Nursery business support: Early Years Business Zone

Free online nursery business support toolkit to help you sustain a healthy childcare business.

Early Years Business Zone logoThe Early Years Business Zone is a FREE online nursery and childcare business support toolkit - created by NDNA and the Department for Education - to help you sustain a healthy childcare business, developed by the sector, for the sector.

The toolkit includes three tools; Business Appraisal, Financial Management and Staff Cost Calculator and a range of downloadable resources. 

The Early Years Business Zone is free to sign up to and the tools and resources, free to use.  Register here
We're running a series of FREE online and offline workshops in using the Early Years Business Zone tools. Register here

Business Appraisal Tool

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A diagnostic that will identify potential areas of improvement and provide bespoke recommendations to support sustainability. 

Access it here

Financial Management Tool

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Review cost control, budgets and forecasts to help optimise income generation and identify potential cost savings.

Access it here

Staff Cost Calculator 

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Calculate staff ratios, explore different staffing possibilities and generate your occupancy rates at the touch of a button.

Access it here

"The Financial Management Tool has been extremely helpful in many areas including budgeting, occupancy and staffing." - Mary Darlington, Manager, The Ark Association