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 49490.00 GBP per month to 2992990.00 GBP per month, with a 14-day trial.
Who it is for
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 is good
- 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
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.
Sprout plans and pricing
All plansCompared on early childhood education software
- Free plan
- No
- Family communication
- Yes
- Attendance and check-in
- Yes
- Billing and payments
- Yes
- Child capacity
- 20 children
