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 yet more change and opportunity, following the start of the new Early Years Foundation Stage and inspection system last September.

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.

Liz Roberts
editor, Nursery World