Hungry Caterpillar Acton Park

Nursery Operations/Regional Manager of the Year

Winner

• Danielle Butler, Tommies Childcare, West Midlands (with judge Jo Verrill of CEEDA)

Finalist

• Hayley Maggs, Little Angels Day Nursery, north London

Early Years Teacher of the Year

Winner

• Christina Noton, Snapdragons Nursery, Atworth (with judge Jospeh Wright of Paint Pots Nurseries)

Highly commended

• Teresa Lalley, Lark Lane Pre-school, Liverpool

Finalist

• Stephanie Green, Woodlands Day Nursery, Timperley

Nursery Practitioner of the Year

Sponsored by Pen Green

Winner

• Adele Hooper, Chatterbox House Day Nursery, Sidcup (with Tracy Gallagher of Pen Green)

Highly commended

• Georgina Elton, Kiddi Caru Caldecott Day Nursery, Milton Keynes

Finalists

• Sonia Church, Kidzone Cranwell, Sleaford
• Rebecca Claassen, Kiddi Caru Plympton Day Nursery, Plymouth
• Chevone Newman, South Acton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Acton
• Sarah Walton, Cherubs Longdale, Nottingham

Newcomer of the Year

Winner

• Luke Astle, Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school, Leicester (with judge Neil Leitch, cheif executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance)

Finalist

• Hannah James, Eureka! Nursery, Halifax

Trainer of the Year

Sponsored by CACHE

Winner

• Katie Ward, Holmsdale Manor Nursery, Ibstock (with Julie Hyde of CACHE)

Finalists

• Debbie Alcock, Chatterbox House Day Nursery/Influential Child Care Training
• Gemma O’Hara, Mini First Aid, Manchester

Childminder of the Year

Sponsored by childcare.co.uk

Winner

• Joanne Marvell, Ashtead (with trainer, consultant and judge Rebecca Martland)

Highly commended

• Joana Smith, Croydon

Outstanding Contribution

Winner

• Noreen Hennessey, Lark Lane Pre-school, Liverpool (with judge Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of National Day Nurseries Association)

Lifetime Achievement

Winner

• Penny Tassoni MBE (with Virginia Carter, senior publisher of Pearson)

INITIATIVES 

Working with Parents Award

Winner

• St Pauls Community Devt Trust & Smartlyte, #Get Balsall Heath Reading, Birmingham (with judge and early years specialist Dr Jools Page)

Highly commended

• Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids, Young Mums Will Achieve, Cornwall

Finalists

• EasyPeasy
• Koru Kids, London
• South Acton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Outreach Groups, Acton

Inclusive Practice Award

Sponsored by nasen

Winner

• Dandelion Education, Small children; Giant voices, Norfolk (with Adam Boddison of nasen)

Finalists

• Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids, Young Mums Will Achieve, Cornwall
• St George’s Childcare, Tunbridge Wells
• Shine, Equality and Diversity, Leeds

Team Development Award

Sponsored by route2education

Winner

• South Acton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Willow Room Team, Acton (with Richard Bijster of route2education)

Highly commended

• Honey Pot Day Nurseries, Liverpool

Finalists

• Kidzone Cranwell, Building Capabilities, Sleaford
• KidzRus Nursery, Manchester
• Sleepy Hollow Group, Northern Ireland
• Sunbeams Day Nursery, Enhanced Quality Training, Leeds

Early Years Launch of the Year

Sponsored by the consortium early years

Winner

• Kids Play Childcare, The Childcare Hub, Milton Keynes (with Chris Marston of the consortium early years)

Finalists

• Honey Pot Day Nurseries, Liverpool
• N Nursery & Family Club, London

Nursery Food Award

Winner

• Incy Wincy’s, Bedale (with judge Edwina Revel of Early Start Group)

Highly commended

• New Beginnings Day Nurseries, Essex

Finalists

• Blue Grass Purple Cow Nursery, Stockport
• Holmsdale Manor Nursery, Ibstock

Enabling Environments Award

Sponsored by YPO

Winner

• Beatle Woods Outdoor Nursery, Coventry (with Nicola Parker of YPO)

Highly commended

• Kidzone Cranwell, Transforming our outdoor area, Sleaford

Finalists

• Busy Bees, Our Heuristic Approach, Coventry
• Dandelion Education, Safe places; Nurturing space, Norfolk
• Saffron Walden Nursery School, Free-flow outdoor area, Saffron Walden
• Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School, Sunshine Room, Warrington
• SEND to Learn Nursery, Morpeth
• South Hills School, On the farm, Wiltshire

Online and Social Media Award

Winner

• Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries, west London (with Tom Curtiss of MA Education)

Highly commended

• Koru Kids, London

Finalists

• Cherubs Nurseries, East Midlands
• Early Years Nutrition Partnership
• Kiddi Caru Day Nurseries Group, central and southern England
• Tommies Childcare, West Midlands
• Tops Day Nurseries, southern England

Community Support Award

Winner

• St George’s Childcare, Tunbridge Wells (with judge and direcctor of Play Leanring Life, Julie Mountain)

Highly commended

• Cherubs Nurseries, East Midlands

Finalists

• The Co-operative Childcare
• Timperley Day Nursery and Pre-school, Timperley

Health and Wellbeing Award

In association with nurseryworldjobs

Winner

• The Cambridge Model Initiative, Cambridge Childhood Partnership (with judge Jane Harrison of Red Hen Day Nursery)

Finalists

• Dandelion Education, Paws for breath, Norfolk
• Early Years Nutrition Partnership

EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES

Birth to Fives

Winner

• Writing Belt and Early Scribble Boxes, MJH Educational/Curious Fox Company (with judge Ben Clay from LEYF)

Finalist

• Kidunk Playsuits, Kidunk

Staff Resources

In association with Nursery World Show

Winner

• A Practical Guide to Nature-Based Practice, by Niki Buchan, Bloomsbury Publishing (with David Hussey of Nursery World Show)

Finalists

• Azilo.com
• Making the difference early years toolkit – supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children, Herts for Learning
• 50 Fantastic Ideas for Tuff Trays by Sally Wright and Alistair Bryce-Clegg, Bloomsbury Publishing

Professional Books

Winner

• Developing Empathy in the Early Years, by Helen Garnett, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (with Nursery World's Hannah Crown)

Highly commended

• A Practical Guide to Nature-Based Practice, by Niki Buchan, Bloomsbury Publishing

Finalists

• Child Protection in the Early Years, by Eunice Lumsden, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

• 50 Fantastic Ideas for Tuff Trays by Sally Wright and Alistair Bryce-Clegg, Bloomsbury Publishing

Charity prize draw

Our charity partner this year was Theodora's Children's Charity, with a great prize of an Outlast set donated by Community Playthings. The winner was Arnika Abbott of Shine Childcare (with NW Editor Liz Roberts and Alice Barley of Theodora's)

• More photos and a link to download coming soon.