How Famly enables Early Years educators to do more

Here at Famly we love to come and see our customers in their settings, to hear about how they’re using our Early Childhood Platform. 

In May 2025, we travelled to London to meet Ciara Reilly, People and Quality Manager at Kido, and Prakarsh Kaur Gujra, manager of Kido’s Clerkenwell setting. Ciara and Prakarsh told us all about their passion for supporting their teams of educators to do the best for the children they care for every day and how Famly supports them to do so.

Let’s get into it… 

Who are Kido?

Kido International are an international network of schools in the USA, UK, India and China. In the UK, they have 19 Early Years settings across Greater London.

“Kido is very much like a family. Regardless of who comes in, whether they're internal, external, we welcome everybody in. Kido has been phenomenal in terms of my journey. When I joined a year and a half ago I started as a field based people officer and they push you to thrive. If they see that you have areas of strength, they really push you to strive for greatness in that area. They just provide so many opportunities for everybody. They have been phenomenal with particularly apprentices.”

Ciara Reilly, People and Quality Manager, Kido

Famly enables educators to learn and improve

Starting a new job often means learning new systems, policies, procedures, and a whole new team. For Early years educators, it’s all that and, most importantly, the children at the heart of it all. Famly simplifies staff onboarding as everything’s in one place (no more trying to memorise 20 different platforms and log-ins), allowing new team members to hit the ground running and focus on the children first.

Even for seasoned educators, taking the time to double-check spelling and grammar is always worth it. But what if you could save that time and still have great-quality written work? Sidekick improves quality and saves time, especially benefiting staff with dyslexia or writing challenges. 

“For a long time, we were trying to drive that quality piece but families would see Newsfeed posts go up that wouldn't necessarily have the right tone. And instead of having to be on the ground, saying, ‘This is exactly how you should write it, ’ Sidekick gives you several options. Do you want to make it polite? Do you want to make it professional? And if it's not right, you can Sidekick it again. It offers opportunities like a training tool for the team to be able to see what's the alternative ways they could have written it.”

Ciara Reilly, People and Quality Manager, Kido

Famly for the children

Famly isn’t just about connecting the adults around a child - the children understand and embrace Famly too. Educators encourage children to communicate with their parents and carers via the app, supporting an open flow of information and reducing separation anxiety for children and parents alike.

“We have children settling in, and we can show them a picture of their mum and dad. ‘Hey Mum, can you send me a silly picture?’ and they do it. The parents are amazing, and the children know, ‘actually Mummy's just on the iPad. We can just text them.’ They actually say, ‘Can we text Mummy? Can we get a picture?’ The children know what the app does for them as well.”

Prakarsh Kaur Gujra, Manager, Kido Clerkenwell

Famly creates more time with the children

Famly’s Early Childhood platform streamlines all the necessary admin, allowing educators to spend more time with children. It provides easy oversight of room planning, staffing, and child activities. Everything that used to take hours on paper, or had you logging into multiple different apps, can now all be done quickly and easily on Famly.

“It means everything because you're actually with the children. I think you get managers who love a little bit of admin, but that's not me. It's all about actually being on the floor, knowing your children and being present. It really, really does enable me to spend time with my children. That's my favourite part of the day.”

Prakarsh Kaur Gujra, Manager, Kido Clerkenwell

Famly improves communication and parent engagement

For the global cohort that attends Kido Clerkenwell, a familiar interface can help everyone feel at home. Prakarsh describes Famly like a personalised social media platform for the nursery, allowing secure sharing of photos, videos, and updates with parents. 

Even better, Famly’s flexibility in managing comments and polls enhances targeted parent engagement for specific activities and events. Everyone has the information without any extra noise.

“Famly offers us the opportunity of pure partnership with our families. They're putting their most precious thing in your hands. All you want to be able to do is share with them, ‘Your child is safe and secure in our hands. Your child is happy, your child is safe, and they're thriving.’ I feel like the Famly platform allows us to do that with our families.”

Ciara Reilly, People and Quality Manager, Kido

Who are Famly?

Famly is an Early Childhood Platform. More than nursery management software, Famly is the place for Early Years educators and families to collaborate, share the workload, and nurture children together.

“We've trialled and tested lots of different systems and none of them seem to live up to the same expectations that Famly does. They don't have the same amount of functions available to us and they don't give you the same opportunities to share thoughts and ideas to be able to move new things across that line.”

Ciara Reilly, People and Quality Manager, Kido