DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED - TO FRIDAY, 25TH MAY 2012.

Welcome to the Nursery World Awards website. Here you can find out all about our awards, the categories and how to enter.

The Nursery World Awards recognise and highlight the best that is being achieved throughout the UK early years sector by organisations, teams, individuals, initiatives and equipment providers. They shine a light on the hard work, innovation and dedication of those in early years education and childcare, communicating aspects of best practice and helping to raise the profile of the sector.

Early years education and childcare services are facing a year of change, with the new Early Years Foundation Stage arriving in September, early years qualifications under review, a new inspection system on its way, and the two-year-olds free places programme starting. Through it all, dedicated professionals continue to improve their skills and qualifications and provide the very best for young children.

Nursery equipment companies, too, are creating and supplying innovative resources to support learning and development.

Yet the fantastic work going on in the sector is often not recognised and rewarded, and the Nursery World Awards aim to put this right.

Entries for this year's Awards are now open.  Note the entry deadline - 11th May 2012  - in your diary today - and make sure that the dedication and talent found in abundance in the early years sector receive their accolades.

Good luck!
                                                                             - Liz Roberts, editor, Nursery World