The Stone Eden Nursery School Franchise

Stone Eden is a successful nursery school organisation. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted; for more than ten years we have provided a stimulating and enjoyable preschool experience for children of all abilities.

Our approach is more commercial because we believe you can only offer the best nursery environment if the business supporting it is profitable and sustainable. We have experience running both 36-place and 180+ place nursery formats, so we can support you, whatever your ambitions.

Why Stone Eden is a great choice

There are other nursery chains; many are excellent but others seem more interested in rapid growth than good Ofsted reports.

Stone Eden is highly sought after because:

• We are a family business and want to grow steadily with franchisees who share our passion for excellent standards alongside commercial success.
• Parents trust our professional provision of a brilliant nursery school experience in a safe, friendly and enjoyable environment more than the ‘cartoon image’ of some competitors.
• We are more flexible (because we make that work commercially), so parents can choose when their children attend, which is a particular boon to irregular-shift workers. We can also offer a healthy mix of private and government-funded places.
• Children enjoy tasty and healthy nutritionally balanced meals because we operate a unique professional kitchen and dedicated chef.

What training will we get?

• 21 days of franchisee and management training.
• 8 days Nursery Nurse Induction.
• 4 days Nursery Kitchen Training + Food Safety & Hygiene.
• Special Educational Needs training.
• Paediatric First Aid training.
• Safeguarding Training for all your staff.

Helping you make your new business a success

It is in our interest that you are successful, so we:

• Provide everything you need to set up in a comprehensive turnkey package (which includes helping you find premises and fitting it out), so you can start quickly and successfully.
• Give you support from our separate business development, compliance and teacher-development teams, including six months of business coaching, 22 development visits per year and 8 ongoing CPD training courses.

Will Stone Eden suit me?

Stone Eden is equally attractive to:

• Family teams where one concentrates on business development and the other takes the role of non-contact Nursery Manager (this is how we started) in a 36 to 50-place nursery.
• Investors that want to operate one or more nurseries of any size, leaving day-to-day operations to their team and concentrating on business development (this is how we operate now).
• You only need good organisation and management skills; we will train you in everything else.

Try before you buy

We offer a three-day taster programme so you can get to know our business BEFORE you make the final decision to sign up to our franchise. This way you can double-check that Stone Eden is right for you before taking the plunge.