Childcare & Education

The £2.5m facility from OakNorth will part-fund the acquisition and full refurbishment of a second freehold nursery site at Shooters Hill, Addington; The new site is approximately five miles from Abeona’s existing setting, and will have capacity for 100 children; The deal supports Abeona’s growth plans at a time of strong structural tailwinds for the […]

Since opening its first UK nursery in 2023, Kinderzimmer has rapidly established itself as a leading provider of high-quality early years education; Specializing in nurseries and preschool education for children under six, the firm now operates nine sites across London and the south east of England; The £3.4m loan from OakNorth will support the launch […]

OakNorth funded a $10.7m loan to support the redevelopment of a vacant Bronx building into the Storefront Academy Charter School

The group, which employs over 1,230 personnel, is backed by Zetland Capital Partners which acquired a majority stake in 2022; It currently has 36 nurseries throughout the South of England and Wales, caring for over 3,000 children daily; With this funding, Happy Days plans to grow its portfolio to 43 sites by early 2026, with […]

ICP Educare continues to deliver its targeted ‘’Buy and Build’’ of high quality Early Years schools – backed by OakNorth. OakNorth – the bank for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs – previously backed both ICP Nurseries in 2017 and Cresswell Nurseries in 2019 before their combination as ICP Education and sale to Oakley Capital IV in June […]

Founded in 2021 by educational entrepreneur Craig Brennan, Nurtured Childcare is one of the UK’s fastest-growing nursery operators; Employing almost 300 staff, Nurtured Childcare now operates 11 nurseries across the North of England, offering 700 places; Elmore Kindergarten Group, a privately owned cluster of three nurseries located throughout Sheffield, was acquired using a facility from […]