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Sprout
What Sprout is
Sprout is web-based nursery management software for UK early years settings. It brings together child, staff and parent records with family communication, attendance, billing and compliance tools. Practitioners can create learning journals with observations, EYFS tags and photos, then share them through the secure Parent Portal. Daily logs cover meals, naps, nappy changes, mood and activities, with updates visible to parents in real time. The live register handles sign-in, sign-out, room attendance and a one-tap fire register. Finance tools generate invoices from booked sessions, track payments, send overdue reminders and manage funded hours. Staff features include rota planning and training records; the Compliance Hub stores risk assessments, policies, accident records and an audit trail. Sprout supports CSV imports and larger migrations with help, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and states UK GDPR compliance. Customers can export data anytime; after cancellation, data is retained 60 days before deletion. Plans range from £49,490 a month to £2,992,990 a month, with a 14-day trial.
Who it suits
It is aimed at UK nurseries and other early years settings managing children, families, staff, payments and compliance. Sprout also discusses pricing for charities, nursery chains and local authority settings.
What it does well
- Parent Portal included on every plan
- Live attendance and fire register
- Invoices, payments and funded-hours tracking
- Compliance Hub with audit trail
- 14-day trial without credit card
What to know first
- No free plan
- Web access only
- Data deleted 60 days after cancellation
- Plans impose child-capacity limits except Forest
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Seedling | £49/month or £490/year — 2 months free · Up to 20 children · Child and family profiles · Daily logs and observations · Live register · Parent portal · Basic invoicing | £49 a month |
| Blossom | £99/month or £990/year — 2 months free · Up to 50 children · Auto-invoicing and reminders · Staff rota and management · Compliance hub · GDPR tools · Funded hours tracking | £99 a month |
| Grove | £179/month or £1,790/year — 2 months free · Up to 100 children · AI assistant · Advanced reporting · Staff development and appraisals · Priority support | £179 a month |
| Forest | £299/month or £2,990/year — 2 months free · Unlimited children and staff · Custom branding · Dedicated account manager · SLA guarantee | £299 a month |
As sproutnursery.co.uk lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Sprout combines nursery records, parent updates, attendance, finance and compliance in one web service. Its plan capacities and pricing should be matched to the number of children and staff you manage.
Facts from Sprout's own pages
- Attendance
- The live register supports sign-in and sign-out, room-by-room attendance tracking, and a one-tap fire register. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Attendance and check-in
- Yes · sproutnursery.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Billing and payments
- Yes · sproutnursery.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Child capacity
- 20 · sproutnursery.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Daily logs
- Daily logs cover meals, naps, nappy changes, mood and activities, with updates visible to parents in real time. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Sprout says it does not sell or share customer data with third parties, and provides a Data Processing Agreement on request. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Customers can export data at any time; after cancellation it is retained for 60 days and then permanently deleted. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Family communication
- Yes · sproutnursery.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Finance
- Sprout can generate monthly invoices based on booked sessions, track payments, send overdue reminders, and manage funded hours. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · sproutnursery.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes CSV import for children and relatives, and says support can help with larger data migrations. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Sprout says it is built for UK nurseries and offers pricing discussions for charities, nursery chains and local authority settings. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Learning journals
- Practitioners can record observations with EYFS area tagging, add photos, and share them with parents through the portal. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Parent access
- Every plan includes a secure Parent Portal for daily logs, observations, messages, invoices and consent forms. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Sprout is nursery management software for UK early years settings that manages children, staff, parents and compliance. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Sprout says data is encrypted in transit over HTTPS and at rest, and that it is UK GDPR compliant. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Staff and compliance
- Staff management includes rota planning and training records, while the Compliance Hub includes risk assessments, policies, accident records and an audit trail. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site lists support by email at [email protected], and Grove includes priority support while Forest includes a dedicated account manager. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Trial and cancellation
- The 14-day free trial does not require a credit card, and the site says customers can cancel at any time. · sproutnursery.co.uk, 11 Oct 2026
Where Sprout stands on Freedom251
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