Open a Farm Day Nursery
Do you share our passion about educating children on food and farming? Do you want to diversify and obtain a year-round revenue stream, irrelevant of the weather?
As specialists in setting up and operating day nurseries within farm settings, we can manage and implement this for you. In exchange, we will give you a guaranteed monthly rental income.
The Nursery Sector
The Nursery Industry is in a strong position, and we’d happily discuss the pros and cons of adding a Nursery to your farm, as well as carry out a free Farm Nursery Demand Audit.
To give you a quick round up of the sector:
- In 2021, there were 1.5 million Ofsted registered Nursery Places in England, split amongst 62,000 providers.
- Since 2018, there has been a reduction in the number of childminder places, and growth in Nursery Schools or Nurseries part of a group.
- There were 626,008 live births in 2021, an increase of 1.5% from 2020.
- The government have aided the Sector’s growth. In September 2017, England increased preschool grants to 30 hours per week (on the conditions that at least one parents works for at least 16 weekly hours). In addition, tax free childcare has helped pay the cost of childcare.
Our farm-based nursery’s outperform other nursery sectors
- Even before covid, parents sought more natural outdoor childcare settings for their children, demonstrated through the rise of forest schools.
- Occupancy for an established farm-based Nursery settings is 80%, compared to the industry’s 60%.
- We’ve seen our waiting lists grow coming out of COVID; exacerbated by the desire for parents to see their children in the fresh air, connecting with nature.
Every business has its challenges. Childcare is quite rightly a regulated business, and our teams need to get the right training and support to maintain and exceed OFSTED standards. Like many other sectors, recruitment is an issue for childcare, and it is vital to put in place successful recruitment and retention strategies.
Contact our Executive Chairman, Paul Sharp to explore how opening a farm-based Nursery can help you.
Why work with Farm Day Nurseries?
There are plenty of benefits of working with Farm Day Nurseries.
You obtain our experience and knowledge having done this successfully at other farms; we set up/operate the Day Nursery and Pre-School, as well as manage all discussions with Ofsted.
Contact our Executive Chairman, Paul Sharp for an informal discussion.
We’ve Farm Day Nurseries all across the UK
We now have 9 childcare settings across England; all offering unique opportunities for the children. Click the button below to find the nearest nursery to you.
