Welcome to The Laurels
'The Laurels' is a group of 5 Leicestershire Nurseries, each holding Ofsted registration, membership of the National Day Nurseries Association and Pre School Learning Alliance.
The Group was founded in 1996 by Jayne Morris and Elaine Parker when they decided to put their child care experience into practical business use and set up The Laurels Nursery School in Queniborough. The Laurels Nursery School began life as a small 26 place Nursery catering for children under 5 in a renovated Victorian building on the Melton Road. Demand for places was catered for by increasing the registered numbers up to 50 in 1999, and following conversion of a coach house in the grounds up to 80 children in 2001.
In April 2000, a second Nursery was purchased in Melton Mowbray. The Nursery had been established for 10 years and was registered for 28 children. Again, the high standards of child care on offer brought sufficient demand to increase registration to 59 and it is now called The Melton Mowbray Nursery School.
The Partners have continued to expand the business by purchasing two well established Nurseries, one in Oadby and one in Stoneygate, Leicester. Little Foxes Day Nursery in Oadby is registered for 22, and in Stoneygate Little Acorns Nursery is currently registered for 49 children. The most recent acquisition is The Sunflowers Day Nursery in Market Harborough which was purchased from the BUPA owned Teddies Nurseries in April 2006. This purpose built Nursery was newly established in 2003 and is registered for 60 children.
