One Plan. Every Feature.
No Add-Ons. No Surprises.
Simple pricing based on your nursery size with everything included, with nothing extra to buy
- All Features Included
- Unlimited Support
- DfE Compliant Invoicing
All prices exclude VAT
Everything included
Parents & Communications
- Collection Passwords
- Digital Check In with PIN Codes
- Emergency Contacts
- Messaging & Notifications
- Parent App & Newsfeed
- Parent App Usage
- Parent Permissions
- Parent Profile & Log
- Photo Album
- Registration Forms
Health & Safety
- Accident & Medication Forms
- Allergies & Dietary Needs
- DBS Checks
- Fire Drill App
- First Aiders
- Health & Medical Records
- Safeguarding & Logs
- SEND Children
Enrolment
- Availability Calendar & Checker
- Enquiry & Registration Tracking (CRM)
- Occupancy Calendar & Forecast
- Waiting List Management
- Website Enquiry & Visit Management
Ofsted
- Ofsted Inspection Information
- Ofsted Staffing Information
Children & Learning
- All About Me Forms
- Attendance Registers & Ratios
- Child Daily Diaries
- Child Learning Journeys
- Child Profiles & Logs
- Child Progress Tracking
- Observations & Assessments
- Room Transitions & Cohort Tracking
Finance
- Account History & Logs
- Accounts Integration
- Bank Reconciliation
- Debt Management
- Direct Debits & In-App Payments
- Extra Sessions & Products
- Fees
- Funding Gap Forecast & Calculator
- Funding Hours & Claims
- Invoicing (Actual or Averaged)
- Milk Claim
- Revenue Forecast
- Tax-Free Childcare Integration
Reports & Insights
- Advanced Insights & Funding Forecasts
- Events Calendar
- HR Reports & Analytics
- Managers Weekly Report & Self Evaluations
- Marketing Insights
- Standard Reports (attendance, occupancy, etc.)
Staffing & HR
- Absence & Reasons
- Bradford Factor
- Company Document Library
- Costed Rotas
- Digital Check In with PIN Codes
- Document Management
- Hiring Pipeline
- Holiday Calendar
- Holiday Requests & Approvals
- Interview Scheduling
- Key Persons & Co-Workers
- Private HR Messaging
- Qualifications & Training Levels
- Recruitment Dashboard & Applications
- Rota Planner & Ratio Tracking
- Staff App
- Staff Details Forms
- Staff Profiles & Logs
- Staff Registers & Rotas
- Staff Transfers (Multi-Site)
- Timesheets & Payroll Export
Multi-Site Management
- Multi-Site Reporting & Analytics
- Regional Reporting
- Site Comparison Reports
AI Tools
- AI Writing Assistant
- Smart Suggestions for Messages
Auto Pay
Simplify Payment Reconciliation Including TFC
Reconciling nursery payments can be a time-consuming task, especially when dealing with various payment methods like Tax-Free Childcare (TFC), standing orders and more.
Auto Pay is an innovative solution that simplifies nursery payment reconciliation including TFC payments, saving you time and reducing manual effort.
Management Platform
Streamline Nursery Management
Our all-in-one nursery management software is designed to streamline your nursery business, allowing you to focus on childcare.
Learn moreAll-In-One Parent App
Effortless parent communications
Our Parent App is designed to keep you informed, engaged, and involved every step of the way, ensuring your child receives the best start possible.
At Nursery In a Box, we understand how important it is for parents to stay connected with their child’s early learning journey.
Learn moreLearning Journeys & Diaries
The right tools for the job
Our learning journeys & diaries have been created to help your teachers. All the top tools they would need when adding observations, progress checkers, assessments, checking registers, adding accident/medication forms, and much more.
Learn moreStaff App
Empower your team with their own staff app
Empower your team with their own staff app by enabling them to see their weekly rotas, complete staff profiles, digitally sign accident forms, manage personal information and more.
Stay connected allow your team to request holidays and changes to the weekly staff rota with clear, visible 2-way messaging to keep all communication updated.
Learn morePayments & Collections
Auto collect & reconcile your nursery fees with ease
Make it easy for your parents to pay in-app to make fee collection simple.
Get back in control of cashflow, as you can also collect payments whenever you want using direct debits.
AiGuardian
Your AI Writing Assistant
AiGuardian is a powerful AI assistant that is seamlessly integrated into the teacher app to support staff in improving their writing skills. It provides helpful suggestions, making communication easier and more polished.
Choose from different options such as, make it professional, make it friendly or just check spelling and grammar, AiGuardian is always here to help refine your writing, enhance clarity, and ensure your communication is professional and effective.
Shift Planner
Organise staff schedules efficiently
Ensure optimal staff coverage by assigning shifts based on availability and demand. Quickly identify gaps and make adjustments in real-time to maintain ratios.
Group Admin
Nursery Group Performance
Take control of your nursery group with a powerful, cloud-based system designed to eliminate the stress of managing multiple sites. With real-time data, over 100 reports, and clear insights, you’ll make smarter decisions, streamline operations, and unlock your group’s full potential.
Effortlessly manage attendance, finances, and future planning while boosting efficiency and profitability across every location.
Learn moreHR & Recruitment
Simplifying Staff Management, Maximising Efficiency
Streamline your nursery’s staff management with HR Admin, the ultimate tool for tracking absences, planning shifts, and managing payroll seamlessly.
With powerful features like holiday approvals, interview scheduling, and private messaging, HR Admin saves you time and keeps your team running smoothly.
Recruitment
Simplify your nursery’s recruitment with an all-in-one system that tracks applications, schedules interviews, and automates candidate communication, saving you time and improving hiring efficiency.
Gain insights into staff retention, refine your recruitment strategy, and make it easier than ever for top talent to join your team.
Learn moreManagers Weekly Report
Data at your fingertips with self evaluations
The Managers Weekly Report provides over a 100 key insights, including self-evaluations. This empowers managers to identify trends and address staff needs promptly.
Learn moreRecruitment
Powerful nursery recruitment system for early years
Streamline your nursery’s recruitment with an all-in-one system that tracks applications, schedules interviews, and automates candidate communication, saving you time and improving hiring efficiency.
Gain insights into staff retention, refine your recruitment strategy, and make it easier than ever for top talent to join your team.
Learn more
Frequently asked questions
Are you tied into a contract or subscription?
Pricing – What are the options?
Flexible plans with options to fit every nursery and preschool needs. Nursery in a Box offers three software plans:
- Small (0 – 55 children)
- Medium (56 – 120 children)
- Large (121+ children)
All plans include every feature and the pricing is based on your nursery size, with nothing extra to buy.
Do you offer a discount?
Yes, we offer a 10% discount for annual payments.
Our philosophy is that you deserve the best management software to deliver an outstanding education to our children.
How is payment taken?
Subscription payments are collected monthly or annually by direct debit. Many local authorities wish to pay annually by bacs, which is also acceptable.
Do you offer a Tailored plan?
Yes, our tailored plan has all the features across our whole platform. Additionally, you get the following:
- Consultancy (Growth & Exit)
- Dedicated Account Manager
- In-Person Team Training
- Simple Group Onboarding
- White Label Branding
With experience in owning, managing and franchising a group of nurseries, we have over 20 years of experience in childcare and are always happy to help find a solution that works for you.
What does my plan include?
You get every feature, no add-ons, no surprises.
All plans are automatically updated depending on your nursery size.
Doing more in less time
Adds great value to your business
Winning nurseries choose our nursery management software to gain operational efficiencies, grow revenue, simplify admin, reduce costs, and to improve communications for parents and staff.
Nursery in a Box supports delivering the EYFS curriculum in a way that best suits your nursery, ensuring outstanding education for children. With cloud-based childcare software, you can manage your nursery from anywhere keeping you connected to your nursery school business.
Designed to be simple yet powerful, our nursery management systemprovides an all in one solution for all your nursery management needs.
Nursery Owners, Managers, Parents, Staff
What nursery & preschool leaders say about us…
On average, the software saves me around £4,000 per month in secretarial and administrative costs across the sites – and that’s before I’ve accounted for the reduction in paper and ink cartridges.
We felt like we were just a small fish to the large corporate firm we were with, so we started to look around for an alternative and came upon Nursery in a Box. Our initial conversations with founders Dave and Milesh made us feel confident in moving to their system and we’ve not looked back.
Across three settings, we probably had a monthly ink and paper bill of around £150 to £200 per site. With Nursery in a Box, that cost was gone overnight as everything is contained within the new software.
I got in contact and spoke with the founder Dave Elebert, and after the initial conversation plus a trial I decided it was the way to go. We’ve not looked back. Nursery in a Box is user friendly, makes sense and most importantly I can speak to the team there.
Nursery in a Box ticks all the boxes for us. Everyone in the team uses it in some way and the parents do too. If I was to put a figure on it – I would say it saves us the equivalent of 2 or 3 admin salaries across the group. It lets our staff get on with what they love – caring for the children. Nursery in a Box most definitely pays for itself.
Great company always happy to help with any question and always updating the program to make it better, our parents love the online diary’s and pictures we send daily.
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