Choose the question you need answered.
Commercial and operational tools for nursery owners. Start broad if you are unsure, or go straight to the specialist question in front of you.
How the free tools work: use the tool first. Some diagnostic tools ask for your first name, work email and nursery or group name before showing the personalised result; the EYFS Staffing Deployment Planner shows its planning result immediately. Marketing emails are always optional.
Save your setting details once.
Places, rooms, fees, occupancy and high-level staffing details can pre-fill supported TNB tools on this device. Saving the profile sends nothing to TNB and does not silently attach the saved profile to forms.
Diagnose first.
If several things feel connected, use the Business Checker before jumping between calculators.
Nursery decision calculator
Try a change in an example nursery and see the result immediately. Compare bookings, staffing costs, private fees or payment timing, with an optional model for your own figures.
Try the decision calculator →Understand the connectionsNursery business explorer
Explore how occupancy, staffing, fees, cash, leadership and growth affect each other, then choose the issue to investigate.
Explore the connections →Whole businessNursery Business Checker
30 questions across six areas, with a score, priorities and practical recommendations.
Start the checker →ProfitabilityNursery Profitability Checker
Income per delivered hour, cost per hour, margin, break-even and scenario testing.
Check profitability →Cash13-Week Cash Flow Planner
Map cash in and out and see where the bank balance may come under pressure.
Plan cash →
Nursery business in practice
Tools for real operating questions
Use the calculators to test one issue at a time, then decide whether anything needs deeper review.
One commercial question at a time.
Use these when you already know where you want to look.
Minimum Wage & Pay Gap Calculator
Compare the legal minimum rise with the cost of preserving hourly pay gaps across your team.
Model wage increases →NewFundingFunding Rate vs Delivery Cost
Compare funded-hours income with your allocated delivery cost, including a wage increase from the pay calculator.
Check funded delivery →PeopleStaff Absence & Cover Costs
Calculate the extra annual bill for sickness and annual-leave replacement cover.
Calculate cover →BuyingNursery Acquisition Offer Calculator
Check cash needed, borrowing costs and annual financial headroom before making an offer.
Model an acquisition →Start-upNursery Opening & Cash Runway
Model 36 months of occupancy, costs and the cash buffer needed as a new nursery fills.
Plan an opening →NewMarketing · AI searchAI Nursery Visibility Check
Run one parent-style search across four AI platforms, record what appeared and get a simple visibility score in about 3 to 5 minutes.
Run the 4-platform check →FeesFee Increase Calculator
See what a fee change could be worth and test the commercial headroom around it.
Model a fee change →CapacityCapacity & Room Performance Analyser
Find spare capacity by room, weekday and session and put a commercial value against it.
Analyse capacity →EnquiriesEnquiry Leak Checker
See where prospective families are dropping out between enquiry and registration.
Check conversion →RatiosEYFS Staffing Deployment Planner
Plan room deployment and check it against an indicative whole-provision staffing reference.
Check staffing →PeopleWeekly Staffing Review
Spot pressure, support needs, cover patterns, retention risks and next actions each week.
Review the week →RecruitmentSafer Recruitment Checker
Work through suitability, references, vetting records, right to work and the evidence behind an appointment.
Open safer recruitment →COMING SOON
EYFS Inspection Playbook
The practical preparation programme for early years settings. Register your interest to hear when it launches.
Practical help with staff retention.
Use the Retention Playbook to work through the reasons people stay or leave, plan practical improvements and review progress with your managers.
Open the Retention Playbook