Our annual Nursery World Awards highlight the work of dedicated individuals and their teams, as well as initiatives and resources that support children, families and the wider early years sector.
Our glittering awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 21 September at The Brewery in London.
Entries are open to everyone who is involved in early years education and childcare in the UK and Ireland.
There are 25 awards to enter for individuals, organisations, initiatives, and resources.
The deadline for entries is Friday 10 May 2024. You can edit your submitted entries up until this closing date.
If you have any queries about entering the awards, contact awardsteam@markallengroup.com
More information on sponsorship opportunities is available here
You will find the criteria and questions for each of the categories, providing guidance and information on what our judges will be looking for on our dedicated Nursery World Awards website.
The full list of categories available to enter for this year’s awards is below. Which one is for you?
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Organisations:
- Nursery of the Year
- Nursery Group of the Year
- Pre-School of the Year
- Early Years in School Award
- Childminding Business of the Year
Individuals/teams:
- Nursery Manager of the Year
- Nursery Operations/Area Manager of the Year
- Nursery Practitioner of the Year
- Individual Childminder of the Year
- Trainer of the Year
- Outstanding Contribution
- Early Years Apprentice of the Year
- Early Childhood Graduate of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Initiatives
- Health & Wellbeing Award
- Enabling Environments Award
- Eco-Friendly Early Years Award
- Working with Parents Award
- Working with Babies and Twos Award
- Business Development Award
- Team Development Award
- Nursery Food Award
- Inclusive Practice Award
- Community Support Award
Resources
- Online and Social Media Award
- Professional Book of the Year
