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Fennies Day Nurseries

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Steven Fenn

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Mission At Fennies, our mission is to provide outstanding Early Years education, laying the foundation for a brighter future for every child. We strive to inspire children, empower families, and create a lasting positive impact on our communities.

We are passionate about nurturing the unique potential of every child. Through our innovative approach to learning, we encourage creativity, exploration, and confidence, enabling children to thrive in a safe, welcoming, and stimulating environment. Our tailored curriculum supports each child’s developmental journey, fostering the skills they need to succeed socially, emotionally, and academically.

As a company, we believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life. This belief drives our commitment to excellence in everything we do. Our experienced and dedicated educators are at the heart of our success, creating caring and enriching environments where children can flourish. We invest heavily in professional development, ensuring our team members feel supported, inspired, and equipped to deliver the highest standards of care and education.

At Fennies, we understand that a child’s success is a partnership between our team and their families. We pride ourselves on fostering meaningful relationships with parents, offering guidance, transparency, and open communication to ensure every family feels valued and included in their child’s learning journey.

Our commitment extends beyond the walls of our nurseries. We are dedicated to making a positive contribution to the communities we serve by promoting sustainability, inclusivity, and social responsibility. We are constantly evolving and innovating to ensure we remain leaders in early childhood education, adapting to the changing needs of families and the world around us.

As we continue to grow, our vision remains clear: to inspire generations of children to reach their full potential, support our team members in their professional journeys, and build a legacy of excellence that defines Fennies as a trusted leader in Early Years education and care.
Description Fennies Nurseries first opened our doors in 1992, with the vision to create a vibrant and innovative, home-from-home learning experience. During that 32 years we have opened 20 purpose-built settings, graduated 4539 preschoolers and 818 years of experience out at our sites. We offer the right start for under 5s which is underpinned by holding a sense of family at our core and continually investing to be the best to create an exceptional Early Years experience where children, families and team members can thrive.

Each of our 20 meticulously curated settings have been designed with Early Years in mind. They are made up of bright and spacious rooms that tailor to the unique needs of every child. From our first nursery opening in South Croydon back in 1995, we now have 4 new nurseries joining the Fennies Family which are opening in the summer of 2025. We have a range of nurseries spanning across Surrey, Kent, Middlesex and London and we are continuing to expand our reach. To us, inspiring the next generation and empowering children is of the utmost importance, so we help them reach their full potentials by providing them with safe, stimulating and nurturing environments for them to learn to love learning within.

Striving to be a leading employer in Early Years, we combine passion and commitment to deliver extraordinary results. We take pride in the difference we make in children’s lives, catering to their unique needs at every stage of their journey for Little Explorers to Curious Inventors.

Over 30 years later, our approach has evolved but has always remained focused on well-being and development, enabling children to flourish academically, culturally and socially. The visionary environments within our settings are meticulously designed and built by our internal acquisitions team to ensure the very best experiences at each developmental stage. We have a support function to ensure that each setting is fully supported to ensure they can focus on providing the right start for under 5’s. We are on a journey to becoming the best Early Years provider because we believe what we’re creating is something special.

We are a family founded and run organisation, making this personal for us as our purpose here as the ‘Fennies Family’ is to provide and look after other families. Therefore, making the right decisions in the long-term is crucial to us in ensuring we stick to our core values. At Fennies, we are small enough to ensure a real sense of community and togetherness, where everyone knows everyone. Yet we are also big enough to have dedicated teams in place, allowing each team to focus on their specific area of expertise, enabling us to provide consistent high-quality performance across all functions. By having this tight-knit community, we naturally build strong and genuine connections amongst our educators, families and children, and this happens right from the start of your journey with Fennies.

To continue pioneering for excellence in the Early Years sector, we must invest in ourselves and the sector. We do this by delivering the highest quality in everything we do, whether that be our environments, resources, learning and development, curriculum and pedagogy, it all comes together to help create the best Early Years experience. This focus that we place on quality and growth has our children at the forefront, but it’s also to help drive change in the sector. Our recruitment process relies on hiring talent who share the same desires and core values as we do, a strong sense of growth-seeking opportunities and a determined attitude to be the best in what they do. Coming together will allow us both to go further and fulfil our high potential. We also take great pride in our meticulous eye for design, we invest time and resources into creating inspirational spaces for both our children and our teams.

This is only the beginning of our journey in the Early Years sector, we can’t wait for what the future holds for Fennies Nurseries. If you’d like the opportunity to join the Fennies Family where we can come together and you can go further, visit our jobs page now!

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