The Early Childhood Platform

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A digital platform for early educators and families to collaborate, share the workload, and nurture children together

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award-winning software

The collaborative Early Childhood Platform

Whether it’s sharing invoices, photos, payments, observations, or knowledge,
Famly brings all the grown-ups in a child’s life together.

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Families
Educators

Message, update and connect with families in a heartbeat.

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Educators
Management

Add rotas, absences, set ratios, and communicate instantly.

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Management
Families

Batch invoice, collect payments, send files, and manage enquiries.

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Your day with Famly

From your first coffee to the last pick-up, make your entire day stress-free.

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A calm morning

Activity plans, staff schedules and expected attendance are all in the app. So you can relax and start your day with a mug of hot coffee.

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Ready, steady, open

No register stress, no paper attendance sheets. Sign everyone in in seconds with a sign-in screen, and get an overview of attendance in real-time.

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Quality time

Document, observe and update staff and parents in seconds, so you can spend quality time with the children. That’s far more important than admin.

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Time for tea

Check all allergies and intolerances, share meal plans with families, and record meals eaten. All with a few simple clicks.

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Set ratios and rotas automatically

Not sure who has the afternoon shift? Or who’s replacing Jenny as she has the flu? Check schedules, absences, and calendars - and never second-guess ratios again.

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Take payments

Charge for the sandwich Mia had for lunch, and bill parents with one button while you play aeroplanes with Tommy. Easy, stress-free finances.

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Message families instantly

Message and send reminders to families throughout the day, check who’s picking who up, and make them part of their child’s day.

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See you tomorrow!

Sign children and staff out with one button, and end the day peacefully. No need to worry you’ve forgotten something - it’s all inside Famly.

What can Famly do for you?

A snapshot of some of our core features that make collaboration easier

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Online learning journals

Document each child’s unique progress

Easily document each child’s learning journey with an interactive news feed, observations, assessments and progress reports, as well as photos and videos.

Check out our online learning journals
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Nursery staff rotas

Maximise the staff you have

Plan schedules months in advance to maximise staff hours, hit all the right ratios, and avoid stressful last-minute agency calling.

See how staff rotas work in Famly
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Instant messages

Forget frantic calls and unread emails

You don’t have time to make dozens of phone calls, or read hundreds of emails. Send private or group messages instantly, and never worry about missing an update again.

Have a look at our instant messages
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Daily diaries

Keep families up-to-date

From nappies to medication, log every moment to keep families updated. So you can use pick-up time for meaningful catch-ups instead.

Check out our daily diaries
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In-app payments

Invoice and pay with one click

From one-click and automatic payments to payment reminders, you’ll never chase fees again. And everything is reconciled automatically.

See what our payments features look like
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Occupancy reports

Reports to grow your business

Track attendance, set targets, and maximise all your staff hours and ratios. You’ll be able to see available room spaces in seconds, and plan future availability instantly.

Take a look at our occupancy reports

More than nursery management software

We’re an Early Childhood Platform - not nursery management software. Why? Because average digital tools aren’t enough - educators deserve so much more.

Why you deserve more

your opinion is everything

Trusted by

7,000 other settings

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Ben Bausor
Always Growing

“If another company told us that you can have ten years of software for free, we’d tell them we’re not interested.”

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Heather Thomas
Cywion Bach

“The whole week at the end of the month used to be set aside for invoicing, now I do it at the click of a button.”

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Neil Leitch
Early Years Alliance

“When I ask how Famly is going, the one thing staff say to me is that ‘you should have done this a long time ago’”

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Gemma Williams
Maggie & Rose

“The invoicing system, it's magical. It's really, really easy to use. It's so easy being able to do everything at the press of a button.“

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Teresa Neill
Blackberry Lane Nursery

“It was just so easy to use, I whizzed through it. It was just so straightforward and logical. I’m not particularly technical either, but if I can work it out, anybody can.”

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Nick Wedderburn
Early Buds

“Parents absolutely love it. We tell every parent who comes to visit about Famly and they think it’s just amazing.”

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Debbie Gibson
Blackberry Lane Nursery

“You always get an answer. The support is second to none. We had support from our old provider but we didn’t get phone calls or training sessions or feedback… or even answers sometimes!”

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Kirsty Harkins
Twiggs Lane Pre-school

“Parents can just see, ‘Yes my child’s happy, they’re fine, they’re playing.’ Famly allows us to do all that without staff thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to write an observation!’”

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John Gilliland
Goulton Grange Day Nursery

“I can do the invoices in five minutes. With the old Excel system it took hours. I know they’re done, I know they’ve been sent, so I can get back on with something that will be generating more business.”

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Rob Danks
Honey’s Nest

“Parents don’t have to wait for a consultation three times a year to see what their child is learning at nursery. Parents can log in and see straight away that their child has achieved something.”

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Christina Demetriou
Early Buds

“It’s changed our whole company, it really has. Things needed to modernise and Famly’s a massive part of that. Everything’s at the touch of a button.”

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Katie Thompson
Coconut Nursery

“For good reason, parents don’t like having all these different logins. They much prefer having it all in one place. Famly is just so intuitive and so easy to use, and that really helps us get parents on board.”

Hear from settings like yours

the Trusted early childhood platform

Serving the sector for over a decade

10 years of content. 10 years of interviews.
10 years supporting you.

More than just software

From pedagogy guides to reports appealing to policy makers, we put children’s futures first. Whether that’s speaking at sector events or partnering with Ofsted to mythbust curriculum worries, our main mission is about giving children the best start.

Read about our EY mission
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Trusted by industry experts

We love our partners, fom the Early Years Alliance and Hope Education, to amazing CPD providers like Alice Sharp and Kathy Brodie. Get special discounts through our perks program and see why industry experts voted us Software of the Year 2022.

Famly NMT awards winners 2022

1-on-1 software support

Finding a Famly feature a bit tricky? Need automatic payments explained? We’re there to help. Get personalised support in-app, chat to us over the phone, and get 1-on-1 training. And we’ve got a Training Academy with step-by-step videos, too.

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London & Leicester office

Want to come say hi? Maybe send us a postcard? Our team in London and Leicester would love to have you over for a cuppa. It’s true that with customers in 18 countries, Famly is going global - but nowhere is better than home, eh?

Famly London

5 Merchant Sq
London
W2 1AY

Famly Leicester

1 Merus Court
Leicester
LE19 1RJ

Famly UK Office

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Big ideas to improve your practice

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