For UK nurseries & childcare settings

Answer every parent. Fill every waiting-list slot. Stay Ofsted-safe.

An AI receptionist trained for UK nurseries. Handles parent enquiries 24/7, manages your waiting list, runs settling-in comms, chases fees and funded hours — and routes anything safeguarding-related straight to your DSL within seconds. Built around the EYFS Statutory Framework.

Five things your nursery deals with every day. We handle the messy bits.

Real workflows. Not chatbot trees. Each one runs in the background while your team does what only humans can do — look after the children.

24/7 enquiries

Parent enquiries, answered in 30 seconds

Web form, WhatsApp, Facebook DM, Instagram, phone — every channel funnels into one inbox. Ages, available days, fees, funded-hours eligibility, settling-in process — answered without a manager picking up.

Waiting list

Waiting-list slot-fill, automatically

A space opens in the toddler room. We message the next three families in age order, hold the slot for 4 hours, take the first yes, and update your management system. No spreadsheet, no phone-tag.

Settling-in

Settling-in comms, on a schedule

First taster session booked → parent gets a reassuring text the night before, a what-to-bring list, and a "how did it go" follow-up. Builds trust before day one.

Fees & funding

Fees, deposits and funded-hours admin

15/30-hour funded codes verified with HMRC eligibility checker, invoices issued via Famly / Tapestry / Connect Childcare, polite chase sequences for overdue parents — with a strict no-naming-children policy.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding triage — to the DSL, fast

Any message containing safeguarding keywords (bruise, hurt, sick, social worker, disclosure, allegation) is held, never auto-replied to, and escalated to your Designated Safeguarding Lead within 60 seconds. Hard rule. Always human.

Running right now across UK nurseries on our pilot

2,164
Parent messages handled today
47
Waiting-list slots filled this week
218
Settling-in sessions booked this week

Counters update live every 3 seconds from our pilot network. Pilot: 14 settings, 1,800 children.

Plugs into the systems UK nurseries already run on

Sign in once. We talk to your management software, your comms channels, and your accountant — all of them.

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Built for Ofsted scrutiny, not against it

We've reviewed the EYFS Statutory Framework line by line and built the hard rules into the system.

Ofsted / EYFS Statutory Framework

AI never makes safeguarding decisions, never advises on SEND assessments, never communicates with children. Every parent interaction is logged, exportable to your Ofsted folder on request.

Hard safeguarding escalation

Trigger words (bruise, hurt, sick, social worker, allegation, disclosure, accident book, marks, suspicious) lock the auto-reply and route to your DSL within 60 seconds. Human-only handling, audit-trailed.

UK GDPR — child data is special category

UK-hosted, ICO-registered, parental consent flow built in, retention schedules per EYFS guidance, right-to-erasure honoured, no training of public models on your data. Ever.

Honest, monthly, no minimum term

All tiers include full training on your fees, room structure, and policies. UK-hosted. Cancel any time after month one.

Front Desk
£249/month
  • Parent enquiries 24/7
  • Web, WhatsApp, IG, FB
  • Waiting-list slot-fill
  • Up to 1,000 messages/mo
  • Email + chat support
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Group Stack
£999/month
  • Everything in Settings Stack
  • Multi-site routing (3+ settings)
  • Group-level reporting + Ofsted exports
  • Unlimited messages
  • Custom safeguarding workflows
  • SLA + named account manager
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Honest answers

Will Ofsted have a problem with AI handling parent comms?

No, providing the AI doesn't make safeguarding, SEND or welfare decisions — which ours doesn't. We've built hard escalation into the system: every safeguarding keyword routes to your DSL within 60 seconds. Your inspection log will show clearer audit trails than a paper diary.

What happens if a parent asks something about their child's day?

Specific child enquiries (e.g. "did Amelia nap today?") are routed to a human key worker. The AI handles operational questions (fees, hours, term dates, settling-in, waiting lists) — not individual child observations. That's a deliberate hard rule.

Can it handle the 15/30 funded hours admin?

Yes. It verifies eligibility codes against the HMRC checker, issues quarterly invoices via your finance system, and runs polite chase sequences for unpaid top-ups. It never names children in chase messages — we route by account holder.

What about settings already on Famly / Tapestry / Connect Childcare?

We integrate with all of them. The AI reads your room availability and waiting-list state, writes back bookings and parent-comms records, and never duplicates work you already do in your management software.

How quickly can a 60-place setting go live?

Eight working days. Day 1-2 setup and policy review. Day 3-4 training on your fees and rooms. Day 5-6 supervised soft launch on enquiries. Day 7-8 full handover. We don't charge until the soft-launch day.

Ready to stop chasing parents on WhatsApp at 9pm?

Book a 20-minute demo. We'll show you the messages we've handled for a similar-size setting this week.

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