NMT's 2025 Technology Product of the Year is Famly

Being in a sector that's under-appreciated can be hard, but once a year, Early Years teams from up and down the country swap playdough for prosecco and baby bottles for black tie, for the NMT awards.

If you were lucky enough to attend this year, you'd have spotted the Famly team, suited, booted and very proud to have been nominated for Technology Product of the Year.

And we won!

Technology Product of the Year, 2025

While we're ecstatic about the win, it's not about us at all. Famly's main goal has always been to help out educators from the sidelines, automating all the boring stuff and taking care of the details, so they can do what they do best.

From our interactive staffing tools, to automated invoicing, to our live translation and sidekick writing assistant, everything in the platform is designed to make the admin easier and get you back to the children. The less time educators, managers, and directors spend inside Famly, the more time they have to support staff, scaffold children, interact with parents, observe the unique child, and deeply enrich play time.

But it's not just the platform itself.

Famly supports CPD through our free articles, guides, and the Tiny Chair Podcast. We also give thousands back to charitable causes each year, supporting a better start for every child far beyond the families using the platform.

“Our focus is the children. And I believe Famly has made it possible to keep the children at the heart of every single second we’re spending with them.”

Nazish Usman, Head of Safeguarding and Compliance, Duke's Education

We sponsored an award

We sponsored the Parent Engagement award this year, a topic close to the hearts of everyone at Famly. The well-deserved win went to Eagley School House Nurseries. Special congratulations to them from the whole Famly team!

Congratulations to our customers

Of all the awards given out on the day, over 65% went to our incredible customers. We're proud to work with so many amazing settings, educators, leaders, parents, and families all across the sector. Massive congratulations to the winners!

Nursery Training & Development

Winner: Naturally Learning

Individual Nursery of the Year

Winner: Polka Dot Farm Nursery

Nursery Room Leader of the Year

Winner: Megan Williams of Montessori Minds

Nursery Manager of the Year

Winner: Michelle Gould of Tiny Toez

Nursery Operations/Area Manager of the Year

Winner: Chia Taylor of Ashbourne Day Nurseries

The SENCo Award

Winner: Jo Benko of Toots Day Nursery

Nursery Outdoor Learning Environment of the Year

Winner: RAFAKidz Medmenham

Nursery Personality of the Year

Winner: Sharon McKay of PlayPals Childcare Ltd

Apprenticeship Scheme of the Year

Winner: Bright Horizons

Apprentice of the Year

Winner: Marni Morris of Bright Horizons Court Oak Day Nursery and Preschool

Nursery Group (Small)

Winner: Naturally Learning

Nursery Group (Medium)

Winner: RAFAKidz

Nursery Group (Large)

Winner: Kids Planet

Newcomer of the Year

Winner: Jessica McColm of Finkley east Anton Nursery and Preschool

Winner: Geraldine Brandan of Monkey Puzzle Stoke Newington

Outstanding Contribution

Winner: Sarah Ronan, Director of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition

Lifetime Achievement

Winner: Ruth Pimentel of Kindred Nurseries