Nature Trails franchise

Nature Trails is an award winning nursery that aims to provide the best education and skills development training for every child.

The core of our service is providing specialised programmes for each age bracket: Acorns (6–20 months old), Saplings (20–30 months old), Sycamore (first pre-school programme), and Willow (second pre-school program). Each category caters to the different needs of every child to ensure that they thrive in our programme. We cater to thousands of children every day, but every child is treated with utmost care.

You will get to operate in a lucrative market with great potential earnings, and the incomparable satisfaction of making an impact on the children you handle. Working for money is one thing; what we offer is the opportunity to change the lives of the youth, while providing a financially stable future for our partners.

The biggest challenge in running a day care is earning the trust of your clients, this can take years and years of hard work. Luckily, you can become a franchisee and reap the benefits of wearing a brand that has been recognised as an “Outstanding” nursery by Ofsted’s assessment, a regular member of the bfa, and NDNA’s Nursery of the Year award winner. Overall these are just some of the solid reasons why Nature Trails is that “opportunity” you’ve been looking for.

Handling children is a very delicate task; as such, Nature Trails is committed to teaching you everything needed to effectively run our well-loved brand. Prior to launching the site, you will participate in our comprehensive training programme tailored to give an in-depth study on our teaching models. We’ll also be assisting in recruiting the staff; we require all staff to undertake qualifications at least to NVQ 3. After your grand opening, we will continue to extend our support and assistance through regular visits, technical support, and giving updates on any of our newfound studies.

If you have the ambition to start your own nursery or day care service, and the passion to see it through, then you’re already a prime candidate! We don’t require franchisees to have a deep background in education or child care; we are looking for individuals willing to learn our methods in children activity planning and support. Having good business skills can be beneficial, but it is more important for the candidate to possess a strong passion in helping the youth. Your initial start-up cost may be financed through most banks, but we require a minimum personal investment of £55,000.

The company was founded in 2004 when Alison and Steve Dyke decided to combine their passion for children and experience in education, to create a unique and professional day care service. Today the duo still runs their day care happily and continues to expand nationally.