NDNA Awards deadline extended
To give our members the best chance at completing their nominations for NDNA Awards 2026, we have extended our deadline to 5 January 2026 at 12pm. This will give you additional time to complete an entry you may have started or put your nursery forward for one of our ten categories this year.
The deadline for parents and carers to submit their votes to support your entry has also been extended to 12pm on Monday 5 January 2026. This applies to Nursery of the Year, Practitioner of the Year and Community Support/Charity Fundraising. To submit a valid entry, you must have parent or carers vote for your nursery setting. Entries without parent or carer votes will not be shortlisted.
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NDNA Awards 2026 are open!
Our award categories for 2026 are:
- Nursery of the Year – England Central, England South, England North, Scotland, Wales and International – sponsored by Christie and Co
- Practitioner of the Year – sponsored by Morgan LaRoche
- Manager of the Year – sponsored by Citation
- Apprentice of the Year – Judge’s Demand
- Community Support and Charity Fundraising – sponsored by Cool Milk
- Excellence in Additional Needs
- NDNA Network of the Year – sponsored by Maths Champions
- Scotland’s Children Rights
- Learning Through Play: Awe and Wonder *NEW*
- Family Engagement *NEW* – sponsored by Nuuri
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See our NDNA 2025 winners below
Download the NDNA Awards supplement for 2025 which showcases all of our wonderful winners and finalists in each of our Award categories. A huge congratulations to our winners!
Introducing our headline sponsor for 2026
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With thanks to our awards category sponsors for 2026
Christie and Co
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