Storal
Storal, a provider of early-years education services, is one of the ten largest operators in the UK with 53 nurseries and over 5,000 children in its care. The quality of StoraI’s services is recognised by all its nurseries being rated as ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Founded in 2016, Storal has built a nationwide presence through successfully launching and acquiring single-site and small group settings and integrating them into its platform. More recently, under our ownership, Storal completed the larger-scale acquisition of Children 1st, adding 23 sites with a capacity for over 2,500 placements. At the heart of StoraI’s culture is the belief that ‘every child has a different story to tell’. The nurseries offer children a journey of learning and discovery, where curiosity and creativity meet, and childhood is cherished.
Demand for UK early-years education provision has been steadily increasing, driven by structural drivers such as societal focus on children’s educational attainment and growing parental participation in the workforce. There are over 14,000 nursery settings in the UK, the majority of which are single-site operations. There is a cross-party political support for early-years learning, which is manifesting itself through additional direct government funding for the sector and a set of regulatory changes aimed at supporting nursery operations, affordability and availability of staff.
